Obituaries
Edward C. Thomas
Dec 23, 2004
Edward C. Thomas, age 82, of Lorain, died on Thursday, December 23, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following an extended illness. He was born on January 31, 1922 in McKeesport, PA, moving to Lorain 55 years ago. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Edward was employed as a...
Barbara S. Kosco
Dec 17, 2004
Barbara S. Kosco, age 66, of Lorain, died on Friday, December 17, 2004 at Golden Acres Nursing Home, Amherst, following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 24, 1938 in Lorain, Ohio and remained there for the rest of her life. Barbara was a graduate of Lorain High School in 1957. She was also a member of St. Stanislaus...
Mercedes Ortiz Alvarado
Dec 13, 2004
Mercedes Ortiz Alvarado, age 94, of Lorain, died on Monday, December 13, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a short illness. She was born on February 13, 1910 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain 50 years ago. She was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain, where she was a member of the Legion...
Ola Justice
Dec 11, 2004
Ola Justice, age 52, of Lorain, died on Saturday, December 11, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, West, following a sudden illness. He was born on March 11, 1952 in Mingo County, West Virginia, moving to Lorain when he was 16 years old. Ola was employed as a slitter operator at Maverick Tube Corporation, Elyria, for the...
Antolin Castro
Dec 11, 2004
Antolin L. Castro, age 80, of Lorain, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 in the Specialty Hospital of Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born on April 16, 1924 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Mr. Castro had lived in Lorain for the past 56 years. He was one of the original migrants from Puerto Rico, that came here in 1948 to...
Felipe D. Silva
Dec 7, 2004
D. Silva, of Lorain, age 71, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at Grace Hospital, Amherst, following a lengthy illness. Born on February 2, 1933, in Morovis, Puerto Rico, he moved to Lorain in 1953. While in Lorain, he worked for Lorain Ford Assembly Plant on the K.D. line as a spot welder, where he retired after 23 years of service....
Geraldine M. Pernisky
Dec 3, 2004
Geraldine M. Gerry PERNISKY, 68, of Lorain, died Friday, December 03, 2004 at her residence while under the care of Hospice of the Western Reserve following a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 6, 1936 in Lorain, she was a life long resident here. She was a 1955 graduate of Lorain High School. She worked in the billing department of Smith Gerhart...
Andrew Bomback
Dec 1, 2004
Andrew Bomback, age 78, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 26, 1926 in Lorain, he moved back to Lorain 20 years ago from Japan. He attended Lorain Schools and graduated from Amherst Steele High School. Following graduation from school...
Pete Placidi
Nov 30, 2004
Pete A. Placidi, age 86, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 13, 1917 in Big Stick, West Virginia. He was a 1935 graduate of Mark Twain High School. Pete also was a 1950 graduate of West Virginia University, receiving his bachelor of science degree...
Judy Wright
Nov 30, 2004
Judy G. Wright, (nee Burton), age 48, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at University Hospital of Cleveland, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lorain, and was a lifelong resident. She was a 1975 graduate of Lorain High School. Judy was employed as a nurses aide at Elyria Life Care Center. She was an active member...
Augustine Rose Kincaid
Nov 27, 2004
Rose A. Kincaid, (nee Ramirez), age 70, of Lorain, died on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following a lengthy illness. Born on May 28, 1934 in Lorain, Mrs. Kincaid had lived in Lorain most of her life. She had formerly been employed as a nurse''s aid for Ohio Extended Care in Lorain. She enjoyed playing...
John E. Shullick
Nov 24, 2004
John E. Shullick, age 82, died unexpectently on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Amherst Manor Retirement Community, Amherst. Born Nov. 15, 1922 in Star Junction, Pennsylvania, he has lived most of his life here in Lorain, Ohio. He served in the US Army during World War II, and in the Civilian Conservation Corp. He worked for Lorain Works U.S. Steel...
Elizabeth Aranyi
Nov 24, 2004
Elizabeth Aranyi (nee Ciccati), 76, of Lorain, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, following a lengthy illness. Born September 13, 1928 in Lorain, she was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Lorain High School in 1948 as class valedictorian. After graduating from Huron Road Nursing School Cleveland, 1954, she worked as a...
Helen Roode
Nov 24, 2004
Helene M. Roode (nee Payne), 85, of Bedford, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Mill Manor Nursing Home, Vermilion, following a short illness. Born Oct. 14, 1919 in East Orange, NJ, lived in Massachusetts and New York before moving to Warrensville Heights, Ohio. She settled in Bedford, Ohio in 1969 and has lived there since. She was a homemaker and...
Julian P. Lackey
Nov 23, 2004
Julian P. Lackey, 3 month old son of Marcus L. Lackey and Kaeleen A. Rivera of Elyria, died Tuesday, November 23, 2004 following a sudden illness. He was born August 9, 2004 in Elyria. Besides the parents, also surviving is paternal grandparents- Julian and Lycrecia Lackey of Auburn, Kentucky; maternal grandmother- Anita Reboton of Lorain; paternal great grandparents- Kathleen Carroll...
Theresa Tupa
Nov 21, 2004
Theresa Tessie Tupa (nee Lamats) age 90, of Vermilion, died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born January 17, 1914 in New York, NY, she lived in Garfield Heights, OH for 35 years. She then lived in the Elyria and Lorain area before moving to Vermilion 7 years...
Tomas Laureano
Nov 21, 2004
Tomas Laureano, 94, of Lorain, died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a brief illness. Born Dec. 29, 1909 in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, he has lived in Lorain since 1947. He worked as a brick layer at Lorain Works US Steel for 27 years. He was a member of Sacred...
Travis M. Rairigh
Nov 19, 2004
Travis M. Rairigh, age 11, of Sheffield Lake, died suddenly on Friday, November 19, 2004 in the emergency room at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain. He was born on March 2, 1993 in Lorain. He attended Murray Ridge School. Travis enjoyed being with people, going to school and loved music. He is survived by his...
Abel Ceja
Nov 18, 2004
Abel Ceja, 76, of Lorain, died Thursday, November 18, 2004 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born May 20, 1928 in Lorain, he has lived here his entire life. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1950 and attended Ohio State University for 2 years. He then served in the US Air Force...
Catherine Portka
Nov 13, 2004
Catherine Katie Portka, age 92, of Lorain, died unexpectedly on Saturday, November 13, 2004 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain. She was born on July 17,1912 in Hutkow, Poland and has lived in Lorain since 1950. Katie was employed in the housekeeping department at St. Joseph Hospital for many years. She was a member of...
