Obituaries

Obituaries

Florence Louise Brown

Florence Louise Brown

May 2, 2017

Florence Louise Brown (nee Ward), 90, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Ames Family Hospice, Westlake after a lengthy illness. She was born June 13, 1926 in Columbus, and had been a Vermilion resident since 1962 moving to Manlius, NY for 19 years, returning to Vermilion in retirement. Florence graduated from John Marshall High School and attended...

Lorie M Fedor

Lorie M Fedor

May 1, 2017

Lorie M. Fedor (nee Snezek), 74, of Vermilion, died Monday, May 1, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a short illness. She was born November 12, 1942 in Lorain, OH and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 46 years moving from Lorain. Lorie owned and operated Quality Catering of Vermilion for 17 years. She also worked...

Joseph Corcino

Joseph Corcino

Apr 28, 2017

Joseph Corcino, 80, of Vermilion, died Friday, April 28, 2017 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born February 5, 1937 in Luquillo, Puerto Rico and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 67 years moving from Lorain. Joseph worked as a relief man for Ford Automotive Plant, Lorain retiring after 33 years in 1991. He...

Patrick Edward Gammons

Patrick Edward Gammons

Apr 27, 2017

Patrick Edward Gammons, 73, of Huron, died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Firelands Regional Medical Center Main Campus after a short illness. Patrick was born January 1, 1944 in Lorain and had been a Huron resident for the past 31 years moving from Vermilion. He graduated from Amherst High School and St. Mary College, San Antonio Texas. He received...

Evelyn Jean Colebrook

Evelyn Jean Colebrook

Apr 27, 2017

Evelyn Jean Colebrook (nee Wawrin), 75, of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at the Cleveland Clinic, Avon after a 3 month illness. Evelyn acquired a very aggressive and rapidly progressing form of lung cancer that quickly metastasized. She was born February 26, 1942 in Revenna, OH. She graduated from James A Garfield High School, Garrettsville and received her...

Wilma E. Dellifield

Wilma E. Dellifield

Apr 22, 2017

Wilma E. Dellifield (nee Parke), 94, of Henrietta Township, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a lengthy illness. She was born November 15, 1922 in Oberlin and had been a Henrietta Township resident for the past 70 years moving from Warren, OH. Wilma graduated from Elyria High School. She had worked at Watson...

Roswitha Rose Kerpics

Roswitha Rose Kerpics

Apr 17, 2017

Roswitha "Rose" P. Kerpics (nee Egelhofer), 74, of Vermilion, died Monday, April 17, 2017 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born October 11, 1942 in Falkenstein, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 43 years moving from Lorain. Rose was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion. She enjoyed ceramics,...

Peter B. Bateman

Peter B. Bateman

Apr 17, 2017

Peter B. Bateman, 90, of Vermilion, died Monday, April 17, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a lengthy illness. He was born November 10, 1926 in Paris, France and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 46 years moving from MI and Canada. Peter was a veteran of the British Army. He worked in management in several...

Ira Griffith

Ira Griffith

Apr 16, 2017

Ira Griffith, 73, of Vermilion, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born June 18, 1943 in Robbins, TN, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 51 years moving from TN. Ira worked on the assembly line for Ford Motor Co., Lorain for 30 years, retiring in 1995. He had...

Kyle Anthony Paluch

Kyle Anthony Paluch

Apr 16, 2017

Kyle Anthony Paluch, 33, of Lorain, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. He was born December 15, 1983 in Lorain and grew up in Vermilion where he spent most of his time. He had been living in Lorain for the past 9 months moving from South Carolina. Kyle worked as a professional painter and had...

Ashley Nicole Brosky

Ashley Nicole Brosky

Apr 15, 2017

Ashley Nicole Brosky, 21, of Vermilion, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 15, 2017. Ashley was born June 22, 1995 in Lorain, OH and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 2 years moving from Lorain. She was a sous chef for Macaroni Grill in North Olmsted. She enjoyed playing rugby in high school, spending time with family and...

Karen L Seil

Karen L Seil

Apr 12, 2017

Karen L. Seil (nee Booth), 73, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at her home after fighting pancreatic cancer for just over a year. She was born November 30, 1943 in Canton, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 22 years moving from Westlake. Karen worked for 37 years as a Human Resource Manager for the...

Michael W. Penton

Michael W. Penton

Apr 10, 2017

Michael W. Penton, 22, of Vermilion, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017. Michael was born August 10, 1994 in Oberlin and had been a life long Vermilion resident. He graduated from Vermilion High School and was employed as a foreman for Yost's Harbourtown Lawn & Landscaping. He enjoyed reading, movies, and online gaming. He is survived by mother, Tina...

Lewis E. Eakin

Lewis E. Eakin

Apr 9, 2017

Lewis Earl Eakin, 65, of Vermilion, died Sunday, April 9, 2017 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born October 2, 1951 in Oil City, PA, and had been a Riverview, FL resident for the past 10 years moving from the Vermilion area. Lewis worked for Ridge Tool, Elyria for 26 years in the Heat Treatment...

Florence M Frost

Florence M Frost

Apr 8, 2017

Florence M. Frost (nee Pinkney), 97, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Wesleyan Village after a lengthy illness. She was born March 14, 1920 in Collinwood, OH. Flo's younger years were spent close to Euclid Beach where she loved swimming and dancing to the music of the Big Bands. She met Chuck Stuehringer, the love of...

Aileen Myrtle Kyser

Aileen Myrtle Kyser

Apr 6, 2017

Aileen Myrtle Kyser (nee Hanna), 87, of Vermilion, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Amherst Manor Retirement Community after a lengthy illness. She was born March 4, 1930 in Lorain and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 76 years. Aileen had worked at McGarvies Restaurant as a server and at Convenient Food Mart as a Baker....

Jason Michael Dunbrook

Jason Michael Dunbrook

Apr 5, 2017

Jason Michael Dunbrook, 40, of Vermilion, passed away unexpectedly April 5, 2017. Jason was born October 24, 1976 in Columbus, OH and had lived in Vermilion for 30 years. He was self-employed as an electrician for many years. There were so many wonderful qualities Jason had besides being a kind, loving, and funny guy. He had many great skills,...

Robert L Blankinsop

Robert L Blankinsop

Apr 2, 2017

Robert L. Blankinsop, 85, of Wakeman, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Admiral's Pointe, Huron after brief illness. Robert was born June 11, 1931 in Washington, PA. He had been a Wakeman resident for the past 43 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps. Robert retired as a foreman of 3 Seamless Hot...

Violet E Younker

Violet E Younker

Mar 30, 2017

Violet Evelyn Younker (nee La Form), 66, of Vermilion, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a brief illness Violet was born December 11, 1950 in Cleveland, OH. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 12 years moving from Cleveland. Violet worked at Kohls for 10 years before her retirement. She enjoyed...

Mary Furci

Mary Furci

Mar 24, 2017

Mary M. Furci (nee Alu), 93, of Lorain, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 under the care of Mercy New Life Hospice at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home after a brief illness. She was born August 14, 1923 in Lorain where she has been a life-long resident. Mary at one time was an entertainer and performed locally with Jimmy Dulio's...

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