Obituaries
Viola "Kim" Ochrin
Jan 1, 2007
Viola "Kim" Ochrin (nee Poole), age 45, of Lorain, died on Monday, January 1, 2007, at her residence, after a very long illness. She was born on April 2, 1961, in Sharon, PA. She has lived in Lorain during most of her life, for the past 30 years. Kim was a 1979 graduate of Lorain High. She was a member...
Eleanor Gertrude Jones
Dec 28, 2006
Eleanor Gertrude Jones (nee Ehlers), 84, of Sheffield Township, died on Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Grace Hospital, Amherst, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lorain, Ohio on August 7, 1922 and moved with her family to Elyria, Ohio in 1924. She moved to Sheffield Township in 1948, when she married her beloved husband, Calvin Emerson Jones. As...
Helen C. Szarek
Dec 25, 2006
Helen C. Szarek (nee Sender), age 86, of Lorain, died on Monday, December 25, 2006, at Kingston of Vermilion, Vermilion, after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 7, 1920, in Lorain, Ohio, where she was a resident for her entire life. She was a graduate of Lorain High School, class of 1938B. Helen was a dedicated homemaker for...
Matthew J. Knoll
Dec 24, 2006
Matthew J. Knoll, 20, of Lorain, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at his residence following a 3 year illness. He was born Dec. 24, 1986 in Columbus, Ohio; he lived in Attica, Ohio before coming to Lorain in 1989. He also lived in Willard, Ohio in the late 1990's before returning to Lorain. Matt was a member of Victory Baptist...
Ronald R. Soto
Dec 24, 2006
Ronald R. Soto, 67, of Lorain, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following lengthy illness. He was born on July 16, 1939 in Lorain, he moved to Las Vegas from 1991-1999 then back to Lorain. He was a 1958 graduate of Lorain High School, he had also attended Lorain County Community College where he earned...
Leo S. Dzikielewski
Dec 24, 2006
Leo S. "Lovers" Dzikielewski, 88, of Lorain, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born July 4, 1918 in Lorain, and has lived here his entire life. He was a 1936 graduate of Lorain High School. Leo served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II in the...
Walter P. Rozmarynowycz
Dec 19, 2006
Walter Rozmarynowycz, age 69, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio was killed on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 when the van he and his wife Mary were traveling in was struck by a pickup truck on I-71 in Medina. Walter was born on August 24, 1937 in Hnyzdychiv, Ukraine. He was the firstborn child of Stephania and Ivan Rozmarynowycz. When he was a...
Antoinette Leonard
Dec 15, 2006
Antoinette "Toni" Leonard (nee; Carson), age 82, of Amherst, died on Friday, December 15, 2006, at Hearthstone, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. She was born on February 4, 1924, in Lorain, where she resided until 1977, when she moved to Amherst. She was a 1942 graduate of Lorain High School and active in her class reunion group. She was also...
Greg A. Tillison
Dec 10, 2006
Greg A. Tillison, 34, of Lorain, died Sunday, December 10, 2006. He was born March 28, 1972 in Lorain, and has lived in the Lorain county area his entire life. He was employed at Buckeye State Welding in Elyria. He was devoted to his family, and was a loyal employee. He enjoyed drag racing motorcycles, riding motorcycles, wrestling and playing...
Marjorie L. Gajdos
Dec 8, 2006
Marjorie L. Gajdos, (nee Nelson) 79, of Lorain, died Friday, December 8, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, after an illness of 3 months. She was born on February 4, 1927 in Yreka, CA and graduated from Ft. Jones High School in Ft. Jones California in 1944. She moved to Lorain in 1960. She formerly...
Garza V. Pedro
Dec 8, 2006
Pedro V. Garza, 63, of Lorain, died Friday, December 08, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a sudden illness. He was born Nov. 6, 1943 in Matamoros, Mexico; he lived in Texas and then Port Clinton before settling in Lorain in 1968. He worked for NPA Coatings Inc., in Cleveland in janitorial services for...
Eleanor G. Neufer
Dec 6, 2006
Eleanor Gertrude Neufer (nee: McMullen), age 90, of North Ridgeville, OH, died on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at Center Ridge Health Campus, North Ridgeville, OH, after a long illness. She was born on June 22, 1916 in LaPorte, OH, and resided in the Lorain and Elyria area most of her life. Eleanor was employed at General Industries, Elyria, in the...
Allen R. Tucker
Dec 6, 2006
Allen R. Tucker, age79, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at Oak Hills Nursing Home, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 7, 1927 in Milan, Ohio moving to Lorain in 1956. He served in the United States Marines during the Korean War as a corporal. Allen was employed at the Norfolk Southern Railroad as...
Carol Cumberledge
Dec 5, 2006
Carol Cumberledge (nee Stoneking) age 65, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at her residence, while under the care of Hospice of Western Reserve, following a long illness. She was born on September 4, 1941 in Garards Fort, Pennsylvania. She had graduated from Mapletown High School and from Duffs Business College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Carol was employed as...
Marie Driver
Dec 4, 2006
Marie Driver (nee Hall), 82, of Lorain, died Monday, December 4, 2006 at Kingston of Vermilion following a short illness. She was born Nov. 1, 1924 in Galveston, Kentucky; coming to Lorain in 1953 where she has lived since. Marie worked for local area restaurants from 1953 until retiring in 1971. She enjoyed reading quilting, do it yourself home projects,...
Salvatore A. Coviello
Dec 4, 2006
Salvatore Anthony Coviello, 85, of Lorain, died Monday, December 4, 2006 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born May 2, 1921 in Uniontown, PA; living in Lorain since 1955. He served in the US Marine Corp during World War II. He participated in action in Guam and Okinawa and was awarded the certificate of satisfactory service and...
Tim Doug Burgett, Sr
Dec 2, 2006
Tim D. Burgett, Sr., age 54, of Elyria, died on Saturday, December 2, 2006, at Elyria Memorial Hospital, Elyria, after a lengthy illness. He was born on November 2, 1952, in Freemont, Ohio, and had moved to Elyria shortly after his birth. He had been a resident of Elyria for most of his life. Tim was a 1965 graduate of...
Dionisia Castillo
Nov 29, 2006
Dionisia "Nisia" Castillo, (nee Ramirez), age 86, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at her residence, following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 8, 1920 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico moving to Lorain in 1948. She was employed as a seamstress for 25 years at Joseph & Fiess Company, retiring in 1972. Nisia was a member of...
James N. Giglio
Nov 28, 2006
James N. "Jim" Giglio, age 38, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, West, following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 12, 1968 in Lorain, and has been a lifelong resident here. He was a 1986 graduate of Lorain High School. Jim enjoyed watching television. He is survived by...
Birtie M. Newman
Nov 26, 2006
Birtie M. Newman, (nee Mowery) age 82, of Lorain, died on Sunday, November 26, 2006 at Wellington Manor Nursing Home, following a sudden illness. She was born on August 20, 1924 in Portsmouth, Ohio. She was a resident of Lorain County for over 60 years. She was employed at a florist shop in Portsmouth for many years. While a resident...
