Obituaries
Frank Avalos
Oct 31, 2005
Frank Avalos, age 73, of Lorain, died Monday, October 31, 2005, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a long illness. He was born on May 25, 1932 in Hasslet, Texas. He moved to Lorain in 1932 where he resided for the rest of his life. Frank was a member of the Sonshine Baptist Church, Lorain, for...
Edward W. Parsons
Oct 29, 2005
Edward W. Parsons, Jr. age 35, of Lorain, died on Saturday, October 29, 2005, at his residence , following a accident while repairing a vehicle. He was born on July 19, 1970 in Amherst. He lived in Lorain his entire life. He was a 1989 graduate of Lorain High School. He was a member of Church of Christ, Lorain. He...
Marsha L. Keene
Oct 28, 2005
Marsha L. "Mandy" Keene, (nee Setko), age 54, of Lorain, died on Friday, October 28, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born on September 13, 1951 in Wellington, Ohio, she moved to Lorain 15 years ago. Marsha enjoyed cooking, animals, especially cats, gardening and sewing. She is survived...
Frank Muhich
Oct 20, 2005
Frank H. Muhich, 85, of Elyria, died Thursday, October 20, 2005 at Life Care Center of Elyria following a lengthy illness. He was born August 23, 1920 in Lorain, living here until moving to Elyria in 1998. Frank served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II as a seaman second class. He had received the 50 year...
Larry Darnell Gage, Jr
Oct 19, 2005
Larry Darnell Gage, Jr, "Big Gage", age 34, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at Community Health Partners HSC West, Lorain, after a brief illness. He was born on November 30, 1970 in Lorain, where he has remained as a life-long resident. Larry was a 1987 graduate of Admiral King High School. He received an athletic scholarship to...
Frank J. Bartok
Oct 18, 2005
Frank J. Bartok, age 92, of Lorain, died Tuesday, October 18, 2005, at The New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a brief illness. He was born on April 11, 1913 in Beye, Hungary. He lived in Castalia, Ohio for ten years before moving to Lorain where he resided for the past 75 years. Frank served in the...
Ernest Alessio
Oct 15, 2005
Ernest Alessio, Sr., 90, of Lorain, died Saturday, October 15, 2005 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a brief illness. Born on May 16, 1915 in Monesson, Pennsylvania, Mr. Alessio had lived in Lorain for most all of his life. He was a 1933 graduate of the Lorain High School. He had been employed at the...
Sandra J. Asik
Oct 15, 2005
Sandra J. Asik (nee-Kovanes), 62, of Vermilion, died Saturday, October 15, 2005 at her residence, following a sudden illness. Born on August 7, 1943 in Lorain, Mrs. Asik had lived in Vermilion since 1974, coming from Lorain. She was a 1961 graduate of the Lorain High School. In 1965, she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Ohio...
Patsy R. Jones
Oct 11, 2005
Patsy R. Jones (nee-Cross), 61, of Lorain, died Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center-West, Lorain, following an extended illness. She was born on March 15, 1944 in Parkersburg, West Virginia and had lived in Lorain for most all of her life. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed flowers, reading and loved spending time with...
Jose Manuel Ruiz
Oct 4, 2005
Jose Manuel Ruiz, 80 of Lorain, died Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at Amherst Manor Retirement Community following a short illness. He was born May 19, 1925 in Utuado, Puerto Rico, and came to Lorain in 1947 where he has lived since. He retired in 1983 form Lake Terminal Railroad after 38 years of service. Prior to that, he worked at...
Catherine Arebalo
Oct 3, 2005
Catherine Arebalo, (nee Rangel), age 86 of Lorain, died Monday, October 03, 2005 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice, following a brief illness. She was born May 17, 1919 in Thurber, Texas; she has lived in Lorain since 1924, coming from Texas. She had been employed as a floor manager for the former Joseph and...
Florene Tyler
Oct 2, 2005
Florene Tyler, (nee Wooten), 66, of Lorain, died Monday, October 2, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born in Omar, West Virginia on August 22, 1939, she lived in Kentucky before coming to Lorain in 1957 where she has lived since. She was currently working at Invicare in...
Roberta L. Cherny
Oct 2, 2005
Roberta L. "Bobby" Cherny, age 47, of Lorain, died suddenly on Sunday, October 2, 2005 at her residence. She was born on December 21, 1957 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma and has lived in Lorain since 1982. She served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Conflict as a military police woman. Bobby worked as an assembler at Camaco, Lorain for...
Edward Mulica
Oct 1, 2005
Edward A. Mulica, 85, of Amherst, died on Saturday, October 1, 2005 in the Amherst Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Born on October 1, 1920 in South Amherst, Mr. Mulica had been a lifelong Lorain County resident. He had attended the South Amherst Schools. During World War II, he had served in the Army Air Corps. He had been employed...
Ismael L. Velez
Sep 30, 2005
Ismael L. "Big Louie" Velez, Sr., age 68, of Lorain, died on Friday, September 30, 2005 at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born on April 13, 1937 in Lares, Puerto Rico, lived in Lorain for the past 59 years. He had worked as a metal finisher in the passenger body shop at Ford Motor Company,...
Ernesto Negron
Sep 28, 2005
Ernesto "Cano" Negron, 92, of Port Richey, Florida, formerly of Lorain, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at his residence in Port Richey, following a brief illness. Mr. Negron was born on January 18, 1913 in Cayey, Puerto Rico. He came to Lorain in 1950, from Puerto Rico, and had lived here until December of 1995, when he moved to Port...
Mary Cica
Sep 28, 2005
Mary Cica, (nee Vorkavich) 97, of Lorain, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at Seasons of Life Residence Hospice in Parma following a sudden illness. She was born January 29, 1908 in Lorain, and has been a life long resident here. She had worked at General Industries in Elyria during WWII. Prior to that she worked at National Tube in Lorain....
Carol A. Hallgren
Sep 27, 2005
Carol A. Hallgren, (nee Romer), age 60, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born on July 16, 1945 in Lorain and has lived here her entire life. Carol was a 1963 graduate of St. Mary's High School, Lorain. She was employed at Lakeshore...
Carter J. Chizmadia
Sep 17, 2005
Carter J. "Kip" Chizmadia, age 55, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, formerly of Lorain, died on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at his home in Texas unexpectedly. He was born on February 23, 1950 in Lorain. He had lived in Wyoming, Oklahoma and Texas before moving back to Lorain in 1983. He then moved to Buffalo Gap, Texas in 1998. He graduated...
Margaret J. "Marge" Puckett
Sep 16, 2005
Margaret J. "Marge" Puckett, (nee Cain), age 76, of Lorain, died on Friday, September 16, 2005 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following a brief illness. She was born on June 7, 1929 in Lorain and lived there her entire life. She was employed as a de-caler at Crown Steel, Lorain for 23 years, retiring in 1991. Marge enjoyed ceramics,...
