Obituaries
Thomas C. Starcher
Oct 16, 2006
Thomas C. Starcher, Sr., 85, of Frametown, West Virginia, formerly of Lorain, died on Monday, October 16, 2006 at his residence in Frametown, following a 28 month battle with cancer. He was born November 26, 1920 in Gasaway, West Virignia, he came to Lorain in 1950, where he lived until moving back to West Virginia in 1992. While living in...
Louis J. Lopez
Oct 14, 2006
Louis J. Lopez, 94, of Lorain, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a short illness. He was born August 20, 1912 in Michuacan, Mexico; he lived in Texas for a short time before coming to Lorain in 1924 where he had lived since. Louis worked as a scalfer at Lorain...
Santos Romero
Oct 12, 2006
Santos Romero, 75, of Lorain, died Thursday, October 12, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a short illness. He was born July 28, 1931 in Moca, Puerto Rico; moving to Brooklyn, New York, before settling in Lorain in 1949. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. Santos worked for the Ford Motor...
Carmen C. Flores
Oct 12, 2006
Carmen C. Flores (nee; Caraballo), "Mama", age 81, of Lorain, died on Thursday, October 12, 2006, at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, after a long illness. She was born on November 1, 1924 in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. She had moved to Lorain from Puerto Rico 55 years ago. She had devoted her time to her home and family. She was...
Magdalena Izak
Oct 11, 2006
Magdalena Izak (nee Kolaczyk), age 90, of Lorain, died Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at the Lutheran Home in Westlake following a lengthy illness. She was born March 24, 1916 in the Ukraine, coming to Lorain in 1949. She worked at various greenhouses and farms in the Avon area, and retired from Lorain Products in 1985 where she worked as a...
Benjamin J. Argenti Sr
Oct 9, 2006
Benjamin J. Argenti Sr, 80, of Lorain, died Tuesday, October 9, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born August 6, 1926 in Palmer, PA, he came to Lorain in 1949 where he was lived since. He served in the US Navy as a fireman 1st class during World...
Theodore D. Leonard
Oct 8, 2006
Theodore D. Leonard, age 86, of Amherst, died on Sunday, October 8, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. He was born December 20, 1919 in Lorain, Ohio, where he resided until 1977, when he moved to Amherst. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1939 and attended Clemson University in 1943 and 1944, during his military...
Jose Baez, Sr
Oct 7, 2006
Jose Baez, Sr., "Pepe", age 87, of Lorain, died on Saturday, October 7, 2006, at Community Health Partners - HSC West, Lorain. He was born on December 6, 1918 in Ciales, Puerto Rico, and had moved to Lorain in 1950, where he resided for the remainder of his life. Jose was employed as a laborer for more than 20 years...
Elyssa Carrion
Oct 5, 2006
Elyssa Carrion, daughter of Stephanie Sanchez, of Lorain, and Angel Luis Carrion, Jr., also of Lorain, was stillborn on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at Community Health Partners, Lorain, after a sudden illness. Besides her parents, she is survived by her brother, Angel Luis Carrion, III., of Lorain, her maternal grandparents; Margarita Guevara and Oscar Sanchez, both of Lorain, her step...
Sean Robert Donovan
Oct 5, 2006
Sean Robert Donovan, age 36, of Lorain and formerly of Ohio City, died on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at Western Reserve Hospice House, Euclid. Sean was born on August 18, 1970 in Lorain. He lived in Lorain for 22 years until moving to Ohio City, where he resided for the last 14 years. He graduated from Lorain High School. He...
Margaret A. Andrews
Oct 5, 2006
Margaret A. Andrews, (nee Lute) 53, of Lorain, died Thursday, October 5, 2006 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a short illness. She was born April 15, 1953 in Lorain; she has lived in Lorain County her entire life. Margaret worked as a medical billing officer for Medial Management Solution for the past 7...
Crystal J. Bors
Oct 2, 2006
Crystal J. Bors, (nee McGuire) age 38, of Vermilion, died on Monday, October 2, 2006 from injuries she sustained in an automobile accident. She was born on June 16, 1968 in Canton, Ohio. She had lived in North Ridgeville prior to moving to Elyria in 1972. She graduated from Elyria West High School in 1986. She had attended Akron University....
Willie C. Zeiter
Oct 1, 2006
Willie Calvin Zeiter, age 24, of Newport, North Carolina, formerly of Lorain, died on Sunday, October 1, 2006 at Carteret General Hospital, Morehead City, North Carolina. He was employed as a car detailer in North Carolina. Willie enjoyed fishing, swimming, landscaping, car detailing and making people laugh. He is survived by his mother and step-father: Debra Willingham and Thomas Arno,...
Joseph "Joe" Kacsandy
Sep 27, 2006
Joseph " Joe" Kacsandy, age 91, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at Community Health Partners HSC - W, Lorain. He was born on April 15, 1915 in Medina, Ohio. Joe was employed at Lorain Works US Steel for 39 years, retiring in 1976 as a crane operator in the transportation dept. He was a member of the...
Maria J. Cisneros
Sep 26, 2006
Maria J. Cisneros, of Mentor, OH, formerly of Lorain, died on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at HCR - Manor Care, Willoughby, after a brief illness. She was born in Mexico. She had to moved to Lorain in 1924 from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she had resided until she moved to Mentor 16 years ago. Maria was employed by US Steel...
Orlando Colon
Sep 21, 2006
Orlando Colon, age 50, of Lorain, died on Thursday, September 21, 2006, at St. Luke's Northland Hospital, Kansas City, MO, after a very brief illness. He was born on August 17, 1956 in Lorain, where he had resided his entire life. He had just recently moved to Kansas City, MO to continue his employment with the Ford Motor Company in...
Fausta Cancel Natal
Sep 11, 2006
Fausta "Fay" Cancel Natal (nee: Delgado), age 73, of Lorain, died on Monday, September 11, 2006, at Community Health Partners Hospital Surgical Center - West, Lorain. She was born on January 26, 1933 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and had moved to Lorain from there, in 1952. She was employed as a housekeeper at Bradley Bay Nursing Home, Westlake, for 5...
Alvira M. Huneke
Sep 10, 2006
Alvira M. Huneke (nee: Toma) "Al", age 87, of Lorain, died on Sunday, September 10, 2006, at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home, after a long illness. She was born on January 6, 1919 in Lorain, Ohio, where she remained a life-long resident. She was a 1938 graduate from Lorain High School. Alvira was employed at Lorain Products, retiring from there after...
Juan Figueroa
Sep 7, 2006
Juan F. Figueroa, age 89, of Lorain, died on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at Community Health Partners HSC- West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 27, 1917 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, coming to Lorain in 1948. Juan served in the United States Army in the Philippines, Japan and briefly in Korea during World War II. He...
Juan F. Torres
Sep 7, 2006
Juan F. Torres, age 79, of Lorain, died on Thursday, September 07, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, West, Lorain. He was born June 24, 1927 in Lares, Puerto Rico; he came to Lorain in 1958. Juan served in the US Army during World War II. He retired from Ford Motor Co., Sandusky, having worked as a...
