Obituaries
Jeanette Knight
Jul 17, 2017
Jeanette "Jania" Knight (nee Szymanel), age 87, of Lorain, passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at The Willows of Bellevue, following a lengthy illness. Born April 27, 1930 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain her entire life. She was a 1948 graduate of Lorain High School. Jeanette began working as a teller before advancing to the commercial loan department at...
Michael A. Kocak
Jul 8, 2017
Michael Albert Kocak, age 95, a retired captain of the Lorain Police Department Detective Bureau, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Asbury Heights senior facility in Pittsburgh, PA, where he had been a resident for the past 5 1/2 years. Born April 25, 1922 in Lorain, he graduated from Lorain High School in 1940. After graduation, he attended electronics...
Margarita Ramos-Torres
Jul 3, 2017
Margarita "Margot" Ramos Torres, age 87, of Lorain, passed away Monday, July 3, 2017 at her daughter's residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a brief illness. Born September 2, 1929 in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, she came to Lorain in 1989. Margarita was a homemaker and enjoyed crocheting, sewing and taking care of her grandchildren and great...
Helen M. Maziarz
Jun 29, 2017
Helen Mary Maziarz (nee Knitter), age 94, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2017 at her residence while under the care of University Hospital Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born Dec. 29, 1922 in Lorain, she was a lifelong resident of the city. She was a graduate of Lorain High School class of 1941B. Helen worked as a bookkeeper...
Wanda K. Stevens
Jun 25, 2017
Wanda K. Stevens, age 60 of Lorain, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born September 29, 1956 in Santa Ana, California, she came to Lorain at an early age. Wanda worked 15 years in the health care industry as nurse's assistant, retiring from Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Avon, in 2010....
Mary Ann Johnson
Jun 24, 2017
Mary Ann (nee Kobylka) Johnson, age 71, of Denver, Colorado and formerly of Lorain, passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at Peregrine Senior Living at Aurora, Colorado following a lengthy illness. Born on March 11, 1946 in Lorain, she moved to Denver 38 years ago. Mary Ann was a graduate of Lorain Admiral King High School. She was the...
Kenneth H Jabbusch
Jun 20, 2017
Kenneth H. Jabbusch, 71, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Century Oak Care Center in Middleburg Heights following a lengthy illness. Born April 13, 1946 in Lorain, he graduated from Lorain High School in 1964 and moved to Elyria in 1970. Kenneth retired in 2012 from the Ohio Turnpike where he worked as a toll operator for...
Ronald J. Ilcisko
Jun 16, 2017
Ronald J. Ilcisko, 62, passed away June 16, 2017. Ron was a lifelong resident of Sheffield Lake and a graduate of Brookside High School, class of 1973. Ron attended Lorain County Community College and Cleveland State University with studies in English and Sociology. He recently retired from Laborors' International Union Local 758 with over 30 years of service. Ron served...
Edward F. Van Dyke
Jun 8, 2017
Edward F. Van Dyke, age 77, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a short illness. Born February 29, 1940 in Cleveland, he moved to Lorain in 1963. He worked in various departments at Ford Motor Company Lorain Assembly Plant for 30 years, retiring in 1991. Edward was a member of the...
Joan Hensley
Jun 3, 2017
Joan Hensley (nee Zimmerman) age 73, of Sheffield Lake, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain following a lengthy illness. Born June 30, 1943 in Lorain, she moved to Sheffield Lake in 1973. She worked for 10 years at Bonnie Bell in Westlake. She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church. She...
Angel Luis Arocho
Jun 1, 2017
Angel Luis "Chorty" Arocho, 91, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, June 1, 2017 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a short illness. Born July 5, 1925 in Utuado, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1948. Angel worked for 37 years at Lorain Works US Steel in the Open Hearth, retiring in 1983. He was a member of...
Veronica Ruminski
May 30, 2017
Veronica D. Ruminski, age 91, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at ResCare Homecare in Elyria following a brief illness. Born July 23, 1925 in Lorain, she moved to Elyria 30 years ago. Veronica graduated 8th grade from Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School and was so proud to have learned to read from Sr. Mary Carmelita....
Eric Pagan
May 29, 2017
Eric Pagan Jr. infant son of Eric and Shyanna (nee Brooks) of Lorain, passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017 at Fairview Hospital. Besides his parents, he is survived by his sisters, Juliana and Janessa at home; maternal grandparents, Tina Kulas of LaGrange and Darryl Brooks Sr. of Lorain; paternal grandmother, Carmen D. Pagan of Lorain; and paternal great grandmother,...
Gerardo Velez
May 26, 2017
Gerardo Velez, 48, of Lorain, passed away Friday, May 26, 2017 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following lengthy illness. Born September 22, 1968 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1987. He had a passion for helping others. Surviving is his parents, Margarita Davila and Fidel Velez both of Ponce, PR; children, Dorcas Velez and Josiah Velez...
Janice M. Smith
May 15, 2017
Janice Marie Smith (née Hupman), age 45, was welcomed into her heavenly home on Monday, May 15th, 2017 in Oberlin, Ohio.Janice was born in Zanesville, Ohio on May 26, 1971 to Tom and Florence Hupman. She was a 1989 graduate of Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst, Ohio, and then attended Lorain County Community College. She was a member...
Mary Farkas
May 12, 2017
Mary Farkas (nee Nazarkiewicz) age 96, of Lorain, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017 at Amherst Manor Retirement Community following a lengthy illness. Born November 29, 1920 in Ford City, Pennsylvania, she came to Lorain as an infant and has lived here since. She was a 1940 graduate of Lorain High School. Mary worked at May Company as a sales...
John P. Ockajik
May 6, 2017
John P. Ockajik, 67, of Lorain, joined our Lord in Heaven on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice, Lorain. He was born May 30, 1949 in Lorain to the late John Ockajik, Jr. and Marie Olive (nee Cogan) Ockajik. John was their only child. John is survived by his wife of 45 years, Linda (nee Bays); sons,...
Ronald W. Mitchell
Apr 30, 2017
Ronald W. "Ron" Mitchell, 78, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017 at University Hospital, Cleveland following a lengthy illness. Born July 2, 1938 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, he came to Lorain over 55 years ago. Ron worked at Lorain Works US Steel for 20 years retiring in 2000. He was a member of the United Steel Workers Union Local...
Salvatora Marie "Sally" Degan
Apr 26, 2017
Salvatora Marie "Sally" Degan (nee Piazza) age 85, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Weslyan Village, Elyria, following a lengthy illness. Born October 1, 1931 in Lakewood, she lived in the Lorain and Elyria her entire life. She was in the first class to graduate from Elyria Catholic in 1950. Sally worked as a seamstress and enjoyed...
Eleanor Potocnik
Apr 21, 2017
Eleanor Potocnik (nee Krupski) age 99, passed away at her daughter and son-in-laws home in Springboro, Ohio on April 21. She had resided with them since 2008 after moving from her home in Lorain, Ohio. She was born in Monessen, PA on January 6,1918 to the late Sergei and Yedockey Krupski who immigrated from Russia. Eleanor was married in September...
