Obituaries
Marta Iris DeJesus
Apr 11, 2005
Marta Iris DeJesus (nee Boria), age 55, of Lorain, died Monday, April 11, 2005, in Community Health Partners Hospital, in Lorain, after a sudden illness. She was born September 13, 1949 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and came to Lorain from there 6 years ago. She enjoyed cooking, playing bingo, watching soap operas, and dancing. She is survived by a son,...
Elmer Helbig
Apr 7, 2005
Elmer Helbig, age 74, of Lorain, died on Thursday, April 7, 2005 at his residence, while under the care of New Life Hospice, following a short illness. He was born on June 16, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he came to Lorain in 1955. Elmer served in the United States Army in Korea as a sergeant, having received the Korea Medal...
Michael S. Kusznir
Apr 4, 2005
Michael S. Kusznir, 35, of Logan, Ohio, died Monday, April 4, 2005 suddenly at his residence. Born Jan. 27, 1970 in Lorain, he has lived in Logan for the past several years. He was a member of St. John Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church, Lorain, where he had served as altar boy for many years. Michael enjoyed fishing, animals and the...
Hiram Cruz
Apr 3, 2005
Hiram Cruz, age 69, of Lorain, died on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at his residence, following a brief illness. He was born on January 6, 1936 in Coamo, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain 55 years ago. He was employed as an inspector for the Ford Motor Company, Lorain for 33 years, retiring in 1993. Hiram was a member of the...
William E. Pollack
Apr 3, 2005
William E. Pollack, age 58, of Lorain, died on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a one week illness. He was born on April 6, 1946 in Elyria, Ohio. He was a resident of Lorain before moving to Medina in 1985. He was a 1964 graduate of Admiral King High School....
Fredesvindo Miranda
Apr 1, 2005
Fredesvindo Miranda, age 83 of Lorain, died Friday, April 1, 2005 at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain following a brief illness. Born Nov. 9, 1921 in Isabela, Puerto Rico, he has lived in Lorain for most of his life. He served in the US Army during World War II. He worked as a machinist for General Motors in Parma for...
Louis Monos
Mar 31, 2005
TAUGHT 100,000 TO SWIM Louis Monos, 95 of Lorain, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 at Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights following a brief illness. He was born March 12, 1910 in Lorain, Ohio A graduate of Lorain High School in 1930-A, he was active in sports though his high school years, and was enshrined in the Lorain Sports Hall of...
Robert Jesse Bond
Mar 26, 2005
Robert Jesse Bond, age 61, of Lorain, died on Saturday, March 26, 2005 at his residence following a sudden illness. Robert was born on October 23, 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Avon High School. Robert served in the United States Air Force for 3 years and was a machine operator and carpenter by trade. He is survived by his...
Sally J. Kotula
Mar 26, 2005
Sally J. Kotula, (nee Hudson) 75, of Elyria Township, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 at her residence following a lengthy illness. Born Sept. 21, 1929 in Pennsylvania, she lived there until moving to this area in 1991. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed ceramics, cooking and baking. She is survived by her son, Frank of Elyria Township, daughters, Donna Eddie...
Antonia Pabon
Mar 26, 2005
Antonia Pabon (nee Tapia), age 83, of Sheffield Lake, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain, following a short illness. Born August 24, 1921 in Ciales, Puerto Rico, she lived in Haverstraw, New York, then Buffalo, New York, before coming to Lorain in 1957. She then moved to Deltona, Florida, where...
George Link
Mar 25, 2005
George Link, age 60, of Elyria, died on Friday, March 25, 2005 at his residence, following a sudden illness. Born Nov. 6, 1944 in East Cleveland, he moved to Kipton, Ohio as a child. He has lived in Elyria for most of his life. He worked as a custodian for Midway Mall, Elyria, for 10 years. Prior to this he...
Edward Sas
Mar 24, 2005
Edward Sas, age 79 of Lorain, died Thursday, March 24, 2005 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. Born March 28, 1925 in Lorain, he lived here his entire life. He attended Lorain City schools and graduated from Lorain High School, class of 1943 A. A World War II veteran of the US Navy, he served as a...
Kathleen S. Raccio
Mar 24, 2005
Kathleen S. "Kathy" Raccio, (nee Melbar) age 55, of Lorain, died on Thursday, March 24, 2005 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a brief illness. Born on March 12, 1950 in Cleveland, and lived most of her life in Lorain. She was a 1968 graduate of Lorain High School. Kathleen was employed as a waitress...
Mary Lou Morris
Mar 23, 2005
Mary Lou Morris, (nee Zelinski), age 51, of Columbia Station, died on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at her residence, following a year long illness. She was born on May 6, 1953 in Fairview Park. She had lived in Brookpark prior to moving to Columbia Station in 1983. She was a 1971 graduate of St. Joseph Academy, Cleveland. She received her...
Marcella Szymusiak
Mar 22, 2005
Marcella Szymusiak (nee Kobylka), age 82, formerly of Lorain, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at Andover Village Retirement Community, Andover, Ohio. Born on October 1, 1922 in Toledo, she moved to Lorain in 1931 where she remained until 1994, when she moved to Canton. Marcella had been employed at Gaylord's as a clerk, at Baisley Meat Market in the 1950's,...
Tiffany A. Vickers
Mar 21, 2005
Tiffany A. Vickers, age 9, of Birmingham, died Monday, March 21, 2005 with her sister Amber from injuries sustained in a house fire at her residence. She was born August 24, 1995 in Amherst, she lived in Lorain before moving to Birmingham in 2004. She was attending the 3rd grade at Firelands Elementary School, and dreamed of becoming a nurse....
Amber D. Vickers
Mar 21, 2005
Amber D. Vickers, age 11, of Birmingham, died Monday, March 21, 2005 with her sister Tiffany from injuries sustained in a house fire at her residence. She was born March 19, 1994 in Lorain, having lived there until moving to Birmingham in 2004. She was attending the 4th grade at Firelands Elementary School, where she loved to help her teachers...
Joan Eileen Hritsko
Mar 19, 2005
Joan E. Hritsko (nee Guzik), age 74, of Lorain, died on Saturday, March 19, 2005 in the Cleveland Clinic Hospital, following a sudden illness of 5 week's duration. Born on April 21, 1930 in Lorain, Mrs. Hritsko had lived in Lorain all her life. She had a winter retreat in Naples, Florida and a former summer cottage on Pelee Island,...
Elizabeth Cibrick
Mar 18, 2005
Elizabeth "Betty" Cibrik (nee Takacs), age 90, of Copley,Ohio, formerly of Lorain, died on Friday, March 18, 2005, following a lengthy illness. Born on November 13, 1914 in Rossford, Ohio. She had graduated from high school in Hungary. Betty was employed as a seamstress for 27 years at Joseph & Feiss Company, retiring in 1975. She was a member of...
Louis J. Nemeth
Mar 15, 2005
Louis J. Nemeth, age 81, of Lorain, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at Wellington Manor Nursing Home, after a lengthy illness. Born on September 18, 1923, in Lorain, he lived in Clearwater, Florida before returning to Lorain in the 1970's. A World War II veteran, Louis served in the United States Navy. He was a self-employed sign painter for 25...
