Obituaries

Obituaries

Harold L Brown

Harold L Brown

Oct 4, 2016

Harold L. Brown, 69, of Vermilion, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at his home after a brief illness Harold was born November 14, 1946 and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 17 years. He was a supervisor for B & B Distributors for 9 years. He enjoyed computers, sprint car racing, and NASCAR. He is survived...

Leon F. Wright , Jr

Leon F. Wright , Jr

Oct 3, 2016

Leon F. Wright, Jr, 48, of Lorain, died Monday, October 3, 2016 at his home. He was born October 13, 1967 in Lorain. Leon spent most of his life living in Lorain, but enjoyed the 6 years he spent living in Colorado. Leon was a veteran of the US Navy and worked as a lead operator for Tubo Scope...

Joseph Villa

Joseph Villa

Oct 1, 2016

Joseph Villa, 92, died Saturday, October 1, 2016 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born January 1, 1924 in Saxton, PA, and had been a Lorain resident for the past 46 years moving from Vermilion. He was a veteran of the US Army serving with the 358th and 371st Combat Engineers in Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes, and...

Patrick Boardman

Patrick Boardman

Sep 29, 2016

Patrick Boardman, 67, of Vermilion, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016 at his home. He was born June 12, 1949 in Syracuse, NY, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 5 years moving from Huron. Pat had worked for TransTec as a warehouse and transportation manager. He was a member of the VFW Post #7576 in Vermilion,...

Jean Clara Wright

Jean Clara Wright

Sep 28, 2016

Jean Clara Wright (nee Caldwell), 73, of Vermilion, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 after a brief illness. Jean was born May 24, 1943 in Lorain, Ohio. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 46 years, moving from Lorain. She was known for her never ending love for...

Ronald G. Barry

Ronald G. Barry

Sep 26, 2016

Ronald G. Barry, 64, of Wakeman, died Monday, September 26, 2016 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo after a sudden illness. He was born August 30, 1952 in Bellevue and had been a Wakeman resident for the past 31 years moving from Amherst. Ronald worked as a tool and die maker for Ford Motor Co. both in Lorain...

Dorothy G Sechel

Dorothy G Sechel

Sep 25, 2016

Dorothy Grace Sechel (nee Popa), age 91, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2016 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born December 1, 1924 in Akron, Ohio. Dorothy made her home in the Amherst, Sheffield Lake, and Lorain area since the early 1950's, moving to Vermilion in 2011. She was a member of the Lorain Lighthouse United Methodist Church....

John A Markworth

John A Markworth

Sep 22, 2016

John A. Markworth, 78, of Vermilion, died Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Mercy New Life Hospice after a short illness. John was born in 1938 in Cleveland, OH and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 54 years moving from Birmingham. He graduated from Firelands High School class of 1956 and Ashland College receiving his Bachelors of Science...

Dorothy E Walker

Dorothy E Walker

Sep 22, 2016

Dorothy E. Walker (nee Hamman), 94, of Vermilion, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Dorothy was born October 10, 1921 in Lorain, OH and had spent her life in Lorain and Vermilion. She graduated from Vermilion High School. She worked as a bookkeeper for Walker Brother's Inc., and Lucy Idol Center...

Carol Evelyn Peters

Carol Evelyn Peters

Sep 13, 2016

Carol Evelyn Peters (nee Enz), 73, of Vermilion, passed Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Carol was born October 17, 1942 in Cleveland, OH. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 40 years. She graduated from Marion L. Steele and held various payroll and accounting positions. She enjoyed gardening, shopping,...

David 'Dave' Folkens

David 'Dave' Folkens

Sep 13, 2016

David "Dave" Folkens, 74, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at the Seneca House, Tiffin after a lengthy illness. He was born December 1, 1941 in Canonsburg, PA and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 50 years moving from PA. He served in the Air National Guard and worked as a supervisor for Ford Motor Co.,...

Keith F. Pavlich Ii

Keith F. Pavlich Ii

Sep 11, 2016

Keith F. Pavlich II, 41, of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 11, 2016 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Keith was born May 9, 1975 in Nashville, TN, but had been a Vermilion resident most of his life. . Keith was a truck driver for E.C.I. Trucking in Grafton. He enjoyed riding motor cycles, racing cars, playing the drums...

Robert 'Bob' Ivey

Robert 'Bob' Ivey

Sep 10, 2016

Robert "Bob" Ivey, 91, of Vermilion, died Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Southwest General Hospital, Cleveland after a lengthy illness. Robert was born August 31, 1925 in Cleveland and had vacationed in Vermilion for over 35 years. He made Vermilion his home for 21 years moving from Parma. . He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving...

Norma Jean Riley

Norma Jean Riley

Sep 9, 2016

Norma Jean Riley (nee Black), 70, of Vermilion, passed away Friday, September 9, 2016 at New Life Hospice after a lengthy illness. She was born January 26, 1946 in Lorain and had been a life long Vermilion resident. Norma worked for Vermilion City Schools as a school bus driver for 20 years. She enjoyed painting with oils and acrylics,...

Johnny Michael Mosley

Johnny Michael Mosley

Sep 6, 2016

Johnny Michael Mosley, 56, of Huron, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at his home. Johnny was born March 22, 1960 in Louisa, Kentucky. He recently moved to Huron after living in Vermilion for 6 years. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1979. Johnny worked for Dairymen's and held various mechanic jobs. He enjoyed fishing, working on cars,...

Pauline Farley

Pauline Farley

Sep 6, 2016

Pauline Farley (nee Hall), 73, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at her home after a long battle with cancer. Pauline was born April 16, 1943 in Colson, KY. She had been a Vermilion resident since 1972 moving from Lorain. She was a bus driver for the Vermilion School District where she transported the handicapped students. Pauline had...

Thomas Patrick Ryan

Thomas Patrick Ryan

Sep 4, 2016

Thomas Patrick Ryan , 78, of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 4, 2016. Tom was born March 16, 1938 in Lorain and had been a Vermilion resident since 1967 moving from Lorain. He spent his winters in Port Charlotte, FL. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served as an artillery Staff Sergeant. He was 1961...

Betty Jordan

Betty Jordan

Sep 1, 2016

Betty May Jordan (Ours), 66, of Los Fresnos, TX, formerly of Vermilion, lost her fight on September 1, 2016 at Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, TX after a seven year battle against cancer. She was a 1968 graduate of Vermilion High School. Betty was born December 23, 1949 in Logan, Ohio. She was member of the Harbourtown Community Church...

Richard G Briggs

Richard G Briggs

Aug 26, 2016

Richard G. Briggs, 63, of Lorain, died Friday, August 26, 2016 at Metro Health Medical Center surrounded by his loved ones after a motorcycle accident. Richard was born January 28, 1953 in Bellevue and had been a Lorain resident for the past 20 years moving from Vermilion. He was a veteran of the US Air Force serving in Thailand...

Helen Louise Adams

Helen Louise Adams

Aug 18, 2016

Helen Louise Adams (nee Magnusson), 97, of Vermilion, died Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Helen was born December 23, 1918 in Dubois, PA, She had been a Vermilion resident since 1946. Helen was a teacher at Lucy Idol Center for the Handicapped, Vermilion and Betty Rinderle Early Childhood Center, Sandusky. She had...

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