Obituaries
Guillermina Santiago
Jan 3, 2006
Guillermina Santiago, age 77, of Lorain, died Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at New Life Hospice, Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. Born on February 10, 1928 in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Mrs. Santiago had lived in Lorain for the past 20 years, coming from Puerto Rico. She had been a volunteer at Sacred Heart Chapel in Lorain. She enjoyed cooking, long...
Stanley C. Schroeder
Dec 31, 2005
Stanley C. Schroeder, age 77, of North Royalton, formerly of Lorain, died Saturday, December 31, 2005 in the Southwest General Surgical Center in Berea, following a sudden illness. Mr. Schroeder was born on June 24, 1928 in Lorain and had lived in Lorain for most all of his life, moving to North Royalton in October of last year. During the...
Anthony Garcia
Dec 30, 2005
Anthony "Tony" Garcia, age 77, of Elyria, died on Friday, December 30, 2005 at his residence. He was born on June 12, 1928 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he lived in the Bronx, New York, before moving to Lorain in 1966. For the last 20 years he has lived in Elyria. He was employed as a custodian at Lorain School System...
Carrie Simmons
Dec 29, 2005
Carrie Simmons (nee Calabrese), 55, of Sheffield Township, died Thursday, December 29, 2005 at her daughter's home in Vermilion while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. She was born May 30, 1950 in Lorain, and was a life long resident here. Carrie was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, gardening, flowers and spending time with family...
Michael S. "Mike" Pastelyak
Dec 25, 2005
Michael S. "Mike" Pastelyak, 83, of Lorain, died Sunday, December 25, 2005 at Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland. He was born Dec. 1, 1922 in Lorain, and has been a life long resident here. Mike served in the US Marine Corps during World War II, having participated in action at Iwo Jima. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. He...
Zeneido Ortiz
Dec 25, 2005
Zeneido Ortiz Miranda, age 84, of Princeton, FL, formally of Lorain, died on Sunday, December 25, 2005 at the Baptist Hospital in Florida, after a brief illness. He was born on June 20, 1921 in Coamo, Puerto Rico. From there, he moved to Lorain, where he had resided for 30 years before finally moving to Princeton, Florida after retirement. Zeneido...
Linda Serrano
Dec 24, 2005
Linda Serrano, 38, of Lorain, died Saturday, December 24, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness She was born Feb. 24, 1967 in Abington, Pa, she lived in the Philadelphia area before moving to Lorain this year. While living in Pennsylvania, she worked for several years as a registered nurse in...
Evelyn H. Filipovic
Dec 24, 2005
Evelyn H. Perrotto Filipovic, (nee Hayden) 89, of Lorain, died Saturday, December 24, 2005 at Lorain Manor Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born Dec. 23, 1916 in Youngstown, OH, living in Meadville, PA before coming to Lorain in 1955. She worked for Weitz in Lorain as a presser for many years. She had also worked in local...
Henrietta C. Krafcik
Dec 24, 2005
Henrietta C. Krafcik (nee-Springowski), age 82, of Lorain, died on Saturday, December 24, 2005 in the Hospice of Western Reserve in Cleveland. Born on November 22, 1923 in Lorain, Mrs. Krafcik had lived in Lorain for all of her life. She was a 1941-B graduate of the Lorain High School and was a 1942 graduate of the Oberlin School of...
Evelyn Szekeres
Dec 19, 2005
Evelyn Szekeres, (nee Beko), age 79 of Lorain, died on Monday, December 19, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, West, Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born on February 9, 1926 in Lorain, where she has been a lifelong resident. She was employed at Streamway Products, Westlake for 10 years as a kitchen faucet manufacturer, retiring...
Maria Limbakter
Dec 19, 2005
Maria Limbakter, (nee Kucor), 73 of Lorain, died Monday, December 19, 2005 at Autumn Aegis Retirement Community, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born of Hungarian descent in Northern Yugoslavia on April 29, 1932. She came to Cleveland in 1968, and moved to Lorain in 1977. She was a former member of Hungarian Reformed Church United Church of Christ,...
Edna L. Scott
Dec 18, 2005
Edna L. Scott (nee Eglinski), age 81, of Lorain, died on Sunday, December 18, 2005, at the New Life Hospice Center in Lorain, after a two year illness. She was born on December 7, 1924 in Lorain and has lived here her entire life. She had graduated from Lorain High School in 1942. She had also obtained her degree from...
Mary L. Burton
Dec 17, 2005
Mary L. Burton, (nee Ceh), age 81, of Lorain, died on Saturday, December 17, 2005 at Amherst Manor, following a short illness. She was born July 20, 1924 in Lorain, and has been a life long resident here. She was a 1942 graduate of Lorain High School. She had worked as a receptionist for the former St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain,...
Emma I. Lopatkovich
Dec 16, 2005
Emma I. Lopatkovich, (nee Krupit), 84, of Lorain, died Friday, December 16, 2005 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Avon, following a lengthy illness. She was born June 18, 1921 in Pittsburgh, PA; she came to Lorain in 1946 and has lived here since. She worked as a seamstress for Dunlap's Bridal for 10 years. Prior to that, she was the...
Vera Rose Quigley
Dec 15, 2005
Vera R. Quigley, "Babe"-or-"Veronica", (nee Papp), age 68, of Lorain, died on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at Community Health Partners HSC - West, following a short illness. She was born on January 13, 1937, in South Amherst and moved to Lorain 47 years ago. Vera received her GED after being out of school for 20 years. She was employed as...
Irma Foraker
Dec 12, 2005
Irma Foraker (nee Sack), age 83, of Lorain, died Monday, December 12, 2005 at Avon Oaks Skilled Nursing Facility, Avon, after a lengthy illness. She was born on May 6, 1922 in Germany, came to the United States in 1956 and moved to Lorain in 1962 and has lived there for the rest of her life. Irma belonged to St....
Francisca Querubin
Dec 11, 2005
Francisca Querubin (nee de Paz) 89, of Amherst, died Sunday, December 11, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain. She was born Jan 29, 1916 in Dulag, Leyte, Philippines; and came to the United States in 1983 having lived in Georgia and New York before coming to Amherst in 1993. She was the past president...
Francisca Querubin
Dec 11, 2005
Francisca Querubin (nee de Paz) 89, of Amherst, died Sunday, December 11, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain. She was born Jan 29, 1916 in Dulag, Leyte, Philippines; and came to the United States in 1983 having lived in Georgia and New York before coming to Amherst in 1993. She was the past president...
Louis J. Hunyad
Dec 11, 2005
Louis J. Hunyad, 70 of Lorain, died Sunday, December 11, 2005 at Grace Hospital, Amherst, following a lengthy illness. He was born January 10, 1935 in Lorain, and has lived here his entire life. He served in the US Navy during the 1950's aboard the USS Gregory. Louis worked for the Ohio Turnpike Commission in maintenance for 8 years, retiring...
Virginia A. Groomes-Hessberger
Dec 10, 2005
Virginia A. Groomes-Hessberger (nee-Eiden), age 85, of Elyria, died Saturday, December 10, 2005 at the Elyria United Methodist Village, Elyria, following a brief illness. She was born on April 24, 1920 in Lorain and had lived in Amherst and Tiffin, before moving back to this area 2 and a half years ago, residing in the Elyria United Methodist Village in...
