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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Clara Mae Anderson
Jul 4, 2017
Clara Mae Anderson (nee Thornton), 84 of Goshen, KY died Tuesday July 4,2017 at Norton Brownsboro Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born March 14, 1933 in Dunn, NC and had been a Goshen, KY resident since 1998, moving from Vermilion, OH where she had resided for 38 years. Clara worked as the manager for South Shore Shopping...
Peggy Culpepper
Jul 3, 2017
Peggy Culpepper (nee Roof ), 82, of Vermilion, died Monday, July 3, 2017 at her home after a short illness. She was born August 29, 1934 in Hamilton, OH and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 53 years moving from Texas. Peggy worked for Ford Motor Co. in the cafeteria and then on the assembly line for...
Delores E. Busser
Jul 1, 2017
Delores Busser (nee Sugaski) 87, passed away Saturday July 1, 2017 at Kingston of Vermilion Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. Delores was born on June 21, 1930 in Lorain, OH and grew up in Wellington and lived in Lorain, South Amherst, and Vermilion. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion and attended the Cleveland Academy...
John C Dunn
Jun 23, 2017
John C. Dunn, 88, formerly of Lorain, died Friday, June 23, 2017 at South Point Hospital after a short illness. He was born February 25, 1929 in Oberlin, and had been a Twinsburg resident for the past year. Prior to moving to Twinsburg, he had been a Vermilion resident for 8 years, moving from Lorain (one of the first...
Kathleen Gardner
Jun 23, 2017
Kathleen Gardner (nee Lougeay), 73, of Vermilion, died unexpectedly, Friday, June 23, 2017 at her home. Kathleen was born March 20, 1944 in Niagara Falls, NY, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 44 years. She worked as a customer service representative for Leimbach Insurance that became Somers Insurance, Vermilion. She had also worked for Dr. Ruh,...
