Obituaries
Ruth L. Hurt
Oct 20, 2018
Ruth Lee Preston Hurt, 88, of Port Clinton, Ohio, passed away peacefully October 20th, 2018 at Towne Center extended care facility in Avon Lake, Ohio while under the care of Mercy New Life Hospice. Born November 7, 1929, in Fairmont, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late William and Pearl Lawrence Preston.She was a homemaker who loved her...
Patti Kelli
Oct 14, 2018
Patti Kelli (nee Hall), age 58, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2018 at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland following a lengthy illness. Born October 6, 1960 in Elyria, she moved to Lorain in 2004. For the past 4 years she has made Elyria her home. She was a 1979 graduate of Elyria High School and received an Associated Degree...
Richard C. Tufts
Oct 14, 2018
Richard Craig "Tiny" Tufts, age 71, of Lorain, passed away at his home on October 14, 2018 following a short illness. Born November 25, 1946 in Erie, Pennsylvania, he moved to Lorain in 1959. Craig graduated from Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst and then served in the US Navy. Craig worked at Ford Motor Company Lorain Assembly Plant...
Anani Rose-Marie Rosado
Oct 14, 2018
Anani Rose-Marie Rosado, 5 month old daughter of Juan Rosado and Rochelle Fracchione of Lorain, passed Sunday, October 14, 2018 at Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland. Besides her parents, she is survived by her brothers, Daniel Loera and Noah Bernhardt; maternal grandparents, Barbara Fracchione and Arthur Fracchione both of Lorain; maternal step grandfather, Carlos Pagan of Lorain; maternal great grandmother,...
Eve M. Metelsky
Oct 7, 2018
On October 7, 2018, Eve M. Metelsky passed away peacefully in Avon Oaks Care Center after a long illness. She is preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Andrew Metelsky in 2001; sister, Mary R. Marlowe and parents, Frank and Mary (nee Kalo) Vance of Akron, Ohio. She leaves behind her Akron siblings: Frank M. (Rosemary) Vance, Sylvia...
Daniel D. "Danny" Bobrowski
Oct 1, 2018
Daniel D. "Danny" Bobrowski, age 64, of Amherst Township, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018 Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born March 11, 1954 in Lorain, he graduated from Admiral King High School in 1972. He then went on to attend Westside Institute of Technology in Cleveland here he finished at the top of his class...
Jose A. Cruz
Sep 29, 2018
Jose A. "Josie" Cruz, age 69, of Lorain, passed away at Ames Hospice in Westlake on Saturday, September 29, 2018 following a short illness. Born March 4, 1949 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1953. He graduated from Admiral King High School in 1968 and served in the US Navy aboard the USS Yorktown for two years....
Hector L. Gonzalez
Sep 23, 2018
Hector L. Gonzalez, age 52, of Elyria, passed away at his home on September 23, 2018 following a short illness. Born October 3, 1965 in Lorain, he graduated from Southview High School in 1984 and attended Heidelberg College. He has been a resident of Elyria for the past 30 years. Hector worked for Glidden Paint in Huron as a supervisor....
Romana Amador
Sep 22, 2018
Romana Amador (nee Sandoval), 95, formally of Lorain, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 in Roseville, CA after a brief illness. She was born in México and moved to Texas as a child. She married Domingo Amador and they moved to Lorain, Ohio where they settled and raised their family and where she eventually became a U.S. Citizen. During...
Walter Korab
Sep 16, 2018
Walter Korab, age 99, of Lorain, passed away peacefully Sunday, September 16, 2018 at home with his family by his side.Walter was born in Elyria, OH on October 14, 1918. At age two he moved with his parents to Jasienica Rosielna, Poland. He returned to Lorain in November 1936 when he was 17 years old. Walter married Victoria (nee Buzso)...
Phyllis L. "Susie" Wiencke
Sep 11, 2018
Phyllis L. "Susie" Wiencke (nee Bohn), age 80, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Autumn Aegis Retirement Community following a lengthy illness. A life-long resident of Lorain, Susie was born April 15, 1938 in Lorain and graduated from Lorain High School in 1957. Susie and her husband Gary owned and operated Quik As A Wink Carpet Cleaning...
Mary Krasula
Sep 9, 2018
Mary Evelyn Krasula (nee Foster) age 90, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Anchor Lodge Retirement Village in Lorain. She was born July 18, 1928 in Glen Morgan, West Virginia to the late Owen and Edith (nee Fritz) Foster. Mary worked as a machine operator at Erico Products in Cleveland for over 15 years. After moving to Florida she...
Tomas Badillo
Sep 6, 2018
Tomas Badillo passed on to eternal life on Thursday, September 6, 2018. He was 88 years old. Tomas was a steelworker, but his real work in life was his service to Sacred Heart Chapel and the Catholic Church. He was ordained a Deacon in the Catholic Church in 1986, but his years of service to Sacred Heart Chapel went beyond...
Karl M. Zilka
Aug 25, 2018
Karl M. Zilka, age 68 of Lorain, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born August 13, 1950 in Elyria, he was a life long resident Lorain. Karl graduated from Lorain Admiral King in 1968 and attended Lorain County Community College and Ohio State University. For 27 years, Karl worked as...
Judith A. Balzer
Aug 22, 2018
Judith A. Balzer (nee Tokarczyk), age 74, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Mercy Health - New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born June 28, 1944 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain until moving to Elyria 2 years ago. She graduated from Clearview High School in 1962 and completed training at M.B. Johnson School of...
Ralph B. Woodward
Aug 21, 2018
Ralph B. Woodward, 62, of Amherst, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Mercy Health - New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a short illness. Born April 17, 1956 in Danville, Illinois, Ralph lived in the Cleveland and Lorain area including Vermilion before settling in Amherst. Ralph's career as a commercial printer began at The Lorain Printing Company. During this time,...
Melvin D. Carver
Aug 3, 2018
Melvin D. Carver, age 59, passed away unexpectedly on August 3, 2018 at his residence in Lorain. Born March 5, 1959 to Franklin and Nellie (nee Zirkle) Carver in Lorain, Melvin lived in Lorain his entire life. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1977 and worked as a car wash attendant for the former Paige's Car Wash on Lake...
Robert C. Salkowitz
Jul 26, 2018
Robert C. Salkowitz, 77, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018 at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 6, 1941 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain his entire life. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1959 and attended Ohio State University. In his youth, Robert was the first pitcher to pitch a no-hitter...
Grace M. Jones
Jul 25, 2018
Grace M. Jones (nee James), 92, of Lorain, Ohio passed away July 25, 2018 at St. John Medical Center in Avon.She was born March 19, 1926 in Mitchell, South Dakota. Before coming to Lorain, Grace lived in San Francisco, California and was employed in offices of the U.S. Marine Corps Depot of Supplies. There she met Homer C. Jones, a...
Margaret I. Trautwein
Jul 22, 2018
Margaret I. Trautwein (nee Solomon), age 89, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018 at her residence. Born March 9, 1929, Margaret was a lifelong resident of Lorain. She worked for Ontario department store in Lorain as a cashier for ten years until her retirement in 1971. Margaret was a member of St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Lorain, where...
