Roberts Grace
Nov 20, 2003
Grace E. Roberts, (nee Feiszli), 90, of Vermilion, died Thursday, November 20, 2003 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born August 26,1913 in Vermilion, Ohio. She had worked as a waitress at Helfrichs Restaurant in Vermilion. She was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregational. She graduated from Vermilion High School in 1931....
Margaret Wasela
Nov 20, 2003
Margaret Wasela (nee Bylicki), 77 of Lorain, died Thursday, November 20, 2003 in Elyria United Methodist Village following a lengthy illness. Born in Lorain July 15, 1926, she lived here most of her life, except the 10 years she spent living in Pasadena, California. She was a graduate of Lorain High school with Certificates of Study from Lorain Business...
Geneva Johnson
Nov 15, 2003
Geneva J. Johnson, age 82, of Vermilion, Ohio, formerly of Pennington Gap, VA, died Saturday, November 15, 2003 at Kingston of Vermilion, following a short illness. She was born on September 4, 1921 in Ocoonita, Virginia and had moved to Pennington Gap at age 14, where she made her home with the Pearl and Maxie Gilbert Family. She had...
Burton Bickel
Nov 8, 2003
Burton Bickel, 93 of Vermilion, died Saturday, November 8, 2003 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain. He was born April 6, 1910 in Lorain, OH and had been a resident of Lorain and Amherst until he moved to Howey-In-The-Hills, FL in 1976. He has been a Vermilion resident since 1996. Mr. Bickel was a Sheet Metal worker for Local...
Marguerite Theresa Dellefield
Nov 7, 2003
Marguerite Theresa Dellefield, 90 of Vermilion, died Friday, November 7, 2003 in Kingston of Vermilion after a year illness. She was born September 30, 1913 in Milan, Ohio. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 60 years. She worked at Philco in Sandusky until they closed then as a custodian for the Vermilion School system until retirement....
Monnie Short
Nov 1, 2003
Monnie "Monica" Short (nee Lewis), age 77, of Lorain, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at her home following a longtime illness. She was born on June 7, 1926 in Portageville, Missouri and has lived in Lorain for over 60 years. She was a homemaker, a member of the Catholic Church of St. Peter in Lorain and the ChorData Club....
David Lee Gay
Oct 31, 2003
David Lee Gay, III, age 52, of Vermilion, died Friday, October 31, 2003 following a sudden illness. He was born on July 13, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia and has lived in Vermilion for the past 5 years. He also lived in Summerville, SC. He was currently working as a librarian assistant for the Ritter Public Library in Vermilion and...
Freda Peck
Oct 30, 2003
Freda F. Peck (nee Hildebrandt), 89, of Vermilion, died Thursday, October 30, 2003 in Kingston of Vermilion. She was born May 22, 1914 in Leamington, Ontario. She was co-owner with her husband, Harry John Peck, of Peck's Cottages in Vermilion and had worked for Firelands Floors, Vermilion. Mrs. Peck was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion, where...
Art Barnes
Oct 29, 2003
Edward "Art" Arthur Barnes, age 80, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 6, 1923 in Elyria where he lived until moving to Vermilion in 1979. He was one of the founders of Amherst Metal Products, working until his retirement in 1985. He...
Jesse Vandeusen
Oct 24, 2003
Jesse "Andy" Andrew VanDeusen, 52, of Vermilion, died Friday, October 24, 2003 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain, after a one year illness. He was born June 9, 1951 in Harvard, Ill. and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 5 years moving from Hinckley and Brunswick in Medina County. He worked as a truck driver for E...
Barbara Mittelstaedt
Oct 22, 2003
Barbara Helen Mittelstaedt (nee Horvath), 65, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, October 22, 2003 in Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, Ohio. She was born August 23, 1938 in Lorain, Ohio . She was a former member of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Cleveland. She bowled at Lake Erie Lanes in Vermilion, and had bowled a 300 game. She was an...
Bonnie Lue Cooksey
Oct 21, 2003
Bonnie Lue Cooksey (nee Graham), 79, of Florence Township, died Tuesday, October 21, 2003 in Norwalk Memorial Home after a lengthy illness. She was born October 5, 1924 in Scottsville, KY. She was a 45 year resident of Florence Township moving from Lorain. She had worked as a cook at Brady's Restaurant in Lorain and McGarvies Restaurant in Vermilion....
Donald J. Brill
Oct 21, 2003
Donald J. Brill, 37, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, October 21, 2003 as a result of an auto accident in Norwalk, Ohio. He was born June 7, 1966 in Amherst, Ohio, and has been a lifelong Brownhelm resident. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Americut Coring and Sawing Inc. of...
Nina Lou Johnson
Oct 16, 2003
Nina Lou Johnson (nee Penney), 76 of Vermilion, died Thursday, October 16, 2003 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. She was born April 26, 1927 in Mayking, KY. She was a Vermilion resident the past 33 years, moving from Lorain. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Vermilion. She...
Rosalia Zocchi
Oct 15, 2003
Rosalia "Rosa" Zocchi, 95 of Amherst, died Wednesday, October 15, 2003 in Golden Acres Lorain County Home. She was born March 21, 1908 in Lorain, Ohio. During WW II, Rosa worked as a crane operator with Thew Shovel Co. She worked as a seamstress for Agnes Kay and other garment factories. She was a member of The Catholic Church...
Evalyn French
Oct 11, 2003
Evalyn Rhoda French, 92 of Vermilion, died Saturday, October 11, 2003 in Mill Manor Nursing Home, Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born January 29, 1911 in Vermilion, Ohio and has always lived in the Vermilion area . Mrs. French graduated from Vermilion High School and Oberlin Business College. She worked as a Teller for Erie County Bank,...
Lee Ensinger
Oct 9, 2003
Lee Edward Ensinger, 86 of Vermilion, died Thursday, October 9, 2003 in the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky after a lengthy illness. He was born June 26, 1917 in Cleveland, OH and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 70 years. Mr. Ensinger attended Collinwood High School, Cleveland and graduated from Vermilion High School. He was a Staff Sergeant...
William Pennington
Oct 9, 2003
William C. Pennington, 66, of Vermilion, died Thursday, October 9, 2003 at his home after a 1 1/2 year illness. He was born December 3, 1936 in Williamsport, TN and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 20 years, moving from Lorain. He worked as a patrolman for the Lorain Police Department during the 1960's - 1980's. He...
Mary Lewandowski
Oct 8, 2003
Mary Lewandowski (nee Bielecki), age 80, of Lorain, died Wednesday, October 8, 2003 in New Life Hospice Residental Center in Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born on June 23, 1923 in Lublin, Poland and has been a resident of Lorain since 1949. She worked as a stamper for Lorain Products for 28 years, retiring in 1988. She...
Ethel R. Rushton
Oct 6, 2003
Ethel R. Rushton (nee Rosso), 91 of Vero Beach, Florida, died Monday, October 6, 2003 in Tandum Health Care Center, Vero Beach, FL. She was born April 1, 1912 in Lorain, Ohio. Ethel lived all her life in Lorain until moving in 1996 to be with her son in Vero Beach, FL. She was a homemaker and a member...
