Obituaries
Bernice Gimben
Jun 30, 2011
Bernice Gimben (nee Slobedzian), age 91, of Elyria, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Avon Oaks Nursing Home. She was born on March 22, 1920, in Lorain, living most of her life in Elyria. She was a 1938 graduate of Lorain High School. Bernice was employed as a Medical Transcriber at St. Joseph's Hospital for over 20 years,...
Carmen A. Sanchez
Jun 29, 2011
Carmen A. Sanchez (nee Rodriguez), 58 of Lorain, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at New Life Hospice Residential Center following a brief illness. Born Oct. 19, 1952 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain her entire life. Carmen attended Southview High School and enjoyed watching wrestling and soap operas. She also loved to spend time with her grandchildren. Carmen attended House...
Emilio Gomez Roman
Jun 27, 2011
Emilio Gomez Roman, age 81, died on Monday, June 27, 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic, following a lengthy illness. Emilio was born on August 14, 1929 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He was employed as a loader in the shipping dept. of US Kolbe Steel for 22 years, retiring in 1992. Prior to this, he was employed for 20 years at...
Kenneth M. Jama
Jun 26, 2011
Kenneth M. Jama, age 75, of Amherst, died on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at Anchor Lodge Retirement Center, Lorain, following a lengthy battle with polymyositis. He was born on July 17, 1935 in Lorain, where he lived most of his life until moving to Amherst over 20 years ago. He was a 1953B graduate of Lorain High School. Kenneth also...
Timothy Yuhos
Jun 21, 2011
Timothy J. Yuhos, 44 of Sheffield Lake, passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at his home. He was a graduate of Brookside High School, and served in the US Army. Following the service, he worked as a laborer at Prime Design and Lorain Works US Steel. Surviving is his father, Joseph F.; a brother Joe; a sister, Jennifer Heckenbach;...
Berdell A. Abbott
Jun 20, 2011
Berdell "Bert" Abbott, died suddenly on Monday, June 20, 2011, in the Emergency Room at Mercy Regional Medical Center. He was born on March 4, 1953 in Bay Village, Ohio. Bert is a 1971 graduate from Brookside High School. He attended Ohio State University for two years. He was employed in the customer service dept. of Lowe's in Avon. Bert...
Lucia Garza
Jun 17, 2011
Lucia Garza, 47, of Lorain, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Friday, June 17, 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic following a three year battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Born September 28, 1963 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain her entire life. Lucia attended Holy Trinity and St. Stanislaus Catholic Schools and graduated from Admiral King High...
Frank J. Darmafall
Jun 16, 2011
Frank J. Darmafall, 72, of Nova and formerly of Lorain, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011 at his residence following a sudden illness. Born May 28, 1939 in Lorain, he moved to Nova in 1999. Frank worked as a guidance counselor in the Lorain City Schools for over 30 years. He was a long time member of the former St....
Olga Samiylenko
Jun 15, 2011
Olga Samiylenko, age 59, of Lorain, passed away on Wed., June 15, at Oak Hills Nursing Home. She was born on Aug. 28, 1951, in Augsburg, Germany, Moving to Lorain in 1953. An Admiral King High School graduate in 1969, she also studied Art at Oberlin College for 2 years. Surviving is her sister, Lydia of Santa Monica, CA and...
Ronald J. Greenfield, Sr
Jun 9, 2011
Ronald J. Greenfield,Sr. age 67, of Elyria, died on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at his residence. He was born on November 9, 1943 in Lorain, where he graduated from Clearview High School in 1961. He moved to Elyria in 1964. Ronald served in the United States Navy. He was a grade A machinist at US Kolbe for 12 years, prior...
James H. Craig
Jun 7, 2011
James H. Craig, 89, of Lorain, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born Sept. 20 1921 in Waynesburg, Pa., to the late Paul and Dorothy (nee Benington) Craig. He served in the US Navy during World War II. He served on the USS Landing Craft (FF) 504 and received...
Mason C. Crowe
Jun 5, 2011
Mason C. Crowe, 61, of Parma, died Sunday, June 5, 2011 a sister's residence in Lorain following a lingering illness. Born March 16, 1950 in Irvine, Ky, he came to Lorain in 1955 and attended Clearview High School. In 2003 he moved to Parma. Mason worked as an over the road truck driver for DS Express in Huron, and for...
Carmen M. LeBron
Jun 5, 2011
Carmen M. LeBron, 58, of Lorain, died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at her residence following a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 20, 1952 in Chicago, she came to Lorain in 1998. While living in Chicago, Carmen worked as a secretary and as a phlebotomist at Illinois Masonic Hospital. She also earned a diploma in Theology from the Bible Institute in Chicago....
Mary A. Seskar
May 31, 2011
Mary A. Seskar (nee Uszak), age 86, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at her home. She was born on March 12, 1925, in Lorain, where she has lived her entire life. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, where she and her husband were joined in marriage on August 10, 1946. She was...
Wilhelmine "Mina" Lamats
May 30, 2011
Wilhelmine "Mina" Lamats, (nee Puchinger), age 71, of Lorain, died on Monday, May 30, 2011 at Avon Oaks Skilled Nursing Center, Avon, following a brief illness. She was born on October 5, 1939 in Kitzingen, Germany, moving here in 1965. Mina was employed at Lorain Products for almost 20 years, retiring in 2001. She was a member of the former...
Pamela Linda Cardwell
May 24, 2011
Pamela Linda Cardwell (nee Kacsandi), age 64, of Lorain, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at Lake Pointe Health Center, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. She was born on May 6, 1947, in Lorain, where she lived her entire life. She is survived by her brothers; Bruce and David, and a sister, Delores Buga. She is preceded in death...
Daniel Ronald Vovak
May 21, 2011
Daniel Ronald Vovak, age 39, of Bethesda, MD, formerly of Lorain, died on May 21, 2011 at Montgomery Hospice Casey House in Rockville, Maryland, following a 5 month illness. He was born on May 15, 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a graduate of Sheffield Lake High School and a 1993 graduate of Baldwin Wallace College, where he earned a...
Lois Mae Farley
May 18, 2011
Lois Mae "Toots" Farley (nee Bailey), age 86, of Lorain, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at her home, while under the care of Hospice of the Western reserve. She was born on March 12, 1925, in Rock, West Virginia, moving to Lorain in 1953, where she has lived the rest of her life. She was a salesclerk at...
Anthony Pandin
May 12, 2011
Anthony John "Tony" Pandin, age 61, of Lorain, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at his home, while under the care of Hospice of Western Reserve. He was born on January 24, 1950 in Canton, Ohio, living in Cleveland, TN and Cleveland, Ohio. Tony received his bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve in 1972. He had worked as an independent contractor...
Carl "Kloke" Klokey
May 10, 2011
Carl "Kloke" Klokey, age 66, of Lorain, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was born Nov. 1, 1944 in Shenandoah, Pa., and graduated from J W Cooper High School in 1962. He served in the United States Navy from 1963 to 1967. He was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church,...
