Obituaries
Cora Elsie Hicks
Jun 7, 2009
Cora Elsie Hicks (nee Byrd), 74, of Amherst, died Sunday, June 7, 2009 at Amherst Manor following a lengthy illness. She was born February 4, 1935 in Oneida, TN, she made her home in Amherst for over 30 years. Cora worked as a Nurse at Amherst Manor Nursing Home. She enjoyed gardening and tending to her flowers. Her greatest joy...
Dallas "Carl" Pack
Jun 5, 2009
Dallas "Carl" Pack, age 67, of Lorain, died on Friday, June 5, 2009, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a long illness. He was born on July 31, 1941, in Harts Creek, West Virginia, moving to Lorain in 1959, where he had lived the remainder of his life. Carl was employed at Ford Motor Co. for...
Margaret B. Herbert
Jun 5, 2009
Margaret B. Herbert (nee Papcun), age 92, of Lorain, died on Friday, June 5, 2009 at her home, which she shared with her daughter, under the care of New Life Hospice. She was born on July 4, 1916, in Guernsey County, Ohio, moving to Lorain in 1937, where she has lived the rest of her life. She was a member...
Margaret A. "Marge" Uszak
May 29, 2009
Margaret A. "Marge" Uszak, (nee Hornick), age 84, of Lorain, died on Friday, May 29, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, following a 3 year illness. She was born on February 26, 1925 in Youngstown, living most of her life in Lorain. She was a 1943B graduate of Lorain High. Marge was employed as a secretary at...
Norma Bush
May 28, 2009
Norma I. Bush (nee Duprey), 53, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Community Health Partners Hospital, Lorain following a sudden illness. She was born Sept. 22, 1955 in Guayama, Puerto Rico; and lived in Manhattan, NY for 13 years before coming to Lorain in 1970. Norma graduated from Southview High School in 1972. She enjoyed reading, writing,...
Dorothy M. Dulick
May 24, 2009
Dorothy M. Dulick (nee Wood), age 84, of Lorain, died on Sunday, May 24, 2009, at Community Health Partners, following a brief illness. She was born on April 26, 1925, in Lorain, Ohio. She had lived in Avon for 20 years, finally moving to Lorain in 1945. She was a 1942 graduate of Avon High School. Dorothy was a baker...
Emilia Gonzalez
May 24, 2009
Emilia Gonzalez, age 46 of Lorain, passed away Sunday May 24, 2009 at her home following her long battle with MS. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Modesta Velez. She was born on January 9, 1963 and enjoyed a full and active childhood before graduating from Southview High School in 1981. Emilia, a member of Sacred Heart Chapel,...
Frances A. Kobylka
May 20, 2009
Frances A. Kobylka (nee Rosso), age 92, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born on May 1, 1917 in Lorain, where she was a resident for her entire life. She was a member of St. John Roman Catholic Church, Lorain. Frances always loved being with her...
Irene J. Perritt
May 15, 2009
Irene J. Perritt (nee Kosco), age 94, of Lorain, died on Friday, May 15, 2009, at Amherst Manor Nursing Home. She was born on September 9, 1914, in Lorain where she lived her entire life. She was a member of St, Stanislaus Catholic Church, where she was also a member of the Women's Guild. Along with her husband, she belonged...
George Rajher
May 14, 2009
George J. Rajher, 86, of Lorain, died Thursday, May 14, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph following a brief illness. Born April 6, 1923 in Lorain, he was a life long resident here. George was a 1941 graduate of Lorain High School and served a corporal in the US Army during World War II with the Battery...
Rita J. Roman
May 6, 2009
Rita J. Roman (nee Pagon), age 83, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at Golden Acres Nursing Home. She was born on May 23, 1925 in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain in 1962. She was employed at Joseph & Fiess as a seamstress for 10 years, before retiring in 1972. Rita was a member of Sacred...
Peter Cherubini
May 4, 2009
Peter J. Cherubini, 84, of Vermilion Twp, died Monday, May 4, 2009 at his residence. He was born June 19, 1924 in Lorain; he lived in Huron for 2 years before moving to Vermilion Twp in 2002. In his youth, Peter played football for City Field in the Lorain City Bantam League as quarterback, leading the league in touchdowns for...
John G. Gradish
May 2, 2009
John G. Gradish, age 91, of Elyria, died on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Wesleyan Village, Elyria. He was born on June 24, 1917, in Mammouth, PA, but lived most of his life in the Lorain and Elyria area. He is a 1935 graduate of Lorain High, and then served in the United States Army during World War II. John...
Richard A. "Dick" Slack
May 1, 2009
Richard A. "Dick" Slack, age 74, of Sheffield Lake, died on May 1, 2009, at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. He was born on May 12, 1934, in Elyria, Ohio, living there, as well as in Amherst and Cleveland, before finally moving to Sheffield Lake in 1988. He is a 1952 graduate of Marion Steele High...
Helyne W. Gongaware
Apr 29, 2009
Helyne W. Gongaware (nee Yarbrough), 72, of Elyria, died on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at her home, following a brief illness, while under the care of Hospice of Western Reserve. She was born on November 4, 1936 in Canton, Georgia and grew up in Florida. She was a southerner at heart, and was nicknamed a "Georgia Peach." Helyne was a...
Elizabeth Garbak
Apr 27, 2009
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Garbak, (nee Pekarik), 89, of Lorain, died Wed. May 27, 2009 at Community Health Partners, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born Sept. 22, 1919 in Lorain, living her entire life here, and graduated from Lorain High School in 1937B. Betty worked at Thew Shovel Co. during World War II where she ran the blue print...
Krstin Kotevski
Apr 20, 2009
Krstin Kotevski, age 88, of Lorain, died on Monday, April 20, 2009, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. He was born on May 13, 1920 in Nakolec, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, coming to the United States in 1974. Krstin served in the Yugoslavian Army for 2 years, during World War II. He was employed as a laborer in the...
Angel Morales
Apr 19, 2009
Angel Morales, age 50, of Orlando, FL, formerly of Lorain, died on Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Orlando, FL, due to injuries sustained from a car accident. He was born on August 14, 1958, in Lorain, moving to Orlando in the late 1980's. Angel served in the United States Army from 1983 until 1986. He was stationed in Panama during...
Helen Beregszazy
Apr 15, 2009
Helen M. Beregszazy, (nee Takach), 97, of Lorain, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a short illness. Born Oct. 8, 1911 in Lorain, she moved to Beckley, West Virginia in the late 1920's. She then lived in New Jersey with her aunt where she met her first husband, Harold Westcott. In...
