Obituaries
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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...
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...
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