Obituaries
Charles "Charlie" Tully, Jr
Jun 19, 2010
Charles A. "Charlie" Tully Jr., 70, of Avon Lake, died Saturday, June 19, 2010 at Fairview Hospital, Cleveland. Born Nov. 9, 1939 in Lorain, Charlie has been a resident of Avon Lake for the past 40 years. He served in the US Navy from 1954 to 1958. For 34 years, Charlie worked as a boilermaker for the Boilermakers Union Local...
Harlan "Doodle" Simpson
Jun 18, 2010
Harlan "Doodle" Simpson, 77 of Sheffield Lake, died Friday, June 18, 2010 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born August 15, 1932 in Wallins Creek, Harlan County, KY, he moved to Lorain in the 1960's where he lived for 10 years before returning to Wallins Creek. In 2009, he moved to Sheffield Lake. Harlan worked...
Gabriel Wayne Shafer
Jun 15, 2010
Gabriel Wayne Shafer, infant son of Aaron Shafer and Tiffany McCarthy, passed away shortly after his birth, on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Fairview Hospital. Besides his parents, he is survived by his brother, Owen, maternal grandparents; Stephanie Worley and John McCarthy, maternal great grandparents; John and Pat Savel and Barbara McCarthy, paternal grandmother, Dana Lunn, and many aunts and...
Felipe Oyola
Jun 12, 2010
Felipe Oyola, 71 of Lorain, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 7, 1939 in Cidra, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain 55 years ago. He was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel. He enjoyed watching movies. Surviving is his brother, Rito Collazo of Lorain; and many nieces and nephews....
Frank Uszak Jr
Jun 7, 2010
Frank J. Uszak Jr., 61 of Lorain, died Monday, June 7, 2010 at St. John West Shore Hospital, Westlake following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 8, 1949 in Lorain, he was a life long resident here. He graduated from Admiral King High School in 1967 and attended Lorain County Community College and Akron University. Frank's entire career was in banking....
Kenneth "Kenny" Fonseca Sr
Jun 7, 2010
Kenneth "Kenny" Fonseca Sr., 54 of Lorain, died unexpectedly on Monday, June 7, 2010 at his residence. Born June 18, 1955 in Hoboken, NJ, he came to Lorain as a child and attended Admiral King High School. Kenny worked for Ford Motor Company in Brook Park as a fork lift operator, retiring in 2009 after 34 ½ years there. He...
Frank Acs
Jun 7, 2010
Frank P. Acs, age 86, of Lorain, passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Amherst Hospital, Amherst, following a brief illness. He was born on May 20, 1924, in Detroit, MI, living most of his life though, in Lorain. He attended Lorain Schools. Frank served in the United States Army during WWII receiving the Purple Heart. He was wounded...
Arcadia V. Davila
Jun 5, 2010
Arcadia Victoriana Davila (nee Soto), age 80, of Lorain, passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Community Health Partners, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 17, 1930 in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain in 1949. She was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel. Arcadia loved dogs and listening to Spanish music. When she was...
Virginia Sonye
Jun 5, 2010
Virginia Sonye, 88, (nee Zekany) of Avon, died Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Avon Oaks Caring Community following a brief illness. Mrs. Sonye was born in Cherry Tree, West Virginia on October 16, 1921. She was the daughter of the late Alexander and Elizabeth (nee Gyenge) Zekany. She was a graduate of Logan High School in Logan, WV, and received...
Elizabeth "Bette" Poley
Jun 4, 2010
Elizabeth M. "Bette" Poley (nee Mariotti), 88, of Lorain, died Friday, June 4, 2010 at Community Health Partners, Lorain, following a short illness. Born May 3, 1922 in Uniontown, PA, she moved to Lorain in 1926 where she lived since. She was a graduate of Lorain High School Class of 1942A. Upon graduation, Bette worked as a cosmetic consultant for...
Katherine A. Pozik
Jun 4, 2010
Katherine A. Pozik (nee Durasin), age 80, of Lorain, died on Friday, June 4, 2010 at Community Health Partners, Lorain. She was born on February 22, 1930 in Blairsville, PA moving to this area in 1955. She was a member of Mary Mother of God Parish. Katherine loved being with her grandchildren and spoiling anyone who would let her. She...
Christopher Marcano
Jun 3, 2010
Christopher Jacob Zi'Aire Marcano, infant son of Darlene Phelps (nee Price) and Hugo Marcano of Lorain passed away Thursday, June 3, 2010. Christopher was born May 4, 2010. Besides his parents, he is also survived by his step-father, Rodney Palos of Lorain; sisters, Shelby Price, Cheyenne Phelps, An'Jalissa Palos, and Jay'Ciane Palos; and several aunts and uncles. He was preceded...
Austin R. Wooten
Jun 2, 2010
Austin R. Wooten, age 55, of Lorain, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at Community Health Partners, Lorain. Born January 16, 1955 in Lorain, he lived here his entire life. He was a 1973 graduate of Clearview High School, and worked as an assembler at the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant. He was a member of the former Amherst Freewill...
Sandra Salata
May 27, 2010
Sandra D. Salata, 68, of Elyria, died Thursday, May 27, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Born November 7, 1941 in Lorain, she has moved to Wellington in 1988. Sandra has resided in Elyria for the past several years. She had worked at Goodwill Industries, Lorain, Sutters Sandwich Shop, Lorain, and she worked as an assembler...
Robert Milford Adkins
May 24, 2010
Robert Milford Adkins, age 88, of Elyria, died on Monday, May 24, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 22, 1924 in Stiltner, West Virginia, moving to this area in 1958. He served in the Air Force during World War II where he earned the Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle...
Desiree Nicole Ward
May 24, 2010
Desiree Nicole Wade, age 8 months, of Lorain, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 24, 2010 unexpectedly. She was born on September 10, 2009 in Lorain. She is survived by her mother, Ciara Nicole Wade, of Lorain, father, Christopher Ward, of Cleveland, brother, Chris Jr and sister, Mariah, maternal grandparents, Pamela Lovett, of Lorain, Henry A. Wade,...
Georgia Adkins
May 23, 2010
Georgia Adkins (nee Sweeney), age 89, of Lorain, died on May 23, 2010 at her home, following a lengthy illness. She was born on February 28, 1921 in Dungan, Virginia, living in this area since 1954. When Georgia was younger she enjoyed gardening and reading. She is survived by her two sons, James (Cleo) Adkins, of Cape Coral, FL and...
Barbara Louise Acs
May 23, 2010
Barbara Louise Acs, age 56, of Lorain, died on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at Fairview Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born on June 5, 1953 in Lorain, where she has been a lifelong resident. She was a 1971 graduate of Admiral King High School and also received her associate's degree from Lorain Community College. Barbara was employed at...
Richard R. Menke
May 18, 2010
Richard R. Menke, age 85, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Community Health Partners Hospital, Lorain following a sudden illness. He was born on March 2, 1925 in Detroit, MI, moving to Lorain in 1986. Richard attended Wilbur Wright High School. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Lorain. He enjoyed watching classic movies, making candles...
Edwin Anton Olsen
May 17, 2010
Edwin Anton Olsen, 75, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, died Monday, May 17, 2010 at Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio following a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 19, 1935 in Elyria, living in Lorain until moving to New Philadelphia in 1985. He served in the US Army as a military policeman in the 1950's. Following the service, Edwin worked for...
