Obituaries

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...

Vanessa Shalom Figueroa
Nov 24, 2006
Vanessa Shalom "Vani" Figueroa, age 23, of Lorain, died on Friday, November 24, 2006 in the emergency room at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain. She was born on February 14, 1983 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain 19 years ago from Puerto Rico. She graduated from North Coast Christian Academy. She had also attended...

Charlotte A. Marko
Nov 21, 2006
Charlotte A. Marko, (nee Popivchak), age 72, of Avon Lake, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, after an illness of 5 weeks. She was born on July 14, 1934 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and lived in Cleveland for several years, before moving to Avon Lake in 1957. She graduated from West Liberty State University in West Virginia with...

Betty Pack
Nov 19, 2006
Betty Pack (nee; Grimmett), age 67, of Lorain, died on Sunday, November 19, 2006, at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, after a brief illness. She was born on November 14, 1939 in Sand Lick, West Virginia, moving to Lorain 46 years ago. She was a member of the Family Worship Church, North Ridgeville. Betty was a devoted housewife and enjoyed being...

Joseph Tomshe
Nov 16, 2006
Joseph Tomshe, age 93, of Lorain, died Thursday, November 16, 2006 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a short illness. He was born March 18, 1913 in Trzic, Slovenia (Old Yugoslavia); and had lived in Lorain since 1951. Joseph worked as a carpenter for Black River Lumber, for the American Ship Building Co., and then...