Obituaries
Mary Krasula
Sep 9, 2018
Mary Evelyn Krasula (nee Foster) age 90, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Anchor Lodge Retirement Village in Lorain. She was born July 18, 1928 in Glen Morgan, West Virginia to the late Owen and Edith (nee Fritz) Foster. Mary worked as a machine operator at Erico Products in Cleveland for over 15 years. After moving to Florida she...
Tomas Badillo
Sep 6, 2018
Tomas Badillo passed on to eternal life on Thursday, September 6, 2018. He was 88 years old. Tomas was a steelworker, but his real work in life was his service to Sacred Heart Chapel and the Catholic Church. He was ordained a Deacon in the Catholic Church in 1986, but his years of service to Sacred Heart Chapel went beyond...
Karl M. Zilka
Aug 25, 2018
Karl M. Zilka, age 68 of Lorain, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born August 13, 1950 in Elyria, he was a life long resident Lorain. Karl graduated from Lorain Admiral King in 1968 and attended Lorain County Community College and Ohio State University. For 27 years, Karl worked as...
Judith A. Balzer
Aug 22, 2018
Judith A. Balzer (nee Tokarczyk), age 74, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Mercy Health - New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born June 28, 1944 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain until moving to Elyria 2 years ago. She graduated from Clearview High School in 1962 and completed training at M.B. Johnson School of...
Ralph B. Woodward
Aug 21, 2018
Ralph B. Woodward, 62, of Amherst, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Mercy Health - New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a short illness. Born April 17, 1956 in Danville, Illinois, Ralph lived in the Cleveland and Lorain area including Vermilion before settling in Amherst. Ralph's career as a commercial printer began at The Lorain Printing Company. During this time,...
Melvin D. Carver
Aug 3, 2018
Melvin D. Carver, age 59, passed away unexpectedly on August 3, 2018 at his residence in Lorain. Born March 5, 1959 to Franklin and Nellie (nee Zirkle) Carver in Lorain, Melvin lived in Lorain his entire life. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1977 and worked as a car wash attendant for the former Paige's Car Wash on Lake...
Robert C. Salkowitz
Jul 26, 2018
Robert C. Salkowitz, 77, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018 at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 6, 1941 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain his entire life. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1959 and attended Ohio State University. In his youth, Robert was the first pitcher to pitch a no-hitter...
Grace M. Jones
Jul 25, 2018
Grace M. Jones (nee James), 92, of Lorain, Ohio passed away July 25, 2018 at St. John Medical Center in Avon.She was born March 19, 1926 in Mitchell, South Dakota. Before coming to Lorain, Grace lived in San Francisco, California and was employed in offices of the U.S. Marine Corps Depot of Supplies. There she met Homer C. Jones, a...
Margaret I. Trautwein
Jul 22, 2018
Margaret I. Trautwein (nee Solomon), age 89, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018 at her residence. Born March 9, 1929, Margaret was a lifelong resident of Lorain. She worked for Ontario department store in Lorain as a cashier for ten years until her retirement in 1971. Margaret was a member of St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Lorain, where...
David A. Smith
Jul 21, 2018
David Allen Smith, age 49, was welcomed into his heavenly home on Saturday, July 21st in Oberlin, Ohio.David was born in Akron, Ohio on April 4, 1969 to Rick and Kathy Smith. He was a 1987 Firelands High School graduate and attended Lorain County Community College where he received an Associate's Degree in Business.David was a beloved father and dedicated...
Angela C. Boyd
Jul 14, 2018
Angela C. Boyd (nee Burton), age 45, of Lorain, passed away on July 14, 2018 at New Life Hospice in Lorain after a long battle with cancer. A lifelong resident of Lorain, Angela was born September 26, 1972. She attended Lorain High School and obtained her Associates degree at Lorain County Community College where she went on to work as...
Margaret Cordova
Jul 13, 2018
Margaret Cordova, age 65, of Vermilion, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 13, 2018 at her residence. She was born February 18, 1953 in New York, New York to Anthony and Alexandra (nee Mojica) Cordova. Margaret enjoyed music, especially Michael Jackson. She loved to color, collect stuffed animals, including "Susie" which never left her side. She collected many purses and...
Bennie G. Haynes
Jul 11, 2018
Bennie G. Haynes, age 92, of Vermilion, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at his residence. He was born January 3, 1926 to Bennie and Myrle (nee Cooper) Haynes in Lambert Mississippi. Bennie served in the United States Navy until 1946. He worked as an over-the-road truck driver for the E&L Trucking Company until his retirement. He loved...
Helen G. Burris
Jul 7, 2018
Helen G. Burris (nee Gulas) age 81, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born Dec. 17, 1936 in Lorain, she lived in Lorain her entire life. Helen graduated from Lorain High School in 1954. Helen worked for over 30 years in the housekeeping...
Edith M. Moody
Jun 18, 2018
Edith M. Moody (nee Dodson) age 83, of Lorain, passed away Monday, June 18, 2018 at Oak Hills Nursing Center following a lengthy illness. Born July 8, 1934 in Lakeland, PA, she moved to Lorain in 1953 where she has lived since. Edith was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, needlepoint and puzzle books. Surviving are her children, Walter D. Moody...
Antonio "Chino" Rodriguez
Jun 8, 2018
Heaven gained an angel too soon on Friday, June 8, 2018. Antonio (Chino) Rodriguez, age 15 months, of Elyria was the child of Athena Eaton and Roy Rodriguez; brother to John (LJ) Ferguson, Xavier Ferguson, and Alexander (Gordo) Rodriguez; grandson of Kenneth and Leona Eaton and Jose Lebron and Madeline Rodriguez; great grandson of Zulma Moore and Barbara Aponte. He...
Epifania Torres
Jun 7, 2018
Epifania Torres (nee Ojeda), 95, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018 at her home in Lorain. Born April 7, 1923 to Jesus and Rumalda (nee Armenta) Ojeda, she lived in Dallas, Texas until moving to Lorain in 1949. Epifania was a loving wife, mother and homemaker. She enjoyed the flowers and telenovelas. In her youth she worked as a seamstress...
Susan Reynolds
May 27, 2018
Susan Bostik Reynolds, age 83, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Avon Oaks Nursing Home. Born Dec. 6, 1934 in Lorain, she lived in Wakeman and Florida before returning to Lorain in 2012. She was a graduate of Clearview High School in 1952. Susan worked as a zoning inspector for Henrietta Township, customer service at Lorain National...
Wilfred Hernandez
May 25, 2018
Wilfred "Willie" Hernandez, age 65, passed away at home on Friday, May 25, 2018 following a brief illness. Willie was born on December 21, 1952 and grew up in Manhattan, New York before moving to Lorain, Ohio as an adult. He is preceded in death by his father, Julio Hernandez; mother, Carmen Torres; and a brother Julio Hernandez. Willie leaves...
Dempsey L. "Buck" Moore
May 25, 2018
Dempsey L. "Buck" Moore, age 88, of Lorain, passed away Friday, May 25, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born October 28, 1929 in Washington, Pennsylvania, he moved to Lorain in the late 1940's. Dempsey worked as a brakeman for Norfolk Southern Railroad for 40 years, retiring in 1993. He was a member of the...
