Obituaries
Clotilde Caraballo
Nov 4, 2006
Clotilde Caraballo (nee; Rosario), age 84, of Lorain, died on Saturday, November 4, 2006, at her residence, after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 28, 1922 in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain in 1948. While living in Lorain, she was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, where she was a Lector and Eucharistic Minister. Also, she was...
Victor R. Irene
Nov 1, 2006
Victor R. Irene, 80, of Lorain, died Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a short illness. He was born June 12, 1926 in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico; he came to Lorain in 1947 and has lived here since. Victor worked as a lineman for Ford Motor Co., Brookpark plant for 30 years,...
John F. Gwillim
Oct 31, 2006
John F. Gwillim, age 80, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, at his residence. He was born on December 28, 1925 in East McKeesport, PA. He moved to Lorain in 1941, and attended Lorain City Schools. He had also resided in Kansas City, Missouri for a period of his life. John was in the US Army for 29...
LeRoy F. Ebright
Oct 30, 2006
LeRoy F. "Mudturtle" Ebright, age 64 of Pennsylvania, formerly of Lorain, died Monday, October 30, 2006 at Phoenixville Hospital Municipality, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, following a brief illness. He was born on February 14, 1942 in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was employed as a truck driver for Washington Group in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Prior to this he was...
Joan M. Busser
Oct 29, 2006
Joan M. Busser, (nee Belanek), 99, of Lorain, died Sunday, October 29, 2006 at Lorain Manor Nursing Home, Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 13, 1907 in Lorain; she lived here most of her life. She graduated from Lorain High School in 1924, then from the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in 1927, graduating as a...
Terry Linden
Oct 29, 2006
Terry Linden, 54, of Lorain, died Sunday, October 29, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 10, 1952 in Oberlin. He was a life long resident of Lorain. Terry worked as a self employed private police officer for 5 years. Prior to that, he worked for Industrial Security Service...
Juan S. Bauza
Oct 27, 2006
Juan S. Bauza, age 67, of Lorain, died on Friday, October 27, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a long illness. He was born on December 1, 1938 in Lares, Puerto Rico, coming to Lorain in 1954 where he has lived since. He worked for the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant for 27 ½ years, retiring...
Florencio Ojeda
Oct 26, 2006
Florencio Ojeda, age 67, of Hollywood, Florida, formerly of Lorain, died on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at Memorial Pembroke Hospice, Hollywood, Florida, following a brief illness. He was born on November 22, 1939 in Savana Grande, Puerto Rico. He moved to Lorain in 1968 and lived here until moving to Florida in 1984. He was employed at Ford Motor Company,...
Ana Delia LaLuz
Oct 24, 2006
Ana Delia LaLuz, age 74, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at her residence, following a diagnosis of cancer, just 6 weeks ago. She was born on June 24, 1932 in Ciales, Puerto Rico, and had moved to Lorain in 1952, where she had resided with her uncle and aunt, Felix A. and Virginia Rosario, during her life...
Luis R. Cruz
Oct 21, 2006
Luis R, Cruz, 78, of Lorain, died Saturday, October 21, 2006 in the emergency room of Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a sudden illness. He was born September 9, 1928 in Coamo, Puerto Rico. He lived in New York, New Jersey and Florida before coming to Lorain over 55 years ago. He worked as a...
Mary A. Sorino
Oct 21, 2006
Mary A. Sorino (nee Talerico), age 90, of Elyria, died Saturday, October 21, 2006 at the Hospital for Orthopedics and Specialty Services, Amherst, following a short illness. She was born Dec. 9, 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She was raised in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and had lived in Hites and Barns, West Virginia before coming to Lorain in 1952. For the...
Dorothy F. Pawlowski
Oct 20, 2006
Dorothy F. Pawlowski, (nee Losiewicz), age 75, of Lorain, died Friday, October 20, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a short illness. She was born Oct. 10, 1931 in Lorain. She has lived in Lorain her entire life. Dorothy worked for Sears as a parts sales woman in the service department in Brookpark for 26...
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...
