Obituaries
Obituaries
Emma K. Ziegman
Feb 29, 2004
Emma K. Ziegman (nee Drechsler), 96, of Vermilion, died Sunday, February 29, 2004 in Ohio Extended Care Center, Lorain after a brief illness. She was born November 13, 1907 in Lorain, Ohio and has lived most of her life in the Vermilion and Brownhelm areas. Mrs. Ziegman graduated from Brownhelm High School and Kent State University. She was an...
Hobert Hardwick
Feb 26, 2004
Hobert D Hardwick, 74 of Wakeman, died Thursday, February 26, 2004 in Community Health Partners West after a lengthy illness. He was born May 26, 1929 in Kidder, Kentucky and has been a Birmingham area resident since 1965 moving from Amherst. He worked as a Machinist for the Cleveland Quarries for 44 years retiring in 1991. He was a...
Olive Kubach
Feb 25, 2004
Olive Christina Kubach (nee Holl), 92, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, February 25, 2004 in Kingston of Vermilion after a brief illness. She was born January 26, 1912 in Amherst, Ohio, where she lived until 1974 when she moved to Florence, then she moved to Vermilion in 2001. She was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Amherst,...
Carmella A. Vergari
Feb 24, 2004
Carmella A. Vergari (nee Perno), of Lorain, died Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain. She was 91 years old. She was born on July 24, 1912 in Kushequa, Pennsylvania and has lived in Lorain for over 60 years. A homemaker, she enjoyed cooking and baking for her family and friends, many whom especially remember...
Vincent Congregane
Feb 18, 2004
Vincent J. Congregane, 87 of Sandusky, died Wednesday, February 18, 2004 in the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky after a short illness. He was born February 18, 1917 in Staten Island, NY and moved to Vermilion in 1948. Mr. Congregane was a veteran of the US Army serving in France and Germany during WWII. He worked for New Departure, retiring...
William Chasar
Feb 17, 2004
William Chasar, 84, of Lorain, died Tuesday, February 17, 2004 in St. Joseph Hospice Residential Center, Lorain after a 4 year illness. He was born October 6, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Chasar was a veteran of the United States Navy. He served as a Bows man on the Naval vessel, LST, that transported troops during W. W. II....
Martha Jean Dayton
Feb 12, 2004
Martha Jean Dayton (nee Papinchak), 57, of Vermilion, died Thursday, February 12, 2004 in Community Health Partners West after a one month illness. She was born March 3, 1946 in Pittsburgh, PA. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 35 years moving from Lorain. She worked as an office worker for the Vermilion Board of Education. She...
Ella Fredricka Hrivnak
Feb 11, 2004
Ella Fredricka Hrivnak (nee Krieger), 90, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, February 11, 2004 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born October 6, 1913 in Cleveland, OH and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 31 years moving from Cleveland. She graduated from Metropolitan Business College and began her career...
Charles Walter Crate
Feb 10, 2004
harles "Charlie" Walter Crate, 68, of Vermilion , died Tuesday, February 10, 2004 in Metro Health Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born April 5, 1935 in Beaver, Clarion County, PA. He has been a Vermilion resident for the past 35 years moving from PA. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air...
Stella Andrzejewski
Feb 9, 2004
Stella Andrzejewski, age 95, formerly of Lorain and Elyria, died Monday, February 9, 2004 at the Life Care Center of Orange Park in Orange Park, Florida, following a lengthy illness. She was born December 31, 1908 in Toledo, Ohio and had lived in Lorain for 62 years, moving to Elyria in 1996. She had lived in Orange Park, Florida...
Roger Wayne Perry
Feb 8, 2004
Roger Wayne Perry, 61, of Lorain, died Sunday, February 8, 2004 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born March 2, 1942 in Huntington, West Virginia. He has been a Amherst and Lorain resident for the past 14 years. He worked as a supervisor for the State of Ohio Bureau of Employment Services in Lorain for 8...
Lillian C. Stockman
Feb 5, 2004
Lillian C. Stockman, (nee Reising), 92, of Vermilion, died Thursday, February 5, 2004 in Mill Manor Nursing Home, Vermilion, after a lenghy illness. She was born on September 28, 1911 in Lorain, Ohio and was a lifelong Vermilion resident. She worked at South Shore Packing, Vermilion for 25 years where she was a packer and a server. Survivors include...
John J. Donovan
Feb 4, 2004
John J. Donovan, 66, of Wakeman, died suddenly Wednesday, February 4, 2004 in Allen Memorial Hospital. He was born May 7, 1937, in Pittsburgh, PA, and had lived in Wakeman the past 10 years moving from Cleveland. He worked at Bettcher Industries in Birmingham for 25 years. He attended many trade schools including Polaris, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, and...
William Lydic
Feb 1, 2004
William "Will" Gorman Lydic, 66 of Vermilion, died Sunday, February 1, 2004 in Akron City Hospital, after a sudden illness. He was born August 12, 1937 in Indiana, PA, and has been a Vermilion area resident for the past 60 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving between 1956-1959. He retired from Avon Ford Automotive...
Richard P. Michaels
Jan 31, 2004
Richard P. Michaels, 77 of Lorain, died Saturday, January 31, 2004 in Community Health Partners West after a short illness. He was born September 22, 1926 in Lorain, Ohio. He lived in Bedford Heights, OH, for more than thirty years before returning to Lorain nine years ago. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1949. He worked as a...
Eugene Davis
Jan 28, 2004
Eugene "Leon" Davis, 76 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at his home after a brief illness. He was born June 13, 1927 in Guntown, Mississippi and has been a Vermilion resident since 1960 moving from Memphis TN. He worked for Ford Motor, Lorain for 31 years retiring in 1991. He was a veteran of the US Army...
Jackson Andrew Focht
Jan 28, 2004
Jackson Andrew Focht, infant son of Jason and Annette (nee Neal) of Milan, was stillborn on, Friday, May 2, 2008 in Community Health Partners in Lorain. In addition to his parents he is survived by a sister, Alexandria Marie Focht; paternal grandmother, Donna Haller of Lorain; paternal grandfather, Mark Haller of Elyria; maternal grandfather, Vicky Neal of Vermilion; maternal...
Jesse L. Visci
Jan 28, 2004
Jesse L. Visci, 87 of Sandusky, formerly of Amherst, died Wednesday, January 28, 2004 in Parkvue Health Care Center in Sandusky following a brief illness. He was born September 9, 1916 in Lorain, Ohio, and had lived in Amherst and Lorain all of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked for the U.S. Steel...
Charles Smith
Jan 26, 2004
Charles Eugene Smith, Sr, 81 of Wellington, died Monday, January 26, 2004 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy illness. He was born November 27, 1922 in Nelsonville, OH and had been a Vermilion resident for 20 years moving from Lorain and had spent the last 5 years in Wellington. He had worked for...
Alyce Jaeger
Jan 26, 2004
Alyce M. Jaeger, 94 of Vermilion, died Monday, January 26, 2004 in Community Health Partners West after a brief illness. She was born March 18, 1909 in Amherst, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident since 1968. She was a graduate of Amherst High School and Oberlin College. She worked as a Teacher for Castalia, Amherst, and Elyria Public...
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