Obituaries
Richard A. Slusher
Jan 7, 2005
Richard Rick Allan Slusher, age 56, of Lorain, died on Friday, January 7, 2005 at his residence due to a heart attack. He was born on December 6, 1948 in Berea, Ohio. He moved to Lorain in 1959 coming from Cleveland. He served in the United States Army during Vietnam Era. He was an avid Cleveland Browns Fan and Cleveland...
Robert J. Clark
Jan 5, 2005
Robert Bob Clark, 54, of Elyria, died Wednesday, January 05, 2005 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria following a lengthy illness. Born Aug. 23, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey, he lived in Lake Whales, Florida, Columbia Station, Ohio, and North Ridgeville, Ohio before settling in Elyria in 1990. He worked as a manager for Green Circle Growers in Columbia...
Guadalupe R. Flores
Jan 5, 2005
Guadalupe R. Lupe Flores, 83, of Lorain, died Wednesday, January 5, 2005 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born February 7, 1921 in Fort Worth, TX, he came to Lorain in 1948. He served as a corporal in the US Army during World War II in the American Theater. He worked...
Glen Wooten
Jan 4, 2005
Glen Wooten, 60, of Lorain, died Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born Dec. 17, 1944 in Logan, West Virginia, he has lived in Lorain for most of his life. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War aboard the USS John W. Thomason. After...
Francisco Velez
Jan 3, 2005
Francisco Pops Velez, age 68, of Lorain, died on Monday, January 3, 2005 at his residence, while under the care of New Life Hospice, following a brief illness. He was born on June 4, 1936 in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. He had lived in Lorain for most of his life. He had worked at the former American Ship Yards, Lorain for...
Tanya R. Kennedy
Jan 1, 2005
Tanya Renee Barker-Kennedy, age 29, of Lorain, died on Saturday, January 1, 2005. She was born on August 5, 1975 in Richland, Virginia. Tanya moved to Lorain from North Carolina. She worked as a medical technician. Survivors include her son: Devin Hagy, of Booneville, NC, a daughter: Morgan Renee Barker, of Lorain, Fiance, Robert King, of Lorain, father, Franklin D....
Pamela Diana Spartano
Jan 1, 2005
Pamela Diana Spartano, (nee Ohlson) age 40, of Zieglerville, PA, and formerly of Lorain, died Saturday, January 1, 2005 at her residence after a sudden illness. Born March 14, 1964 in Upland, CA, she came to Lorain from Lakewood, OH in 1995. She moved to Zieglerville in 2002. She graduated in 1982 from Parma Senior High School, and had worked...
Elsie C. Vaughn
Dec 29, 2004
Elsie C. Vaughn, (nee Schmidtke), age 79, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born on March 2, 1925 in Chicago, IL, moving to Lorain in 1968. Elsie was active with her friends in antique collecting and the Senior Citizens Groups here in Lorain....
Luis Diaz Reyes
Dec 29, 2004
Luis Diaz Reyes, age 90, of Bronx, New York died on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at Jacobi Hospital in New York, following a short illness. He was born on June 8, 1914 in Humacao, Puerto Rico. He moved to New York in 1942 from Puerto Rico. He had worked at LA Central in Puerto Rico, before coming to New York....
Terrilyn V. Holland
Dec 25, 2004
Terrilyn V. Holland, (nee Barker), age 61, of Lorain, died on Saturday, December 25, 2004 at Cleveland Clinic Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 22, 1943 in Bad Axe, MI, moving to Lorain 5 years ago. She was employed as a elementary teacher for the Lorain City Schools for 5 years. She enjoyed traveling, especially near...
Gertrude Hobbs
Dec 24, 2004
Gertrude Hobbs (nee Blackburn), age 84, of Grafton, died on Thursday, December 24, 2004, at her residence, after a lengthy illness. Gertrude was born on May 29, 1920 in Pikeville, Kentucky, she then came to Lorain in 1946 from Portsmouth, Ohio, and has lived the rest of her life in the Lorain County area. She belonged to Little Edna Old...
Edward C. Thomas
Dec 23, 2004
Edward C. Thomas, age 82, of Lorain, died on Thursday, December 23, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following an extended illness. He was born on January 31, 1922 in McKeesport, PA, moving to Lorain 55 years ago. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Edward was employed as a...
Barbara S. Kosco
Dec 17, 2004
Barbara S. Kosco, age 66, of Lorain, died on Friday, December 17, 2004 at Golden Acres Nursing Home, Amherst, following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 24, 1938 in Lorain, Ohio and remained there for the rest of her life. Barbara was a graduate of Lorain High School in 1957. She was also a member of St. Stanislaus...
Mercedes Ortiz Alvarado
Dec 13, 2004
Mercedes Ortiz Alvarado, age 94, of Lorain, died on Monday, December 13, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a short illness. She was born on February 13, 1910 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain 50 years ago. She was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain, where she was a member of the Legion...
Ola Justice
Dec 11, 2004
Ola Justice, age 52, of Lorain, died on Saturday, December 11, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, West, following a sudden illness. He was born on March 11, 1952 in Mingo County, West Virginia, moving to Lorain when he was 16 years old. Ola was employed as a slitter operator at Maverick Tube Corporation, Elyria, for the...
Antolin Castro
Dec 11, 2004
Antolin L. Castro, age 80, of Lorain, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 in the Specialty Hospital of Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born on April 16, 1924 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Mr. Castro had lived in Lorain for the past 56 years. He was one of the original migrants from Puerto Rico, that came here in 1948 to...
Felipe D. Silva
Dec 7, 2004
D. Silva, of Lorain, age 71, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at Grace Hospital, Amherst, following a lengthy illness. Born on February 2, 1933, in Morovis, Puerto Rico, he moved to Lorain in 1953. While in Lorain, he worked for Lorain Ford Assembly Plant on the K.D. line as a spot welder, where he retired after 23 years of service....
Geraldine M. Pernisky
Dec 3, 2004
Geraldine M. Gerry PERNISKY, 68, of Lorain, died Friday, December 03, 2004 at her residence while under the care of Hospice of the Western Reserve following a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 6, 1936 in Lorain, she was a life long resident here. She was a 1955 graduate of Lorain High School. She worked in the billing department of Smith Gerhart...
Andrew Bomback
Dec 1, 2004
Andrew Bomback, age 78, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 26, 1926 in Lorain, he moved back to Lorain 20 years ago from Japan. He attended Lorain Schools and graduated from Amherst Steele High School. Following graduation from school...
Pete Placidi
Nov 30, 2004
Pete A. Placidi, age 86, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 13, 1917 in Big Stick, West Virginia. He was a 1935 graduate of Mark Twain High School. Pete also was a 1950 graduate of West Virginia University, receiving his bachelor of science degree...
