Obituaries
Genoveva Carrion
Mar 25, 2006
Genoveva "Veva" Carrion (nee Rodriguez), age 72, of Lorain, died on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at Community Health Partners HSC - West, Lorain, after a long illness. She was born on January 4, 1934 in Utuado, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain later in her life. She enjoyed her gardening and was an animal lover. She is survived by her fiancé...
Jack E. Kelley
Mar 22, 2006
Jack E. Kelley, 79, of Lorain, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, following a lengthy illness. He was born Dec. 21, 1926 in Marion, Ohio; he was a life long resident of Lorain. He worked as a crane operator at Lorain Works US Steel for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He was...
Maria Elizabeth Kupczynski
Mar 22, 2006
Maria Elizabeth Kupczynski, (nee Urkiv), age 99, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Avon Oaks Nursing Home, Avon, following a brief illness. She was born on November 2, 1906 in Strij, Ukraine. After graduating college she taught elementary school in the vicinity of Horochiv in Volyn, Ukraine. During World War II, she resided for several years in...
Helen I. Czipa
Mar 22, 2006
Helen I. Czipa, age 80, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home, following a long illness. She was born on March 1, 1926 in Lorain where she was a lifelong resident until moving Amherst Manor. She was a member of St. Ladislaus Catholic Church, Lorain. During her working career she was employed for many...
Mary Kobilanski
Mar 20, 2006
Mary Kobilanski, (nee Oneszczuk), 84, of Lorain, died Monday, March 20, 2006 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 15, 1921 in Tereshany, Bukowina, Romania; she lived in Austria before settling in Lorain in 1952. She worked as a pharmacy technician in St. Joseph Hospital for 25 years, retiring in 1978. She was...
Ida Lee McLemore
Mar 19, 2006
Ida Lee McLemore, (nee Robinson), 86, of Lorain, died Sunday, March 19, 2006 at Lorain Manor Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born September 3, 1919 in Town Creek, Alabama, living in Richmond Indiana before coming to Elyria in 1944. She has been a resident of Lorain since 1972. She was a member of Church on the North...
Cecelia E. Begreen
Mar 19, 2006
Cecelia E. Begreen, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, died unexpectedly Sunday, March 19, 2006. She is survived by her sister: Mary Derfiny, of Lorain and one niece. Funeral services were held at St. John the Evangelist Church, in Winthrop, on Friday, March 24. Buria will be held at Calvary Cemetery, Lorain, where a graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on...
Billy D. Kelly
Mar 15, 2006
Billy D. Kelly, age 69, of Elyria, died on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 in the Emergency Room at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain, after a brief illness. He was born on October 5, 1936 in Canton, Ohio; he was raised in Smithfield, PA before moving to Elyria in 1969. He was a graduate of Point...
Andrew R. Fankell
Mar 13, 2006
Andrew R. Fankell, age 58, of Sheffield Village, died on Monday, March 13, 2006 at his residence, following a brief illness. Andrew was born on April 19, 1947 in Lorain. He had moved to Sheffield Village in 1978 from Lorain. He served in the United States Airforce from 1965-1969, during the Vietnam Era. He was employed at Republic Technologies, formerly...
Obie Corbin
Mar 11, 2006
Obie "Shortie" Corbin, age 94, of Lorain, died on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at his residence. He was born on January 25, 1912 in Butler, Georgia. He was employed as a foreman/pipefitter for US Steel, retiring in 1979. Obie was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, Lorain. He also was a member of the United Steel Workers Union...
Martha R. Lukesic
Mar 9, 2006
Martha Rose Lukesic, (nee Matic), 94, of Lorain, died Thursday, March 9, 2006 at Autumn Aegis Retirement Community following a lengthy illness. She was born August 9, 1911 in Lorain, where she had been a lifelong resident. She worked at Central Bakery, Lorain as a clerk and in sales. Following this she worked at Tony's Bakery in Lorain, retiring in...
Jose Mariano Gonzalez
Mar 6, 2006
Jose Mariano Gonzalez, Sr., age 78, of Lorain, died Monday, March 6, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph. He was born on July 28, 1927 in Lares, Puerto Rico, and resided in Lorain for the past 54 years. Jose was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain, where he was a member of the Sociedad de Santo...
Emigene O. Harcsar
Mar 6, 2006
Emigene Ola Harcsar, (nee Evans) 86 of Lorain, died Monday, March 6, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born January 20, 1920 in Portsmouth; she has lived in Lorain area most of her life. She worked as an assembler at General Industries in Elyria, retiring in 1977. She attended the...
Margaret Thomas
Mar 5, 2006
Margaret Thomas, 81, of Van Wert, Ohio, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Van Wert Manor following a short illness. She was born April 10, 1924 in Elyria; she has lived in the Van Wert area for many years. Surviving is her brother, William Thomas of Williamston, MI; many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. She was preceded...
Herman Castillo
Mar 4, 2006
Herman Castillo, 66, of Lorain, died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West following a lengthy illness. He was born May 2, 1939 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Herman came to Lorain in 1948. In 1960, he returned to Mayaguez for one year before coming back to Lorain. In 1966 he went to Mayaguez to...
Julia Victoria Romero
Mar 4, 2006
Julia Victoria Romero, (nee Colon), age 69, died Saturday, March 4, 2006,at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 27, 1936 in San Isabel, Puerto Rico; she lived in Bronx, NY before coming to Lorain in 1949. She was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain. Julia was a homemaker and...
Stephen Komar
Feb 28, 2006
Stephen Komar, age 80, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 following a short illness. He was born on May 17, 1925 in Lorain where he has lived his entire life. He was a 1943 graduate of Lorain High School. Stephen served in the United States Navy during World War II. He earned the World War II Victory Medal,...
Charles Albert Norton
Feb 26, 2006
Charles Albert Norton, 87, of Lorain, died Sunday, February 26, 2006 at Kingston of Vermilion following a lengthy illness. He was born November 21, 1918 in Amherst Township, and lived in Avon from 1947 until he moved to Lorain in 1985 where he has lived since. He was a 1936 graduate of Clearview High School. He then served in the...
Maria Gela Burgos
Feb 25, 2006
Maria "Gela" Burgos, age 72, of Lorain, died after a brief illness, on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at The New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born on May 25, 1933 in Orocobi, Puerto Rico, and had moved to Lorain 13 years ago. Maria enjoyed playing Dominoes and watching her favorite Soap Operas. She is survived by...
Eliazar Garza, Jr
Feb 22, 2006
Eliazar "Alex" Garza, Jr., age 52, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Lorain, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at Houston Herman Memorial Hospital, Houston, Texas, following a sudden illness. He was born on September 27, 1953 in Lorain, moving to Houston, Texas 20 years ago. He was a 1973 graduate of Southview High School, Lorain. He was employed as a...
