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Luther S. Marquart

Luther S. Marquart

Sep 11, 2015

Luther Sylvester Marquart, 99, formerly of Vermilion and currently a resident of the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, died Friday, September 11, 2015 at Firelands Regional Medical Center South Campus. Luther was born June 22, 1916 in Eagle Twp., OH. He moved to Vermilion in 1942 until moving to Lorain in 1951. He moved back to Vermilion in 1979. ....

Mary Helen Smarr

Mary Helen Smarr

Sep 9, 2015

Mary Helen Smarr (nee Carter), 83, of Vermilion, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Mary Helen Carter was born October 9, 1931 in Pollock, LA. She married Ronald Ray Smarr on August 7, 1949 in Pollock and moved to the Peoria, Il area, later settling in...

Janet R. Bush

Janet R. Bush

Sep 7, 2015

Janet R. Bush (nee Grubb), 74, of Vermilion, died Monday, September 7, 2015 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. She was born September 23, 1940 in Woodbury Twp., PA, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 42 years. Janet retired from Giant Eagle after 19 years of service. She was a...

Victoria A Schultz

Victoria A Schultz

Sep 2, 2015

Victoria A. Schultz (nee Iwick), 92, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Amherst Manor after a lengthy illness. She was born April 17, 1923 in Ipswich, MA, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 55 years moving from Ipswich, MA . Victoria enjoyed shopping and looking for bargains at Goodwill. She is survived by her...

Michael Domenic Cotrufo

Michael Domenic Cotrufo

Aug 30, 2015

Michael Domenic Cotrufo, 59, of Vermilion, died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born July 19, 1956 in Akron, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 15 years moving from the Cleveland area. He was a veteran of the US Air Force serving during Vietnam. Michael had many different positions...

Martha 'Faye' Davis

Martha 'Faye' Davis

Aug 29, 2015

Martha "Faye" Davis (nee Fisher ), 71, of Vermilion , died Saturday, August 29, 2015 , at University Hospital, Cleveland, after a lengthy illness. Faye was born on November 13, 1943 in Uniontown, PA and she had been a Vermilion resident for the past 47 years. Faye worked for Crown Seal and retired in 2006. She was a member...

Donald R. Washtak

Donald R. Washtak

Aug 29, 2015

Donald R. Washtak , 89, of Lorain , died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Main Street Care Center, Avon Lake where he had been a resident for the past year and a half. Donald was born January 14, 1926 in Lorain, OH, the son of Leo and Marian (nee Springowski) Washtak. . He was a veteran of the United...

Bonnie Mckinney

Bonnie Mckinney

Aug 27, 2015

Bonnie McKinney (nee Bragg), 78, of Vermilion, died Thursday, August 27, 2015 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. She was born October 24, 1936 in Clay County , WV, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 52 years moving from Summersville, WV. Bonnie was a member of First Baptist Church of...

Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker

Aug 27, 2015

Kevin Baker, 39, of Vermilion, died suddenly Thursday, August 27, 2015 at his home. He was born January 6, 1976 in Lorain, and had been a life long Vermilion resident. He was a staunch defender of animal rights and had an affinity for the boxer breed. He was preceded in death by Quinn and Thea and is survived by...

Jan M Leshinski

Jan M Leshinski

Aug 24, 2015

Jan M. Leshinski (nee Gorbach), 70, of Vermilion, died Monday, August 24, 2015 at Stein Hospice after a lengthy illness. She was born August 17, 1945 in Sandusky and had been a life-long resident of Vermilion Twp. Jan devoted her life to family and helping others. She worked and volunteered as a social worker for Lorain County Parent Infant...

Gary M Rhoades

Gary M Rhoades

Aug 23, 2015

Gary M Rhoades, 62, of Vermilion, died Sunday, August 23, 2015 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. He was born July 15, 1953 in Lorain and had been a life long Vermilion resident. Gary started his career with American Ship Builders. He then worked as a painter for various painting companies before starting...

Glenda K Sullivan

Glenda K Sullivan

Aug 23, 2015

Glenda K. Sullivan (neeWalthour), 59, of Huron, died Sunday, August 23, 2015 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born December 10, 1955 in Grove City, PA, and had been a Huron resident for the past 15 years moving from North Olmsted. Glenda worked for Angelica Health Care as a manager of heath care services...

Richard C. Hite

Richard C. Hite

Aug 14, 2015

Richard C. Hite, 71, of Vermilion, died Friday, August 14, 2015 at St. John West Shore Hospital after a short illness. He was born September 2, 1943 in Norwalk, and had been a Vermilion resident since 1951 moving from Berlin Heights. Richard graduated from the Vermilion High School class of 1961 and worked for Ford Motor Co., Lorain, and...

Betty Jean Webb

Betty Jean Webb

Aug 13, 2015

Betty Jean Webb (nee Wiseman ), 79, of Wakeman, died Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a short illness. She was born June 6, 1936 in Troy , WV, and had been a Wakeman resident for the past 44 years moving from Vermilion. Betty graduated from Vermilion High School in 1954. She enjoyed gardening, her...

Regina Sophie Orwig

Regina Sophie Orwig

Aug 13, 2015

Regina Sophie Orwig (nee Schiller), 80, of Vermilion, died Thursday, August 13, 2015 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. Regina was born April 16, 1935 in Munich, Germany. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 56 years, moving from Oak Harbor, Ohio. Regina worked for the US Postal Service as a...

Carol Sue Christopher

Carol Sue Christopher

Aug 12, 2015

Carol Sue Christopher (nee Mouser), 75, of Lorain, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born June 13, 1940 in Independence, WV, and had been a Lorain resident since 1960 also living in Vermilion. Carol worked for Community Health Partners as a Multi-Skilled Environmentalist for 22 years...

Dorothy E. Adzima

Dorothy E. Adzima

Aug 9, 2015

Dorothy E. Adzima (nee Malarik), 94, of Vermilion, died Sunday, August 9, 2015 at Mill Manor Care Center after a short illness. She was born April 30, 1921 in Cleveland and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 27 years moving from Maple Heights. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion and enjoyed knitting, watching...

Mary Young

Mary Young

Aug 4, 2015

Mary Young (nee McMillan), 87, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at MetroHealth Medical Center. She was born December 4, 1927 in Glasgow, Scotland and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 52 years moving from Sandusky. Mary worked as a nurses aide for Ohio Extended Care for 15 years retiring in 1990. She was a very...

Dorothy T. Korzen

Dorothy T. Korzen

Aug 3, 2015

Dorothy T. Korzen (nee Zienka), 85, of Lorain, died peacefully Monday, August 3, 2015 surrounded by family at Anchor Lodge Retirement Village, Lorain. She was born August 28, 1929 in Cleveland and had been a Rochester, MI resident for 30 years moving to Vermilion in 2012 and Lorain in 2013. Dorothy had a great sense of humor, enjoyed people,...

Dorothy Hogan

Dorothy Hogan

Jul 31, 2015

Dorothy E. Hogan (nee Fabian), 94, of Lorain, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home, Lorain. Dorothy was born in Lorain on Sept. 20, 1920. She was a 1938 graduate of Lorain High School. She is survived by her sons, Wayne (Carole) Hogan of Vermilion and Larry (Katie) Hogan of LaJolla, CA; daughter, Rebecca (Thomas)...

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