Obituaries
Rosa Rolon
Jan 28, 2015
Rosa Maria Falcon Rolon, 92 of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Golden Acres Nursing Home in Amherst. Born October 19, 1922 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, she came to Lorain in 1948. Rosa enjoyed cooking, gardening, going to bingo and watching the Cleveland Indians. Surviving are her sons, Freddy Diaz of Chicago, Robert Diaz and Jose (Ada) Diaz...
Venancio R. Rosa
Jan 19, 2015
Venancio R. Rosa, 89, of Lorain, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born April 9, 1925 in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1948. He worked at Lorain Works US Steel where he was a group leader in the Rolling Mill retiring...
Julio Zavala
Jan 17, 2015
Julio Zavala Sr., 88, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at University Hospital Elyria Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 17, 1926 in Escalon, California, he came to Lorain in 1948 and has lived here since. Julio worked 33 years at the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant as a welder, retiring in 1991. Prior to this he...
Robert J. Kapucinski
Jan 17, 2015
Robert J. "Sonny" Kapucinski, 78, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at his residence following a short illness. Born October 17, 1936 in Lorain, he was a live long resident of Lorain. Robert worked for 30 years at the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant as an Upgrader, retiring in 1995. Prior to this, he worked for the Ohio Turnpike...
Dominga Rosa
Jan 12, 2015
Dominga Gerena Rosa, 96, of Oberlin, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 12, 2015 at her residence while under the care of Hospice of the Western Reserve following a lengthy illness. Born July 20, 1918 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, she was the first Puerto Rico family to arrive in Lorain in August of 1947. In 1980, she moved back...
Julia B. Gdovin
Jan 11, 2015
Julia B. Gdovin (nee Slusny), 96, of Sheffield Village, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Avon Oaks Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. Born May 10, 1918 in Cleveland, she moved to Lorain and married George J. Gdovin in 1937. Julia and George owned and operated two grocery and meat markets. Julia enjoyed playing cards, Scrabble, embroidery, working on...
Floyd R. Grimes
Jan 10, 2015
Floyd Raymond Grimes (age 88), a long time resident of Lorain, passed away quietly on January 10, 2015 at Lake Pointe Nursing Home. He was born on December 12, 1926 in Gilmer County, West Virginia. He will be remembered for his love of pure country music and as a steel guitar player. He possessed a quirky, off-beat sense of humor,...
Margaret E. Lasky
Jan 5, 2015
Margaret E. Lasky (nee Kerecz), age 83, of Elyria, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2015, at her residence while under the care of Crossroads Hospice, following a lengthy illness. Born July 2, 1931 in Lorain, she moved to Elyria in 1953 where she has lived since. Margaret graduated from Clearview High School in 1949 and received a nursing diploma...
Cecilia J. KOWALCZYK
Dec 30, 2014
Cecilia J. Kowalczyk (nee Dudziak), 89 of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Pine Valley Care Center in Richfield, Ohio following a lengthy illness. Born June 17, 1925 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain her entire life. She was a member of the former St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Lorain. Cecilia was a homemaker and enjoyed bingo, dancing and...
Steve D. Vancs
Dec 26, 2014
Steve D. Vancs, age 84 of Lorain, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. Born October 26, 1930 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain his entire life. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1948. Steve retired in 1990 for Ford Motor Company Lorain Assembly Plant after 30 years there. He...
Ruth Wilt
Dec 25, 2014
Ruth B. Wilt (nee Houk), age 89, of Elyria, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014 at Center Ridge Nursing Home, North Ridgeville, following a lengthy illness. Born December 7, 1925 in Ellwood City, PA, she came to Lorain in 1950. In 1992 she moved to Elyria where she has lived since. She was a member of Saint Jude Parish, Elyria,...
Karen A. Nunez
Dec 25, 2014
Karen A. Nunez (nee Hetsler), 76, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born December 22, 1938 in Ashland, Ohio, she lived in Monroe Falls, Ohio before coming to Lorain in 1970. She also lived in Arlington, Virginia, and Dayton, Ohio, for a short time. Karen graduated from...
Sarah Justice
Dec 24, 2014
Sarah Justice (nee Kinder), age 93, of Sheffield Village, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Avon Oaks Caring Community, following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 17, 1921 in Pikeville, Kentucky, she moved to Sheffield Village in 1963. Sarah worked for over 20 years as a technician in Central Supply Department of Lorain Community Hospital, retiring in 1986. She was...
Anna M. Wilson
Dec 21, 2014
Anna M. Wilson (nee Smole), age 90, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Kingston of Vermilion following a lengthy illness. Born July 13, 1924 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain her entire life. Surviving is her son, Charles "Chuck" (Pat) Wilson of Elyria; grandchildren Renee Camarillo and Brandi Middlebrooks and great grandchildren, Aleah, Victoria, Shayla, Alivia, C.J.,...
Jeffrey M. Katkic
Dec 8, 2014
Jeffrey M. Katkic, age 50, of Lorain, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014, at Ames Family Hospice House, Westlake, following a double lung transplant and a lengthy illness. He was born on March 25, 1964 in Lorain and lived here his entire life. He was a 1982 graduate of Southview High School and studied culinary arts under Eddy Solomon...
Thomas W. Pando
Dec 8, 2014
Thomas W. Pando, age 86, of Lorain, passed on Monday, December 08, 2014 at University Hospital, Elyria Medical Center, following a short illness. He was born on May 27, 1928 in Avon, moving from Sheffield Village to Lorain in 1955. Tom served in the United States Navy as a Merchant Marine and was in the Coast Guard Reserve. He was...
Faust D. Diso
Nov 28, 2014
Faust D. Diso, age 98, of Lorain, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2014 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 12, 1916 in Lorain, where he was a lifelong resident. Faust was a 1935A graduate of Lorain High School. He was inducted into the US Army in March, 1942 and...
Mariano "El Lobo" Gutierrez
Nov 13, 2014
Mariano "El Lobo" Cruz Gutierrez, 95, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, November 13, 2014, surrounded by loved ones. Born October 22, 1919 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1952. He had worked in a greenhouse, for the B & O Railroad, and retired from the Lorain Water Plant on January 15, 1989. Mariano was...
Stanley "Stacey" Klimczak
Nov 13, 2014
Stanley "Stacey" Klimczak, 96, of Lorain, died Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Lake Pointe Health Care, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born February 1, 1918 in Elyria, he graduated from Elyria High School in 1936. He attended Fenn College in Cleveland where he studied printing. In 1959 he moved to Lorain. Stacey served in the 71st Infantry Division of the...
Margaret I. Uszak
Nov 13, 2014
Margaret I. Uszak (nee Rago), 92 of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at her residence following a short illness. Born February 23, 1922 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, she moved to Lorain in 1948. She worked for 17 years at F. W. Woolworth as a clerk, retiring in 1968. Margaret was a member of the former St. Stanislaus Catholic Church...
