Frank W. Spaich
Dec 25, 2003
Frank W. Spaich, age 86, of Lorain, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at home following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 5, 1917 in Josephine, PA and has been a resident of Lorain most of his life. He was a graduate of Lorain High School and a veteran of the U.S. Merchant Marines during WWII. While with...
Jeffrey R. Elliott
Dec 24, 2003
Jeffrey R. Elliott, 43 of Amherst, died Wednesday, December 24, 2003 in Community Health Partners West, after a lengthy illness. He was born December 6, 1960 in Virginia, and has been a life long area resident. He was a self employed truck driver. He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Elliott and a son, Jeffrey Elliott, Jr. both of...
Frances J. Montalto
Dec 24, 2003
Frances J. Montalto, age 85, of Lorain, died Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center in Lorain following a sudden illness. She was born on December 9, 1918 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She worked as a payroll clerk for the former St. Joseph Hospital for 44 years, retiring in 1984....
Gerhard Grolla
Dec 23, 2003
Gerhard "Otto" Grolla, 74, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, December 23, 2003 in Mill Manor Nursing Home, Vermilion due to complications with diabetes. He was born on December 31, 1928 in Osterode, Germany and moved to the Vermilon area in 1956 from Germany. He worked as a tool & die maker for Ford Motor Company in Lorain for 20 years,...
Ronald Ray Smarr
Dec 23, 2003
Ronald Ray "Rodney" Smarr, age 73, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, December 23, 2003. He was born on January 1, 1930 in Bath, Ohio and was a Vermilion resident for 48 years, coming here in 1955. Mr. Smarr served in the US Army-Air Force which later became the US Air Force. He was employed by Caterpillar Tractor Corporation, Peoria, Illinois,...
Henry J. Koniarski
Dec 20, 2003
Henry J. Koniarski, 84 of Wellington, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 in Elms Nursing Home after a short illness. He was born September 26,1919 in Kent, OH and had been a Wellington resident for the past 12 years moving from Amherst. Mr. Koniarski was a veteran of the US Army. He had worked for Bendix Corporation for 12 years...
Pearl A. Telatnik
Dec 16, 2003
Pearl A. Telatnik, age 100, of Lorain, died Tuesday, December 16, 2003 in Amherst Manor following a short illness. She was born on October 1, 1903 in Poland. She immigrated with her family to Youngstown in 1908, moving to Lorain in 1920. She worked as a stenographer for Richman Brothers Clothing Store in Cleveland. She was a member of...
Jeanette S. Bechtel
Dec 15, 2003
Jeanette S. Bechtel (nee Schubert), 80, of Birmingham, died Monday, December 15, 2003 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. She was born November 11, 1923 in Elyria, Ohio. She was raised in Oberlin, lived in Brownhelm until 1961 when she moved to Birmingham. She was a 1942 graduate of Oberlin High School...
Alice B. Miceli-Knudson
Dec 15, 2003
Alice B. Miceli-Knudson, 48 of Tucson, formerly of Lorain, died Monday, December 15, 2003 in Tucson, Arizona. Survivors include her husband Donald Knudson of Tucson, parents, Andrew Miceli and Lorain and Carolyn Kellogg of Tucson, AZ; sister, Mary Miceli of Palm Bay, FL; brothers, Paul Miceli of Cincinnati, OH, and Andrew Miceli of Louisiana; sons, Archie Miceli of Tuscan,...
James Blake
Dec 14, 2003
James "Jim" D. Blake, 69 of Vermilion, died Sunday, December 14, 2003 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a sudden illness. He was born November 10, 1934 in Ackerman, Mississippi and was a Vermilion resident since 1959. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked at Ford Automotive Plant in Lorain as a...
James Wells
Dec 11, 2003
James "Fred" Fredrick Wells, age 71, of Vermilion, died Thursday, December 11, 2003 in Community Health Partners in Lorain after a sudden illness. He was born on November 30, 1932 in Boston, MA. He has been a Vermilion resident for the past 2 years, moving from Chesapeake, Virginia. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving for 20...
Agnes A. Thompson
Dec 9, 2003
Agnes A. Thompson (nee Klimosewski), 88, of Weston, Mass, formerly of South Amherst, died, Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, after a short illness. Born in Amherst, Ohio, she was a South Amherst resident until 1988 moving to Pepperell, MA, then to Norumbega Point in Weston, MA in 1996. She was co-owner of Thompson's...
Freda Whitaker
Dec 8, 2003
Freda A. Whitaker (nee Roe), 74 of Wellington, died Monday, December 8, 2003 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. She was born May 6, 1929 in Washington, PA. She was a Wellington resident for the past 3 years, moving from Vermilion. She worked as a secretary for Consolidated management in Lorain retiring in...
Catherine Kelm
Dec 5, 2003
Catherine L. Kelm (nee Redinger), 76, of Vermilion died Friday, December 5, 2003 at Community Health Partners, Lorain after a 2 year illness. Born July 3, 1927 in Lorain, she was a life long Vermilion resident. She worked at Lithonia Lighting in Vermilion for 20 years. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, the Catholic Ladies of...
Johnnie Triplett
Dec 4, 2003
Johnnie Triplett, 71 of Vermilion, died Thursday, December 4, 2003 in Community Health Partners West after a 4 month illness.. He was born September 15, 1932 in Lincoln County, WV. He has been a Vermilion resident since 1978 moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during the Korean Conflict. He worked as a repairman...
Donald Trinter
Nov 30, 2003
Donald Charles Trinter, 80, of Vermilion died Sunday, November 30, 2003 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Born September 30, 1923 in Cleveland he has been a life long Vermilion resident. He was a 1941 graduate of Vermilion High School. He was a farmer, dairyman and sold Pioneer Seeds. He was a member of the Vermilion Evangelical...
Donald E. Mettler
Nov 27, 2003
Darold E. Mettler "Met", 68 of Vermilion, died Thursday, November 27, 2003 in EMH Regional Health Center after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born March 17, 1935 in Columbus, OH and resided in Vermilion the past 30 years. He graduated from Lorain High School with the Class of 1953 B. He was a veteran of the U.S....
Lurline Koba
Nov 26, 2003
Lurline J. Koba, age 89, of North Fairfield, formerly of Lorain, died Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk. She was born on May 27, 1914 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and its Altar & Rosary Society. She was also a...
Frances Louise Noltner
Nov 24, 2003
Frances Louise Noltner (nee Reynolds), 88, of Flower Mound,Texas died Monday, November 24, 2003 after a lenghty illness. She was born August 1, 1915 in Bradford, Ontario and had lived in Texas the past 10 years. She had lived in Vermilion since 1946 moving from Cleveland. She had worked in the parts assembly department at General Motors until her...
Lloyd Dycus
Nov 23, 2003
Lloyd E. Dycus Jr., 83, of Vermilion, died Sunday, November 23, 2003 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. He was born June 23, 1920 in Dyersburg, TN. He was a Vermilion resident since 1958 moving from Memphis, Tennessee. He had also lived in Johnesboro, Arkansas. Mr. Dycus served in the United States Army...
