Lula Belle Chapman
Jan 5, 2004
Lula Belle Chapman (nee McGlothlin), age 62, of Lorain, died Monday, January 5, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a short illness. She was born on July 16, 1941 in Clay County, West Virginia and had lived in Lorain for the past 6 years. She had also lived in Cleveland. A homemaker, mother...
Sadie M. Remaklus
Jan 1, 2004
Sadie Remaklus,( nee Grandini) 87, of Lorain, died Thursday, January 1, 2004, in Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain. She was born October 26, 1916, in Carnegie, PA. and was a Lorain resident since 1923. She graduated from Lorain High School in the class of 1937. She had worked as a cleaning person for Southview High School and in the...
Barbara Judy
Jan 1, 2004
Barbara Judy, 73 of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 1, 2004 in her home after a lengthy illness. She was born March 4, 1930 in Euclid, OH and has been a Vermilion resident since 1986, moving from Rocky River. Her and her husband Thomas owned and ran West River Greenhouse in Olmsted Falls for 21 years. Mrs. Judy had previously...
Edward Albin Swietyniowski
Dec 30, 2003
Edward Albin Swietyniowski, Sr., age 60, of Lorain, died Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 20, 1943 in Amherst and has been a lifelong resident of Lorain. He attended Lorain High School and was a United States Marine Corp Veteran, having served during...
Frank M. Kovach
Dec 30, 2003
Francis (Frank) M. Kovach, Jr., age 58, of Lorain, died Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation following a short illness. He was born on June 30, 1945 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. Frank worked at Builder's Square in Lorain for 15 years and previously was employed at the Burger King on Grove Ave...
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...
