Obituaries
Richard F. Poplar
Jan 24, 2016
Richard F. Poplar, 85, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Anchor Lodge Retirement Village, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born May 31, 1930 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain his entire life Richard founded Poplar Heating Company, Lorain in 1957, owning and operating the company until his retirement in 1992. He was a member of the former...
Ruth E. Stanchak
Jan 20, 2016
Ruth E. Stanchak (nee Zvara), age 84, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Autumn Aegis Retirement Community, Lorain, following a short illness. Born July 8, 1931 in Amherst, she lived in Lorain her entire life. She graduated from Lorain High School. Ruth worked in purchasing and dietary at the former St. Joseph Hospital in Loran for 24...
Joseph Schobel
Jan 20, 2016
Joseph Schobel Jr, 84, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Autumn Aegis Retirement Community, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born July 29, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, he served 4 years in the US Army during the Korean War. Joseph worked 33 years as a lineman for Ford Motor Company's Lorain Assembly Plant, retiring in 1991. For 25...
Sarah A. Watkins
Jan 14, 2016
Sarah A. (Riley) Watkins (nee Hall) age 101, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Weslyan Village. Born November 7, 1914 in Morgantown, West Virginia, she has resided in Lorain for the past 28 years. Sarah was a member of the Salvation Army Home League in Elyria and attended church there. She enjoyed working on puzzles and going...
William Kenneth Huffman
Jan 11, 2016
William Kenneth Huffman, 93, of Lorain, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at Amherst Manor Retirement Community, having had congestive heart failure.Born December 14, 1922, in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, William was called Kenny by his family and friends. Kenny graduated from Bentleyville High School in 1940 and worked his family's dairy farm before being drafted into the US Army in 1946.After...
Mark A. Mezatasta
Jan 7, 2016
Mark A. Mezatasta, 54, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2016 at University Hospital in Cleveland following a lengthy illness. Born October 27, 1961 in Lorain, he lived in Wellington for 10 years before moving to LaGrange last year. Mark graduated from Lorain Admiral King in 1979 and served in the Army Nation Guard. Mark was a career iron...
Alan P. Perhot
Jan 7, 2016
Alan Paul Perhot carved his name in the lives and hearts of those who had the privilege of calling him a father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and of course, mechanic.Al passed away peacefully at his home on January 7, 2016. Al was born on November 28, 1946 to the late Elizabeth (nee Zebruski) and John A. Perhot in Burgettstown, PA....
Shirley Jean Hess
Jan 5, 2016
Shirley Jean Hess (nee Humphrey), 86, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Wheeling Medical Park Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia, following a lengthy illness. Born January 11, 1929 in Sheffield Lake, she moved to Wheeling, West Virginia as a young girl. At the age of seventeen, she moved back to Lorain where she lived until recently moving back...
Pedro Quinones
Dec 28, 2015
Pedro L. Quinones, age 71, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015 at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, following a lengthy illness. Born June 23, 1944 in Penuelas, Puerto Rico, he lived in Lorain before moving to Cleveland 4 years ago. Pedro enjoyed watching television and listening to Spanish music. Surviving are his son, Peter Quinones; daughter,...
Kim L. Laureano
Dec 28, 2015
Kim L. Laureano (nee Powell), age 50, of Elyria, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a 7 month illness. Born July 9, 1965 in Elyria, she lived in Lorain then Elyria. Kim graduated from Elyria High School in 1983 and then received and Associates Degree in Applied Science from Lorain County...
Jose A Berdiel
Dec 26, 2015
Jose Antonio Berdiel, 86, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a short illness. Born January 24, 1929 in Utuado, Puerto Rico, he lived in New Jersey before settling in Lorain. Jose retired from General Motors Fisher Body Plant in 1990 after 11 years there. He was...
Berenice Rivera
Dec 26, 2015
Berenice Rivera (nee Carreras), 85, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following a short illness. Born March 1, 1930 in Utuado, Puerto Rico, she came to Lorain in 1999. Berenice was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain, and enjoyed sewing and cooking. Surviving are her sons, Luis Rivera Jr. of New...
Richard R. Martincin
Dec 21, 2015
Richard R. Martincin, 89, of Sheffield Village, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015 at Mill Manor Nursing Center in Vermilion following a lengthy illness. Born Aug. 31, 1926 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain his entire life. Richard attended Lorain High School and then served in the US Navy during World War II. In 1982, Richard retired from General Motors...
Antonio Correa Reyes
Dec 18, 2015
Antonio Correa Reyes, 71, of Lorain, Ohio, went with our Lord and Savior on December 18, 2015. Antonio was born in San Juan Puerto Rico on November 1, 1944. He was honorably discharged from the US Navy serving on the USS Boston CAG 1 during the Vietnam War. He retired from Ford Motor Company, Avon Lake with 38 years of...
Adelaida Ramos
Dec 13, 2015
Adelaida Ramos, 94, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015 at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland following a short illness. Born October 17, 1921 in Florida, Puerto Rico, she moved to Cleveland in 2007. Adelaida was a homemaker who loved to cook, sew and garden. She also enjoyed reading, playing on electronics and crafts.Surviving is her son, Victor Pomales of Fajardo,...
Mary Yuhas
Dec 13, 2015
Mary Yuhas (nee Patrick) of Elyria, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015 at O'Niel Health Care, North Ridgeville, following a lengthy illness. Born in Hawk Run, Pennsylvania, she moved to Elyria in the late 1930's. Mary worked as an inspector in department 73 at Stanadyne in Elyria, retiring in 1970. She also worked at Hale's & Kern's Dry Cleaners in...
David A. Szabo
Dec 7, 2015
David A. Szabo, 61 of Lorain, passed away Monday, December 7, 2015 at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, following a lengthy illness. Born September 10, 1954 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain his entire life. He was a 1972 graduate of Lorain High School. David retired in 2001 from Lorain Products in Lorain, where he worked as a electronic technician. Prior...
Moises Gonzalez
Dec 5, 2015
Moises Gonzalez, 68, of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Born December 27, 1946 in Utuado, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1969 then moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1999. Moises worked as an assembler for Ford Motor Company for 32 years, retiring in 2006. While living...
John L. Garcia
Dec 4, 2015
John L. Garcia, 80, of Avon Lake, passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 at Cleveland Clinic in Avon following a short illness. Born November 24, 1935 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain his entire life. John graduated from Lorain High School in 1955 and served in the US Marines. He worked as a clerk for Lorain Works US Steel for...
Awilda Velez
Nov 29, 2015
Awilda Velez, age 50, of Lorain, died on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at St. John Westshore Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born on March 4, 1965 in Lorain, where she resided her entire life. She attended Murray Ridge Workshop. Awilda was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel. She enjoyed swimming. She is survived by her parents, Wilfredo and...
