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Myra E. Sablack

Myra E. Sablack

Aug 16, 2017

Myra Elizabeth Sablack (nee Schmidt), 70, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born April 2, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 20 years, moving from Cleveland. Myra worked in home heath care as an STNA for many years before becoming a...

Geraldine B. 'Gerry' Adams

Geraldine B. 'Gerry' Adams

Aug 11, 2017

Geraldine B. "Gerry" Adams (nee Sheets), 85, formerly of Lorain, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 11, 2017 with her family present, at the Lutheran Home at Concord Reserve in Westlake after a lengthy illness. She was born October 4, 1931 in Lorain where she had lived most of her life. Geraldine worked as a...

Florence Charity Daniels

Florence Charity Daniels

Aug 11, 2017

Florence Charity Daniels (nee Moes), 95, of Vermilion, died Friday, August 11, 2017 at her home. Charity was born January 28, 1922 in Amherst. She had lived in Berlin Heights and also in Lakewood for 30 years. . Charity graduated from Vermilion High School and attended Bowling Green State University.. She worked briefly for Philco in Sandusky during WWII....

Kimberly Ann Mignano

Kimberly Ann Mignano

Aug 9, 2017

Kimberly Ann Mignano (nee Flannery), 54, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at her home after a short illness. She was born November 28, 1962 in Amherst and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 7 years moving from Berlin Heights. Kimberly had assisted many people with her home health care work for many years. She enjoyed...

James E. Garvey

James E. Garvey

Aug 7, 2017

James E. Garvey, 81, of Vermilion, died Monday, August 7, 2017 at his home after a lengthy illness. James was born December 31, 1935 in Scranton, PA and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 41 years moving from Lima. He was a veteran of the US Navy serving as an Aviation Electrician 1st class. James worked for...

Paul 'Bud' Knott

Paul 'Bud' Knott

Aug 3, 2017

Paul "Bud" B. Knott Jr. 76, of Florence Twp., died Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a lengthy illness. He was born August 12, 1940 in Lorain and had been a life long Florence Twp. resident. Paul worked as a Mechanic and Service Manager for several different companies including Liberty Auto, Harrison Ford, and Sliman's...

Minnie Margerete Shipman

Minnie Margerete Shipman

Jul 27, 2017

Minnie Margarete Shipman (nee Lundy), 88, of Vermilion, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Kingston of Vermilion after a brief illness. Minnie was born June 30, 1929 in Weedville, PA and had been a Vermilion resident since 1958 moving to Calodonia, PA for 19 years before moving back to Vermilion. Before becoming a resident at Kingston of Vermilion,...

Donald Thrash

Donald Thrash

Jul 24, 2017

Donald Thrash, 74, of Vermilion, died Monday, July 24, 2017 at Lake Pointe Health Center after a lengthy illness. He was born January 3, 1943 in Union, MS, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 45 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the US Army. Donald worked for Ford Motor Co., Lorain in the...

Anna 'Betty' Martin

Anna 'Betty' Martin

Jul 23, 2017

Anna "Betty" Martin (nee Stuart), 98, of Vermilion, died Sunday, July 23, 2017 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Anna was born January 3, 1919 in Clydebank, Scotland and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 61 years moving from Scotland. She had served in the Women's Army with the Forestry Commission during WWII. She enjoyed...

Gregory A. Clark

Gregory A. Clark

Jul 22, 2017

Gregory A. Clark, 54, of Vermilion, died Saturday, July 22, 2017 at his home after a lengthy illness.   He was born October 1, 1962 in Little Rock, AR, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 27 years after living in Hawaii and California.   Greg was a veteran of the US Navy and worked as a...

William S. 'Bud' Ryan

William S. 'Bud' Ryan

Jul 20, 2017

William S. "Bud" Ryan, 83, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017 at his home following a brief illness. Bud was born in Lorain and had been a life long resident. He was a veteran of the US Navy. Prior to his retirement as an auto body technician for various auto dealerships in the Lorain area, he worked...

Virginia Marie Vanbergen

Virginia Marie Vanbergen

Jul 19, 2017

Virginia Marie VanBergen (nee Pojman), 70, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice. Virginia was born February 12, 1947 in Parma and had been a 17 year resident of Vermilion moving from Westlake. She was an elementary school teacher in Mt. Healthy, OH, prior to raising her children . She was a member of...

Joseph James 'Jamie' Lacinak

Joseph James 'Jamie' Lacinak

Jul 15, 2017

Joseph James "Jamie" Lacinak III, 39, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017. Jamie was born July 16, 1977 in Oberlin, OH and was raised in Vermilion. He attended Vermilion city schools and was employed as a chef for many years. He enjoyed creative cooking, weight lifting, collecting sports memorabilia, and he excelled in baseball. He is survived...

Gail William Straight

Gail William Straight

Jul 14, 2017

Gail William Straight, 94, of Norwalk, OH, went home to be with his loved ones and the Lord on Friday, July 14, 2017. Gail was born April 17, 1923 in Wadestown, W.Va, son of the late William and Lillie Straight . He retired as a Pump Engineer for Sun Pipe Line of Toledo, OH. Prior to his employment at...

Diane Bailey Chesnut

Diane Bailey Chesnut

Jul 12, 2017

Diane L. Chesnut (nee Bailey), 81, of Vermilion, died suddenly Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at Cleveland Clinic due to an infection from a surgery. She was born April 22, 1936 in Lorain, Ohio and had been a life time Vermilion resident. Diane graduated from Vermilion High School, class of 1953 where she met her high school sweetheart and husband...

Patricia B Masten

Patricia B Masten

Jul 11, 2017

Patricia Bernice Masten (nee Freeman), 71, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Stein Hospice after a lengthy illness. She was born December 5, 1945 in Union City, TN and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 59 years. Patricia graduated from Vermilion High School in 1963 and worked for Lakewood Steel doing inside sales for 15...

Earl Fate

Earl Fate

Jul 11, 2017

Earl Fate, 83, of Lorain, died peacefully Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born January 21, 1934 in Marion, OH to the late Watson and Pearl (nee Jackson) Fate. He had been a lifelong Lorain resident. Earl graduated from Lorain High School and was a veteran of the United States Army. He...

Thomas John William Mills

Thomas John William Mills

Jul 10, 2017

Thomas John-William Mills, 39, of North Ridgeville, died Monday, July 10, 2017 at MetroHealth Medical Center after a sudden illness. Thomas was born Nov. 23, 1977 in Lorain. Tom was raised in Vermilion, had been a North Ridgeville resident for the past 3 years moving from Berea. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Tom worked for...

Maurice 'Maury' Bowen

Maurice 'Maury' Bowen

Jul 7, 2017

Maurice "Maury" Bowen, 86, of Upper Sandusky, died Friday, July 7, 2017 at Wyandot Memorial Hospital, Upper Sandusky after a lengthy illness. Maurice was born December 19, 1930 in Upper Sandusky where he resided for the past 2 years moving from Vermilion where he lived for over 40 years. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air...

Sandra A. Larges

Sandra A. Larges

Jul 6, 2017

Sandra A. Larges (nee James), 67, of Birmingham, died Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a lengthy illness. She was born August 30, 1949 in Saginaw, MI and had been a Birmingham resident for the past 32 years moving from Vermilion. Sandra was a member of the American Legion #397, life member of Amvets Post...

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