Obituaries
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,...
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...
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....
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...
Luciano Mulero
Mar 15, 2005
Luciano "Lucio" Mulero, age 89, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at Lorain Manor Nursing Home following a short illness. Born on January 7, 1916 in Caguas, Puerto Rico he came to Lorain in 1950. He also lived in Florida for a few years, and even went back to Puerto Rico after his retirement. Mr. Mulero worked at...
Luciano Mulero
Mar 15, 2005
Luciano "Lucio" Mulero, age 89, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at Lorain Manor Nursing Home following a short illness. Born on January 7, 1916 in Caguas, Puerto Rico he came to Lorain in 1950. He also lived in Florida for a few years, and even went back to Puerto Rico after his retirement. Mr. Mulero worked at...
Josepine A. Rybarczyk
Mar 11, 2005
Josephine A. Rybarczyk, (nee Nemanic), 85, of Lorain, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at Welcome Nursing Home, Oberlin gently and peacefully in her sleep. Josephine Agnes Rybarczyk was born in Lorain, Ohio on February 14, 1917, the second and twin child of Slovenian immigrants, John and Mary Nemanic. Jo had been a lifelong area resident. Jo retired in 1978 from...
Margaret J. Lowe
Mar 11, 2005
Margaret J. Lowe, (nee Bischoff), age 70, of Amherst, died on Friday, March 11, 2005 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, following a sudden illness. She was born on April 19, 1934 in Amherst, she lived in Lorain most of her life. She was a graduate of Amherst High School. Margaret was the owner and operator of...
Maria Idalia Salas
Mar 7, 2005
Maria Idalia Salas, (nee Trevino), 72, of Lorain, died Monday, March 7, 2005 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a lengthy illness. Born November 29, 1932 in Monterrey, Mexico, she lived in Bay City and Saginaw, Michigan before coming to Lorain in 1951. She was a homemaker who enjoyed her home and traveling. She was a...
Michael Chalus
Mar 7, 2005
Michael Chalus, age 96, of West Melbourne, Florida, formerly of Lorain, died on Monday, March 07, 2005 at Allterra Sterling House, West Melbourne, Florida, following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 14, 1908 in Pennsylvania and moved to the Ukraine with his family at the age of 6 months. He came back to the United States at the...
Emigene Ola Harcsar
Mar 6, 2005
Emigene Ola Harcsar, (nee Evans) 86 of Lorain, died Monday, March 6, 2006 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born January 20, 1920 in Portsmouth; she has lived in Lorain area most of her life. She worked as an assembler at General Industries in Elyria, retiring in 1977. She attended the...
Faye Ann Vandergrift
Mar 6, 2005
Faye Ann Vandergrift, (nee Paul), age 61, of Lorain, died Sunday, March 6, 2005 at her residence while under the care of Hospice of the Western Reserve following a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 10, 1943 in Lorain, she lived here her entire life. She was a foster parent for many years, having raised numerous children. She was a member of...
Geraldine Ann Jurina
Mar 1, 2005
Geraldine Ann Jurina, age 78, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at Avon Oaks Skilled Nursing Facility, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lorain and has lived here her entire life. She was a 1945 graduate of Lorain High School. She was employed as a telephone operator for US Steel, Lorain, for 40 years, retiring in...
Peggy J. Turner
Mar 1, 2005
Peggy J. Turner, (nee Rains), age 64, of Walton Hills, Ohio, died Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at Walton Manor Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. Born August 26, 1940 in Neon, Kentucky, she lived in Vermilion for most of her life. She worked as a stock clerk at Kmart in Lorain, and Fisher Big Wheel in Vermilion, and other area...
