Obituaries
Judy Wright
Nov 30, 2004
Judy G. Wright, (nee Burton), age 48, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at University Hospital of Cleveland, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lorain, and was a lifelong resident. She was a 1975 graduate of Lorain High School. Judy was employed as a nurses aide at Elyria Life Care Center. She was an active member...
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...
Augustine Rose Kincaid
Nov 27, 2004
Rose A. Kincaid, (nee Ramirez), age 70, of Lorain, died on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following a lengthy illness. Born on May 28, 1934 in Lorain, Mrs. Kincaid had lived in Lorain most of her life. She had formerly been employed as a nurse''s aid for Ohio Extended Care in Lorain. She enjoyed playing...
Helen Roode
Nov 24, 2004
Helene M. Roode (nee Payne), 85, of Bedford, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Mill Manor Nursing Home, Vermilion, following a short illness. Born Oct. 14, 1919 in East Orange, NJ, lived in Massachusetts and New York before moving to Warrensville Heights, Ohio. She settled in Bedford, Ohio in 1969 and has lived there since. She was a homemaker and...
John E. Shullick
Nov 24, 2004
John E. Shullick, age 82, died unexpectently on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Amherst Manor Retirement Community, Amherst. Born Nov. 15, 1922 in Star Junction, Pennsylvania, he has lived most of his life here in Lorain, Ohio. He served in the US Army during World War II, and in the Civilian Conservation Corp. He worked for Lorain Works U.S. Steel...
Elizabeth Aranyi
Nov 24, 2004
Elizabeth Aranyi (nee Ciccati), 76, of Lorain, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, following a lengthy illness. Born September 13, 1928 in Lorain, she was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Lorain High School in 1948 as class valedictorian. After graduating from Huron Road Nursing School Cleveland, 1954, she worked as a...
Julian P. Lackey
Nov 23, 2004
Julian P. Lackey, 3 month old son of Marcus L. Lackey and Kaeleen A. Rivera of Elyria, died Tuesday, November 23, 2004 following a sudden illness. He was born August 9, 2004 in Elyria. Besides the parents, also surviving is paternal grandparents- Julian and Lycrecia Lackey of Auburn, Kentucky; maternal grandmother- Anita Reboton of Lorain; paternal great grandparents- Kathleen Carroll...
Theresa Tupa
Nov 21, 2004
Theresa Tessie Tupa (nee Lamats) age 90, of Vermilion, died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born January 17, 1914 in New York, NY, she lived in Garfield Heights, OH for 35 years. She then lived in the Elyria and Lorain area before moving to Vermilion 7 years...
Tomas Laureano
Nov 21, 2004
Tomas Laureano, 94, of Lorain, died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a brief illness. Born Dec. 29, 1909 in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, he has lived in Lorain since 1947. He worked as a brick layer at Lorain Works US Steel for 27 years. He was a member of Sacred...
Travis M. Rairigh
Nov 19, 2004
Travis M. Rairigh, age 11, of Sheffield Lake, died suddenly on Friday, November 19, 2004 in the emergency room at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain. He was born on March 2, 1993 in Lorain. He attended Murray Ridge School. Travis enjoyed being with people, going to school and loved music. He is survived by his...
Abel Ceja
Nov 18, 2004
Abel Ceja, 76, of Lorain, died Thursday, November 18, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born May 20, 1928 in Lorain, he has lived here his entire life. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1950 and attended Ohio State University for 2 years. He then served in the US Air Force...
Catherine Portka
Nov 13, 2004
Catherine Katie Portka, age 92, of Lorain, died unexpectedly on Saturday, November 13, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain. She was born on July 17,1912 in Hutkow, Poland and has lived in Lorain since 1950. Katie was employed in the housekeeping department at St. Joseph Hospital for many years. She was a member of...
Randall Lee Driver
Nov 11, 2004
Randall Lee Tookie Driver, 53, of Lorain, died Thursday, November 11, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 11, 1951 in Galveston, KY, he came to Lorain in 1953 and has lived here since. He was a 1970 graduate of Lorain High School, and then served in the US Army for...
Alexander Romek
Nov 10, 2004
Alexander Alex Romek, 85, of Lorain, died Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain following a short illness. Born May 10, 1919 in Curtisville, PA, he came to Lorain in 1947. He served as a gun commander in the US Army during World War II as a ranking sergeant in Company C of...
Dale Furci
Nov 9, 2004
Dale L. Furci, age 70, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 13, 1934 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. He was a 1953 graduate of Lorain High School. He served in the United States Air Force...
Shirlly Ann Plato
Nov 7, 2004
Shirlly Ann Plato, (nee Matuzek) age 67, of Lorain, died on Sunday, November 7, 2004 at her residence, following a extended illness. She was born on August 10, 1937 in Lorain, where she has lived her entire life. Shirlly enjoyed reading novels, crossword puzzles and sewing. She is survived by her husband of 48 years: James J. Plato, 6 sons:...
Dolores Louise Robertson
Nov 6, 2004
Dolores Louise Robertson, (nee Onofry) age 58, of Lorain died Saturday, November 6, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital in Lorain after a short illness. She was born in Lorain Ohio on November 21, 1945, she lived here her entire life. She worked on the assembly line of Bonnie Belle in Lorain for 5 years. Prior to that she worked...
Margaret Sharber
Nov 5, 2004
Margaret "Marge" Sharber, (nee Sandor) 81, of Amherst, died Friday, November 5, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a short illness. Born Sept. 17, 1923 in Lorain, she moved to Amherst in 1996. Marge was a graduate of Lorain High School, class of 1941A. She worked as the assistant office supervisor at Prudential Insurance Company...
Jerome Busser
Nov 5, 2004
Jerome V. "Jerry" Busser, age 73, of Lorain, died Friday, November 5, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, following a short illness. He was born Aug. 9, 1931 in Dayton, Ohio, he came to Lorain in the early 1930''s and has lived here since. Jerry was the owner and operator of Kirby Service Center, Lorain for...
Viola Rehoreg
Nov 5, 2004
Valeria "Viola" C. Rehoreg, age 85, of Sheffield Township, died on Friday, November 5, 2004 at Elms Retirement Community, Wellington, following a lingering illness. She was born on October 13, 1919 in Sheffield Township, Ohio, where she lived her entire life. She was employed during World War II at Lorain Works US Steel as a test carrier in the Open...
