Gilbert Polansky
May 24, 2018
Gilbert Polansky, 83, of Vermilion, passed away May 24, 2018. He was co-owner of the A.H. Babcock Agency where he was a Lorain insurance executive. Gil was born in Lorain at St. Joseph's Hospital on a cold winter’s day Dec. 13, 1934 to Paul and Anastasia (Nettie) Polansky. He attended Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary grade school and...
Scott M. Sislowski
May 20, 2018
Scott M. Sislowski, 54, of Lorain, died Sunday, May 20, 2018 at University Hospitals of Cleveland after a brief illness. He was born January 27, 1964 in Stuttgart, Germany and has been a life long Lorain resident. Scott had worked in maintenance for the Lorain County Engineers Department. He was a member of Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary...
William C '"Moose"' Miller
May 19, 2018
William C. "Moose" Miller, 79, of Vermilion, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Bill was born May 13, 1939 in New Kensington, PA and had lived in Vermilion for the past 50 plus years. He was a veteran of the US Navy. Bill retired from Ford Motor Co as a...
David E Hoff
May 6, 2018
David E. Hoff, 75, of Vermilion, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 6, 2018 at his home. Dave was born March 3, 1943 in Lorain, OH, and was a life long Vermilion resident. He was a veteran of the US Army. He fought in combat during the Vietnam War and earned a Bronze Star. Dave worked for JL Robbins as...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
