Obituaries
Obituaries
Marjorie C Maners
Jan 30, 2015
Marjorie C. Maners (nee Spoon), 90, of Vermilion, died Friday, January 30, 2015, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. Marjorie was born May 13, 1924 in Halls, TN and has been a Vermilion resident since 1958, moving from Tennessee. Marjorie had worked for different nursing homes including Nuhn's Nursing Home and Riverview Nursing...
Naomi M Ewbank
Jan 23, 2015
Naomi M. Ewbank (nee Wolford), 86, of Vermilion, died Friday, January 23, 2015 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. She was born October 5, 1928 in Bloominggrove township, Richland County, Ohio and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 14 years moving from Medina and Ashland. Naomi started her career at the...
Georgenia Irene 'Genia' Marrero
Jan 19, 2015
Georgenia "Genia" Irene Marrero (nee Gabel), 36, of Vermilion, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at her home after a lengthy illness. Genia was born March 19, 1978 in Oberlin and had been a life long Vermilion area resident. She enjoyed painting ceramics and spending time with her family and friends. She especially enjoyed being a mother and spending time...
Rodney Dean Pinter
Jan 19, 2015
Rodney Dean Pinter Jr., 41, of Vermilion, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He was born March 6, 1973 in Amherst, OH, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 18 years moving from Sheffield Twp. Rodney worked for Lake Terminal Railroad doing track maintenance for 7years. Rodney enjoyed golfing, turkey shoots, carpentry, and...
Ervin 'Erv' Wragg
Jan 18, 2015
Ervin "Erv" E. Wragg, 87, of Vermilion, died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at New Life Hospice after a lengthy illness. Erv was born July 24, 1927 in South Amherst where he had resided until moving to Vermilion in 1998. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during World War II. Erv graduated from the South Amherst High...
Carol D. White
Jan 18, 2015
Carol D. White (nee Edwards), 66, of Vermilion, died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at her home after a lengthy illness. Carol was born July 2, 1948 in Beckley, WV, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 45 years moving from West Virginia. She had worked as a bartender for Rebate and then the VFW Post #7576. She...
Brooke A. Pilarsh
Jan 17, 2015
Brooke A. Pilarsh, 35, of Sandusky, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Firelands Regional Medical Center. Brooke was born October 10, 1979 in Sandusky. She is survived by her life partner Roger Hahler; children Destiny Pilarsh and Nicholas Tobicash; grandaughter Serenity Winters; mother Monica (Dale) Besida of Vermilion; brothers Dale Besida Jr. of Florida and Benjamin Besida of...

Travis C. Rowan
Jan 14, 2015
Travis C Rowan, 37, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Travis was born August 17, 1977 in Weston, WV, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 31 years moving from Cleveland. Travis had worked for Local Union 33, Vermilion as a sheet metal worker. He had been a member of several...
Walter 'Wally' Wellner
Jan 13, 2015
Walter "Wally" Thomas Wellner, 72, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Hospice of the Western Reserve after a short illness. Wally was born December 7, 1942 in Cleveland, and had been a life long Vermilion resident. He was a veteran of the Marines Corp serving during the Cold War. Wally worked as a bus driver and mechanic...
Gordon W. Britnell
Jan 12, 2015
Gordon W. Britnell, 66, of Vermilion, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. Gordon was born December 25, 1948 in Woodstock, Ontario , Canada and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 2 years moving from Cambridge, OH. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during...
William R. Tarrant
Jan 7, 2015
William R. Tarrant, 86, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Mill Manor Nursing Home after a short illness. William was born March 25, 1928 in Amherst and had been a life long Vermilion resident. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Korean War. William started his career at his parents newspaper, Vermilion News,...
Helen Barbara Baniecki
Jan 7, 2015
Helen Barbara Baniecki (nee Pavlin), 96, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Mill Manor Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Helen was born April 8, 1918 in Anvil Location, MI, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 21 years moving from Mather, PA. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1937 and worked as a...
James Konieczny
Jan 7, 2015
James S. Konieczny, 82, of Lorain, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Autumn Aegis Retirement Community. James was born February 27, 1932 in Lorain, and had been a lifelong area resident. He was a 1949 graduate of Lorain High School and a veteran of the Air Force serving during the Korean Conflict. He was stationed at Burtonwood Airfield in...
David Louis Carnahan
Jan 4, 2015
David Louis Carnahan, 68, of Hartsville, SC, died Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. David was born July 24, 1946 in Pittsburgh, PA. He had lived most of his life in Hartsville, SC and Pittsburgh, PA. David worked as a truck driver for M & M Auto Wholesalers. He enjoyed NASCAR and attending races with his...
Sarah L Schurdell
Jan 1, 2015
Sarah L. Schurdell (nee Pierce), 65, of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Sarah was born March 18, 1949 in Amherst, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 10 years moving from Elyria. She worked as a caregiver for Flat Rock Homes for the past 16 years. Sarah...
Dennis L. Pettry
Dec 31, 2014
Dennis L. Pettry Jr., 31, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at his home. Dennis was born February 15, 1983 in Lorain, and had been a life long Vermilion resident. Dennis graduated form Vermilion High School in 2003. He had attended Lakeview Baptist Church, Vermilion and he enjoyed fishing, target shooting, lifting weights, and running. He was very...
Shirley J Claus
Dec 30, 2014
Shirley J. Claus (nee Snell), 84, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Stein Hospice after a lengthy illness. She was born February 2, 1930 in Imperial, NE, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 9 years moving from the Bay Village area where she had resided for over 30 years. Shirley owned her own antique...
John C Tuttle
Dec 28, 2014
John C. Tuttle, 81, of Vermilion, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 at his home after a short illness. John was born June 3, 1933 in Cleveland, and had been a lifelong Vermilion resident and businessman. He graduated from Vermilion High School in 1951, the University of Notre Dame in 1955 and had also attended Cleveland Marshall Law School. John...
Elma Hector
Dec 27, 2014
Elma G. Hector (nee Rash), 89, of Vermilion, died Saturday, December 27, 2014 at New Life Hospice, Lorain after a short illness. Elma was born February 13, 1925 in Marie, AR, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 56 years moving from Memphis, TN. She was an active member of the Church of Christ, Vermilion. She enjoyed...
Julianna M. Nedro Link
Dec 26, 2014
Julianna M. Nedro Link, 43, of Vermilion died Friday, December 26, 2014 at her home after an 8 year illness. Julianna was born Feb. 24, 1971 in Amherst and had lived most of her life in Vermilion. She had also lived in Louisville, OH. She graduated from Vermilion High School in 1989 and from Hocking College with a degree...
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