Obituaries

Obituaries

Adele Agnes Kovanic

Adele Agnes Kovanic

May 5, 2018

Adele Agnes Kovanic, 97, of Vermilion, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2018 at her home following a lengthy illness. Adele was born December 17, 1920 in Cleveland, OH, and had been a life long Vermilion resident. She received her bachelors degree from DeSailes College, Toledo and her masters from Case Western Reserve, Cleveland. Adele was a music teacher for...

Stephan W. Orosz

Stephan W. Orosz

Apr 28, 2018

Stephan W. "Steve" Orosz, 79, of Vermilion, died Saturday, April 28, 2018 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born June 16, 1938 in Elyria and had been a life long Vermilion area resident. Steve was a veteran of the US Army where he served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. He worked for Bettcher...

Larry L. Summers

Larry L. Summers

Apr 27, 2018

Larry L. Summers, 66, of Florence Township, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at Cleveland Clinic Richard E Jacobs Health Center, Avon following a lengthy illness. Larry was born May 10, 1951 in Preston County, WV, he had been a Florence Township resident for the past 37 years moving from Vermilion. Larry worked for Ford Motor Co. as an...

Deborah Ann Coleman

Deborah Ann Coleman

Apr 27, 2018

Deborah Ann Coleman (nee Urey), 49, of Vermilion, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born June 21, 1968 in Youngstown, OH and had been a Wakeman and Vermilion resident for the past 20 years moving from PA. Debbie worked for Wendy's in Vermilion as a manager for the past 4...

George B. Shullick

George B. Shullick

Apr 26, 2018

George B. Shullick, 84, of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a short illness. He was born November 29, 1933 in Perryopolis, PA and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 54 years moving from Pennsylvania. George was a veteran of the US Navy serving during the Korean War. After returning from...

Louise A. Jackson

Louise A. Jackson

Apr 23, 2018

Louise A. Jackson (nee Kukucka), 54, of Wakeman, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018 at Mercy Allen Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. She was born October 30, 1963 in Elyria and had been a Wakeman resident for the past 50 years moving from Avon. Louise graduated from Firelands High School in 1982 and then received her undergraduate and...

Patricia Lou Triplett

Patricia Lou Triplett

Apr 21, 2018

Patricia Lou Triplett (nee Maynard ), 74, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice in Lorain after a brief illness. Patricia was born March 2, 1944 in Holden, WV, and had recently moved to Lorain from Vermilion. Patricia delivered flowers and made floral arrangements for Tiffany's Flowers and Beurskens Flowers before retiring. She...

Eugene S. 'Gene' Haber

Eugene S. 'Gene' Haber

Apr 16, 2018

Eugene S. "Gene" Haber, 61, of Vermilion, died Monday, April 16, 2018 at Firelands Regional Medical Center Main Campus after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 27, 1956 in Lorain and had been a life long Vermilion resident. Gene worked in the maintenance department for Lithonia Lighting, Vermilion for 30 years. He then became an Engineer...

Marlene E. West

Marlene E. West

Apr 14, 2018

Marlene E. West (nee Miller), 79, of Vermilion, died Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born October 11, 1938 in Coraopolis, PA and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 48 years moving from Coraopolis. Marlene was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion and volunteered with Vermilion in...

Herman Eugene 'Gene' Dumke

Herman Eugene 'Gene' Dumke

Apr 14, 2018

Herman "Gene" Eugene Dumke Jr., 67, of Vermilion, died Saturday, April 14, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Gene was born September 20, 1950 in Elyria, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 41 years moving from Kansas. He was a veteran of the US Air Force serving with the 533rd...

Margaret '"Margie"' Pullen

Margaret '"Margie"' Pullen

Apr 11, 2018

Margaret "Margie" (nee Raisor) Pullen passed away on April 11, 2018 after a long, happy life. She was born to John and Helen (nee Gruver) Raisor in Lafayette, IN on February 7, 1934. She was a graduate of the class of 1952, Dayton High School, Dayton, IN. Margie married the love of her life, Paul, on April 28, 1962....

Kenneth C. "Buck" Perkins

Kenneth C. "Buck" Perkins

Apr 7, 2018

Kenneth C. "Buck" Perkins, 74, of Vermilion, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018 at his home following a lengthy illness. Buck was born April 7, 1944 in Sandusky, OH, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 32 years moving from Berlin Heights. He was a veteran of the US Army from 1962-1964. Buck worked for as a...

Nicholas Paul 'Nick' Kurowski

Nicholas Paul 'Nick' Kurowski

Apr 7, 2018

Nicholas Paul "Nick" Kurowski, 26, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018. Nick was born April 1, 1992 in Lorain, OH, and had been a life long Vermilion resident. He graduated from Firelands HS and Bowling Green State University. Nick worked as an accountant for TravelCenters Of America. He is survived by his parents, Michael and Robin (nee...

Cierra Ellen Suleski

Cierra Ellen Suleski

Apr 4, 2018

Cierra Ellen Suleski, 23, of Lorain, died Wednesday, April 4, 2018. She was born August 5, 1994 in Amherst and had been a life long Vermilion area resident graduating from Vermilion High School in 2012. Cierra worked as an assembler for Ford Motor Co., Avon Lake and she also worked at Quaker Steak and Lube, Sheffield. She was a...

Arlynn J. 'Lynn' Green

Arlynn J. 'Lynn' Green

Mar 31, 2018

Arlynn "Lynn" J. Green (nee Shepherd), 82, of Vermilion, died Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Mill Manor Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born July 30, 1935 in Huron and had been a Birmingham resident for 50 years before moving to Vermilion in 2014. Lynn worked as a secretary handling the insurance paperwork for Dr. Burley's office...

Linda Sue Wisniewski

Linda Sue Wisniewski

Mar 27, 2018

Linda Sue Wisniewski, 67, of Lorain, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at her home after a home burglary. She was born December 3, 1950 in Lorain where she had lived most of her life. Linda had a number of careers, most recently working as a waitress at Cracker Barrel. She was a member of St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church...

George T. Spreng

George T. Spreng

Mar 26, 2018

George T. Spreng Jr., 49, of Chillicothe and formerly of Vermilion, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 26, 2018. He was born June 2, 1968 in Lorain had been a resident of Chillicothe for the past year moving from Vermilion. George worked as a laser engraver for a memorial stone company in Columbus. He was...

Lawrence F. Flaczynski

Lawrence F. Flaczynski

Mar 24, 2018

Lawrence F. Flaczynski, 88, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Wesleyan Village in Elyria after a brief illness. Lawrence was born July 31, 1929 in Lorain, OH. he had been a Elyria resident for the past 3 years moving from Sheffield Village. He was a veteran of the US Navy serving as an ET2 aboard the...

Patrick C. Cumberledge

Patrick C. Cumberledge

Mar 24, 2018

Patrick C. Cumberledge, 74, of Vermilion, passed away at his home on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Pat was born April 15, 1943 in Shamrock-Brave, PA and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 46 years moving from PA. He was a veteran of the US Army and had served in Germany. Pat retired from Ford Motor Company as...

Rita B Prete

Rita B Prete

Mar 22, 2018

Rita Bernadine Prete (nee Gerber), 92, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a short illness. Rita was born August 22, 1925 in Chatham, Ontario and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 60 years moving from Roseville, MI. She graduated from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Chatham, Ontario and was...

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