Obituaries

Obituaries

Thomas Davis

Thomas Davis

May 19, 2003

Vermilion -Thomas G. Davis, age 52, of Vermilion, died Monday, May 19, 2003 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born on September 29, 1950 in Logan, West VIrginia. He has been a Vermilion resident for the past 25 years, moving from West Virginia. He retired from the Ford Motor Company in Avon Lake where he worked...

Douglas R. Francis

Douglas R. Francis

May 19, 2003

Douglas R. Francis, age 66, of Milan, died suddenly Monday, May 19, 2003 at his home. He was born on September 15, 1936 in Vermilion, Ohio, and had lived in Vermilion and Milan. He worked as a construction worker and was a self employed farmer. He enjoyed gardening, farming, fishing and wildlife. He also raised geese. Survivors include a...

Rosa Duperow

Rosa Duperow

May 18, 2003

osa Illiff DuPerow "Rose" (nee Flowers), 86, of Vermilion, died Sunday, May 18, 2003 in Kingston of Vermilion. She was born August 6, 1916 in Richmond, Virginia. She worked in the Vermilion Post Office as a cleaning lady. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church, Vermilion where she sang in the choir. She lived in Volunteer Bay and...

Ronald Millett

Ronald Millett

May 18, 2003

Vermilion -Ronald LeRoy Millett, 65, of Vermilion, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, in MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, after a sudden illness. He was born March 12, 1938 in Cambridge Springs, PA and has been a resident of Vermilion since 1981 after moving from Vacaville, CA. After retiring from the City of Vermilion Utilities Department, he became an Auctioneer and...

Clarence Belcore

Clarence Belcore

May 17, 2003

Clarence C. "Bud" Belcore, Jr., age 71, of Wakeman, died Saturday, May 17, 2003 at Lakewood Hospital following a short illness. He was born on December 9, 1931 in Pennsylvania and has lived in Wakeman for over 30 years. He also lived in Cleveland and Brookpark. He worked as a Truck Driver for Dohrn Trucking Company, later known as...

Carl Stafford

Carl Stafford

May 11, 2003

Carl W. Stafford, age 86, of Vermilion, Ohio, died Sunday, May 11, 2003 at New Life Hospice Center in Lorain after a lengthy illness. Born May 15, 1916 in Gagetown, Michigan, he was a Vermilion resident since 1981 moving from Cass City, Michigan. He had also lived in Granite City, Illinois. He retired after 48 years as a chemist...

Susan Silsby

Susan Silsby

May 10, 2003

Susan H. Silsby (nee Fulk), 55 of Vermilion, died Saturday, May 10, 2003 in Community Health Partners West after a short illness. She was born July 2, 1947 in San Antonio, TX and has lived in Vermilion since 1966 moving from Cincinnati. Mrs. Silsby was a member of the Women�s Bowling Association and enjoyed bowling. Survivors include her husband...

Edna Risdon

Edna Risdon

May 10, 2003

Edna S. Risdon (nee Delfing), 86 of Vermilion, died Saturday, May 10, 2003 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born July 12, 1916 in Lorain, OH and has been a Vermilion resident since 1964, moving from Amherst.. She had worked at Nordson, Amherst during WWII. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion...

Louella Kolk

Louella Kolk

May 10, 2003

Louella R. Kolk (nee Washtak), 83 of Lakewood, died Saturday, May 10, 2003 in Lakewood Hospital after a short illness. She was born October 6, 1919 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a Lakewood resident for the past 50 years. Mrs. Kolk graduated from Vermilion High School in 1937 and Spencerian Business School in Cleveland (presently Dyke Business School)....

Charles Kalb

Charles Kalb

May 9, 2003

Bradenton, FL - Edwin Charles Kalb, 70, of Bradenton, FL and Portsmouth, OH died May 9, 2003 at Community Health Partners West, Lorain, Ohio after a 3 year illness. He was born October 25, 1932 in Portsmouth, Ohio. He moved to Bradenton, Florida in 1978 from Portsmouth. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy Air Corp serving during...

Norman Polzin

Norman Polzin

May 4, 2003

Norman Otto Polzin, 87, of Vermilion, died suddenly, Sunday, May 4, 2003 in MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland. He was born October 12, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been a Vermilion resident since 1948 moving from Sheffield Lake. He worked as an operator for Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Avon Lake, retiring in 1977. After retirement, he worked at Romps...

Albert Pecora, Jr.

Albert Pecora, Jr.

Apr 26, 2003

Albert M. Pecora, Jr. DDS, 65, of Wakeman died Saturday, April 26, 2003, after a sudden illness at Allen Medical Center, Oberlin. He was born Dec. 10, 1937 in Lorain, OH. He had lived in Amherst before moving to Wakeman where he has been a resident for the past 34 years. Dr. Pecora graduated from Georgetown University Dental School,...

Ann Mienke

Ann Mienke

Apr 17, 2003

Ann Sylvester Mienke, a long-time resident of Vermilion, Ohio, died on Thursday, April 17, 2003 at Rae-Ann Suburban Nursing Home in Westlake. She was 68. She was born on June 6, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee where she lived until moving to Vermilion in 1958. She was a 1952 graduate of Whitehaven High School, Memphis and was employed as a...

Allan Angney

Allan Angney

Apr 14, 2003

Allan B. Angney, 74, of Vermilion, died Monday, April 14, 2003 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. He was born October 7, 1928 in Harrisburg, PA, and has been a Vermilion resident since 1951. He worked as a Deputy Sheriff for Erie County retiring in 1992. He also owned and operated the...

Florence Lyon

Florence Lyon

Apr 14, 2003

Florence C. Lyon (nee Baldwin), 90 of Vermilion, died Monday, April 14, 2003 in Life Care at Wells Crossing Nursing home, Orange Park, FL after a short illness. She was born December 4, 1912 in Vermilion, and has been a life long Vermilion resident, until moving to Orange Park, FL 2 years ago. She worked in the Vermilion Schools...

Barbara Rose Winterstein

Barbara Rose Winterstein

Apr 13, 2003

Barbara Rose Winterstein (nee Naegele), 69 of Vermilion, died Sunday, April 13, 2003 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness.. She was born March 9, 1934 in Vermilion, OH and has been a Vermilion resident her whole life.. Mrs. Winterstein graduated from Vermilion High School in 1952 and attended Steven's College and the University of Cincinnati....

Korban F. Mayer

Korban F. Mayer

Apr 12, 2003

Korban Franklin Mayer, Vermilion, died at birth April 12, 2003 in Lorian. He is survived by his mother, Kristi Mayer of Vermilion, Maternal Grandparents, Russell and Elizabeth Mayer of Vermilion and Trudy and Dennis Kuhl of Norwalk, Aunt, Mandi Mayer of Vermilion, and Uncle, Todd Mayer of Pleasureville, KY; Great-Grandparent; Frank Mayer and several cousins. He was preceded in...

Scott Jeavons

Scott Jeavons

Apr 2, 2003

Scott Thomas Jeavons, 35, formally of Vermilion, died suddenly Wednesday, April 2, 2003. He was born October 13, 1967 in Lorain, Ohio. He was formerly a Vermilion resident before moving to Centennial, Colorado in September, 2002. He worked as a loan officer for Capital West Mortgage in Colorado, and had worked at Jeavons Boat Yard, Vermilion. He was a...

Elizabeth Jean Rice

Elizabeth Jean Rice

Mar 27, 2003

Elizabeth Jean Rice (nee Ford), 84 of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 27, 2003 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born June 29, 1918 in Columbus, Ohio. She had worked in the marketing department at Sears in Elyria. She was a member of the Vermilion Evangelical and Reformed Church , and the Madeleine Chapter #204 of the Order of Eastern...

Jay Ward

Jay Ward

Mar 19, 2003

Berlin Heights- Jay Daniel Ward, age 36, of Berlin Heights, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 as a result of an accident. He was born on January 22, 1967 in Amherst, and has been an area resident for most of his life. He served and trained as a combat engineer in the Army National Guard of Ohio for 8 years....

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