Obituaries
Obituaries
Donald D. Missig
Oct 29, 2018
Donald D. Missig, 80, of Vermilion, died Monday, October 29, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a lengthy illness. He was born September 11, 1938 in Sandusky and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 59 years moving from Sandusky. Donald was a veteran of the US Marines. Donald worked for Ford Motor Co., Lorain as a...
Paul Maynard Heller
Oct 27, 2018
Paul Maynard Heller, 90, of Amherst, died Saturday, October 27, 2018 at his home after a brief illness. He was born October 15, 1928 in Amherst where he had been a life long resident. Paul began his carrier with the Cleveland Quarries as a stone cutter and retired as the head machinist after 42 years in 1990. He was...
Robert Charles Cooper
Oct 16, 2018
Robert Charles Cooper, 79, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born January 21, 1939 in Memphis, TN and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 59 years moving from Memphis. Robert graduated from Memphis Tech High School and was a veteran of the US Army. He...
Jerome E. Schacht
Oct 12, 2018
Jerome E. Schacht, 82, of Perrysburg, died Friday, October 12, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospital, Maumee, Ohio, after a lengthy illness. Jerry was born June 18, 1936 in South Amherst, OH. He had been a Perrysburg resident since 2005. He had also lived in Port Clinton, Norwalk, and several Ohio school districts where he served as teacher, coach, principal...
James E. 'Jim' Smith
Oct 9, 2018
James "Jim" E. Smith, 79, of Huron, died Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Stein Hospice after a lengthy illness. He was born October 6, 1939 in Elyria and had been a Huron resident for the past 10 years moving from Vermilion and Lorain. Jim worked as a Lithographer for the Elyria Chronicle Telegram for 33 years retiring in 2000....
Jeffrey W. Marsolais
Oct 7, 2018
Jeffrey W. Marsolais, 38, of Lorain, died Monday, October 8, 2018 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born December 3, 1979 in Lorain and had been a life long Vermilion and Lorain resident. Jeffrey worked as an independent carpenter for various builders. He enjoyed following Cleveland and Ohio State sports, cookouts, and especially enjoyed spending time...
Audra Faye Carpenter
Oct 1, 2018
Audra Faye Carpenter (nee Carr), 74, of Vermilion, went home to be with the Lord Monday, October 1, 2018, at Amherst Manor Nursing Home after a short illness. Audra was born May 7, 1944 in South Charleston, WV. She had been a Vermilion resident since 1972 moving from St. Albans, WV. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church...
Carol Jo Adams
Oct 1, 2018
Carol Jo Adams (nee Hrejsa), 71, of Huron, started her eternal life Monday, October 1, 2018 at Firelands Regional Medical Center Main Campus after a sudden illness. She was born December 15, 1946 in Highland Park, IL and had been a Vermilion area resident for the past 18 years moving from Rantoul, IL. Carol worked with her daughter as...
Douglas E. Zientarski
Sep 28, 2018
Douglas E. Zientarski, 60, of Wakeman, died Friday, September 28, 2018 at University Hospitals of Cleveland after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born September 16, 1958 in Lorain where he spent his childhood. He had been a Vermilion resident most of his adult life until moving to Wakeman five years ago. Douglas worked as a Pipefitter for...
Ralph N. Tremain, Jr.
Sep 25, 2018
Ralph N. Tremain, Jr., 75, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born December 23, 1942 in Amherst and had been a life long Vermilion resident. Ralph was a veteran of the US Army. He worked for the City of Vermilion for over 30 years, retiring as the...
Darlene Hogan
Sep 23, 2018
Darlene Hogan (nee McClain), 87, of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 23, 2018 at Akron Summa Health Systems Hospital after a brief illness. She was born May 17, 1931 in Jackson, TN and had been a Vermilion resident for 26 years also living in Bells, TN. Darlene was a member of First Baptist Church, Vermilion and enjoyed knitting, crocheting, playing...
Ruth Bennett Watson
Sep 21, 2018
Ruth Bennett Watson (nee Mosier), 90, of Vermilion, passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 at Kingston Residence of Vermilion after a brief illness. Ruth was born February 19, 1928 in Martinsville, IN. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 52 years moving from Waverly, Ohio. Ruth retired from the Vermilion school district as a 5th grade teacher...
Carol E. Ness
Sep 19, 2018
Carol E. Ness (nee Andersen), 79, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Mill Manor Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born April 23, 1939 in Cleveland and had spent most of her life in Vermilion and Olmsted Falls. Carol graduated from Miami University and had a passion for breeding, raising, and showing Afghan Hounds. She...
Carole Ann Horseman
Sep 12, 2018
Carole Ann Horseman (nee Bodis), 52 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born May 20, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 7 years moving from Elyria after her divorce. Carole graduated from Our Lady of Angels grade school and St....
Dale Leonard Hunady
Sep 10, 2018
Dale Leonard Hunady, 75, of Vermilion, passed Monday, September 10, 2018 at after a lengthy illness. Dale was born November 28, 1942 in Lorain, Ohio and had lived in Vermilion for the past 28 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines. Dale retired from American Crucible Products as a machinist. He was a member...
Alan John Yates
Sep 10, 2018
Alan John Yates, 65, of Vermilion, died Monday, September 10, 2018 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Alan was born September 5, 1953 in Elyria .He had been a Vermilion resident since 1984 moving from Elyria. Alan worked as an electrician. The last 10 years he worked at KBI. Alan did a lot of volunteer work including volunteering for the...
Robert D. Koepke
Sep 9, 2018
Robert Drew Koepke, 68, of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a 5 month illness. Robert was born January 12, 1950 in Elyria, OH. He had been a Vermilion resident for most of his life, but had lived in Avon, Avon Lake and Elyria. He was a car enthusiast and belonged to MOB...
Beverly W Billings
Sep 7, 2018
Beverly Wendt Billings (nee Kuschke), aged 83, died peacefully in Ames Family Hospice, Westlake, OH on September 7, 2018 surrounded by her family. Born on December 9, 1934 in Hahnemann Hospital, Scranton, PA, she went to work at the age of 11 at the hospital working there until high school graduation where she graduated at the top of her...
Elsie M Mckinnon
Sep 6, 2018
Elsie M McKinnon (nee Horvath ), 97, of Lorain, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 6, 2018. Elsie was born March 28, 1921 in Lorain to Hungarian immigrants, Rose and John Horvath. She was a life-long resident of Lorain. Elsie retired from Lorain Products Corp. as a factory assembler after 31 years. She attended St. Anthony School and remained an...
Thelma E King
Sep 3, 2018
Thelma E. King (nee Ault), 78, of Vermilion, passed away Monday, September 3, 2018 at Kingston of Vermilion following a lengthy illness. Thelma was born November 5, 1939 in Parkersburg, WV, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 69 years. Thelma worked for at Elberta Inn as a cook's helper. She enjoyed reading and gardening. She is...
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