Obituaries
Stanley E. "Stan" Pliszka
Nov 19, 2017
Stanley E. "Stan" Pliszka, age 75 of Sheffield Village, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Ames Family Hospice House in Westlake following a lengthy illness. Born May 16, 1942 in Lorain, he was a lifelong resident of Sheffield Village. He graduated from Brookside High School in 1960 and attended Lorain Technical College for two years. He also served in...
Jorge Muniz
Nov 14, 2017
Jorge MuA„iz, age 85, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Specialty Hospital, Amherst, following a lengthy illness. Born February 23, 1932 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1952. Jorge worked for CSX Transportation for 43 years, retiring in 1994. He was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain, and enjoyed boxing, baseball, fishing and...
Domingo G. Burgos
Nov 11, 2017
Domingo G. Burgos, 89, of Lorain, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice. Born April 24, 1928 in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1953. Domingo worked at Lake Terminal Railroad for 28 years, retiring in 1991. Prior to this, he worked at a greenhouse in Columbia...
Dorothy D. Sas
Nov 11, 2017
Dorothy D. Sas (nee Novak) 92, of North Ridgeville, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, November 11, 2017 following a lengthy illness. Born July 10, 1925 in Lorain, she lived she lived in North Ridgeville for over 50 years. Dorothy was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and watching her grandchildren. She was a member of St. Nicholas Byzantine...
Julia Abrahamowicz
Nov 9, 2017
Julia Abrahamowicz (nee Zalenski), age 100, passed away Thursday, November 09, 2017 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. Born March 24, 1917 in Bay City, Michigan to the late Stanley and Mary (nee Brulinski) Zalenski. She moved with her family at the age of 2 to LaGrange, Ohio where she lived until moving to Lorain in 1940....
Joy A. Ashmus
Nov 9, 2017
Joy Ashmus (nee Hoffner), born April 26th, 1935, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 9th after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Amherst, OH, Joy spent most of her life here except for the 20 years that she spent raising her family in Cherry Hill, NJ. There, she volunteered to work with New Jersey State...
Linda M. Akers
Nov 8, 2017
Linda M. Akers (nee Wengel), age 70, passed away at her home unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. She was born May 15, 1947 in Lorain, and lived in Lorain her entire life. Linda graduated from Lorain High School in 1965 and received an Associated Degree from Lorain County Community College. She worked in the patient billing office at Mercy...
Janet Hazelett
Nov 2, 2017
Janet Hazelett, (nee Beightler) age 75 of Elyria, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2017 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home, Lorain following a lengthy illness. Born June 8, 1942 in Marysville, Ohio, she lived in Columbus before settling in Elyria. Janet worked as a registered nurse in hospitals, nursing homes and retired from home health care. Janet enjoyed shopping, gardening and...
William R. Boone
Oct 28, 2017
William R. "Dan" Boone, 82, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born July 25, 1935 in Elyria, he graduated from Clearview High School in 1954 and served in the US Marine Corps Reserves for 7 years. Known as "Mr. Bill" and "Mr. Fixit", Dan worked as a self-employed...
James M. Bryant
Oct 25, 2017
James M. Bryant, 24, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at his residence. Born August 19, 1993 in Lorain, he was a life-long resident of the city. He graduated from Lorain High School in 2011 and was attending Lorain County Community College. James was working as a cook at Olde Town Pizza House in Amherst. He...
Carmen R. Adorno
Oct 22, 2017
Carmen Rosa Adorno (nee Melendez), age 97, passed away Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Winter Park Memorial Hospital in Winter Park, Florida following a lengthy illness. Born June 27, 1920 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, she lived in New York for many years before moving to Lorain in 1973. Carmen worked as a dietitian at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital...
Violet Vidovich
Oct 3, 2017
Violet Vidovich (nee Glusich) age 92, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at her lifelong residence while under the care of Hospice of the Western Reserve following a lengthy illness. Born April 2, 1925 in Benwood, West Virginia, she came to Lorain in 1945 where she has lived since. Violet worked as a manager at Miss Ann's Day...
Miller Dunn
Oct 3, 2017
Miller I. Dunn, age 90, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at his home while under the care of Mercy New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born December 12, 1926 in Morgantown, West Virginia, he served in the US Army before moving to Lorain in1963. Miller worked as a truck driver for Lorain Works US Steel for 30 years,...
Lily Barera
Oct 3, 2017
Lily G. Barera, age 48, of Lorain, passed away Monday, October 3, 2017 at Mercy Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. Born January 29, 1969 in Delano, California, she lived in Fort Worth, Texas before coming to Lorain in 2013. Lily served in the US Navy for three years. She worked at the Avon Lake Ford assembly plant as...
Jerome "Jerry" Lopez
Sep 25, 2017
Jerome "Jerry" Lopez, formerly of Lorain, passed away September 25, 2017 in Plano, Texas following complications with diabetes at the age of 56. Born October 28, 1960 in Lorain, he attended Larkmoor Elementary, Longfellow Middle School and graduated from Lorain High School in 1979. Jerry was a printer by trade and had worked for Lorain Printing before moving to Las...
Thomas Earls
Sep 22, 2017
Thomas Earls, 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 22, 2017 in the privacy of his home, surrounded by close family. Thomas was born October 10, 1927 in Ironton, OH to Frank and Elizabeth Earls. At the age of 15, Tom enlisted in the United States Navy, seeing combat in World War II and in the Korean War, serving on...
Harriet V. Szantay
Sep 21, 2017
Harriet V. Szantay (nee Kramer), age 85, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Life Care Center of Elyria following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 29, 1932 in Pittsburgh, PA, she moved to Lorain in 1954. Harriet worked in the housekeeping department of the former St. Joseph's and Lorain Community Hospitals for 12 years, retiring in 2001. She...
John G. Klinar
Sep 19, 2017
John G. Klinar, 71, of Lorain, passed away, Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at his residence following a brief illness. Born July 24, 1946 in Lorain, he lived in Tuscan, Arizona in his early years. John graduated from Admiral King High School in 1964 and received an associated degreed from Lorain County Community College. John retired from Lorain Works US Steel...
Louis A. Buga
Sep 16, 2017
Louis A. "Corky" Buga, 62, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hopice in Lorain following a lengthy illness. Born April 6, 1955 in Lorain, he moved to Vermilion in 1983. In 2012, he moved back to Lorain where he has lived since. Corky worked as a material handler at the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant...
Felix Velez Galarza
Sep 13, 2017
Felix Velez-Galarza, 80, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Mercy New Life Hospice, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born May 1, 1937 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1966 and worked at various greenhouses for several years. Surviving is his sister, Gloria Phillips of Lorain; nieces and nephews, Mariam Phillips, Elizabeth Roldan, Daisy Velez-Rosario...
