Obituaries
James Lee Sams
Oct 1, 2014
James L. Sams, 80, of Elyria Township, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at home with his loving family. He was born August 18, 1934, in Marietta, OH. After graduation from Marietta High School in 1952, he served with the United States Air Force SAC Command unit in Korea and member of the Kyshu Gypsies K19-1614 Troop Carrier Squadron. He...
Sylvia Higgins
Sep 27, 2014
Sylvia M. Higgins (nee Lowe), 90 of Lorain, passed away Saturday. She was born August 24, 1924 in New Martinsville, WVA. Surviving are her children, Harold, Kenneth, Tim, Cathy Aguilera and Juanita Stackhouse; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; and a sister, Lorraine. The family requests donation be made to Sprenger Hospice, 3905 Oberlin Avenue, Lorain, Ohio 44053. The Dovin Funeral...
Michael A. Serfozo
Sep 24, 2014
Michael A. Serfozo, 71, of Amherst Township, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a short battle with cancer. Born December 10, 1942 in Lorain, he moved to Amherst Twp. 45 years ago. Michael graduated from Clearview High School in 1960, and with his football team, was later inducted into the Lorain Sports...
Alexandra "Alice" Kordeleski
Sep 23, 2014
Alexandra "Alice" Kordeleski (nee Pola), 95, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at her residence while under the care of Superior Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 10, 1919 in McKees Rocks, PA, she lived in Poland for 18 months before returning to Pennsylvania in 1938. In the early 1940's she moved to Lorain where she has...
Alfred Porkolab
Sep 23, 2014
OBITUARY: Alfred PorkolabAlfred Porkolab passed away September 23, 2014 at the age of 99.Mr. Porkolab was born and lived in Lorain Ohio until 1984 when he moved to Maineville Ohio, near Cincinnati. In April 2013, he moved to Cleveland.He graduated from Elyria High School in 1933.In 1934, he married Jean J. Vecchio of Lorain and was a loving husband to...
Sharon Slagle
Sep 21, 2014
Sharon K. Slagle (nee Shelton), age 50, died on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain following a short illness. She was born on February 8, 1964 in Cleveland. She attended Midview High School. Sharon was a member of Church of God of Lorain. She is survived by her husband Jack; mother, Wilda (nee Turner) Shelton,...
Elisabeth Wajand
Sep 19, 2014
Elisabeth Wajand (nee Partz), 88 of Lorain, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born March 4, 1926 in Yugoslavia, she came to Lorain in 1955. Elisabeth started working in the housekeeping department then in central supply at St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain, and retired in 1988...
Jim D. Kostiuk
Sep 17, 2014
Dmytro D. "Jim" Kostiuk, 87, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a lengthy illness. Born October 8, 1926 in Zakriwci, Stanislaviv, Ukraine, he lived in Bradford, Yorkshire, England from 1949 until 1956 when he and his family immigrated to Elyria. Jim worked in maintenance at Kasper Foundry in Elyria...
Frank C. Seskar
Sep 11, 2014
Frank C. Seskar Jr., 90, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain following a brief illness. Born April 14, 1924 in Lorain, he was a life long resident of the city. Frank attended Lorain High School and served in the US Army during World War II in the Headquarter Company Battalion 326th...
Clara C. Pleska
Sep 11, 2014
Clara C. (Kotnik) Pleska age 97 of Sterling formerly of Elyria, Ohio passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 11, 2014. She was the beloved wife of the late John Pleska.Born in Pittsburgh on January 23, 1917 she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Mikus) Kotnik. Raised in Avella, PA she later moved to Cleveland, Ohio.Clara married September...
Eustacio C. Ruiz
Sep 7, 2014
Eustacio C. "Louie" Ruiz, 85 of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2014 at Hermanos Melendez Hospital in Bayamon, following a short illness. Born March 1, 1929 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he came to Lorain in 1946 where he lived until moving back to Puerto Rico in 2011. Louie worked for Lorain Works US Steel as a...
Dolores A. Smugala
Aug 24, 2014
Dolores A. Smugala (nee Cherney), 77, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice. Surviving are her sons, Darrell "Buck" Brewer and Anthony Brewer both of Lorain; daughter, Teresa Harper, of Lansing, MI; many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Lottie...
Juan Vargas
Aug 17, 2014
Juan Vargas, 79, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2014 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a ¬¬¬¬¬lengthy illness. Born August 9, 1935 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he lived in New York and Massachusetts before coming to Lorain in 1991. Juan worked as a fabricator for Ford Motor Company, Lorain Assembly Plant, retiring...
Lois Bennett
Aug 17, 2014
Lois E. Bennett (nee Carver), age 54, of Lorain, died on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at her residence. Lois was born on February 9, 1960 in Lorain, where she has been a lifelong resident. She is survived by her daughter, Greta Beck of Toledo; step-children, Joseph Franco of Lorain, Victoria Wedell of Avon Lake, Mary Bronish of Elyria, Bonnie Menthen...
Jayden Smith
Aug 15, 2014
Jayden D. Smith, infant son of Andrew and Jacqueline Smith, of Lorain, was stillborn on Friday, August 15, 2014 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain. Besides his parents, he is survived by his brother, Andrew Smith, Jr. and sister, Alice Smith, both of the home; maternal grandparents, Candelario and Alice Juarez and maternal great grandparents, Cecilia and Luis Rodriguez; paternal...
Paul A. Brant
Aug 6, 2014
Paul A. Brant, Sr. age 59 of Lakeland, Florida died on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at the University of Virginia, following injuries he sustained in a auto accident in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born on November 7, 1954 in Berlin Heights, Ohio, living in Vermilion for 20 years. Paul was employed as a semi-truck driver for years. He enjoyed gun...
Peggy L. Gray
Aug 1, 2014
Peggy L. Gray (nee Knapp), 77 of Sheffield Twp, passed away unexpectedly at her residence on August 1, 2014. Born July 26, 1937 in Pedro, Ohio, Peggy lived in Lorain most of her life. She graduated from Clearview High School in 1956. Peggy enjoyed playing bingo, crocheting, sewing and reading books. Surviving are her children, Linda Commerford of Lorain, Peggy...
Gertrud F. Tummel
Jul 30, 2014
Gertrud F. Tummel, (nee Hartmann), 81 of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. Born October 19, 1932 in Germany, she came to the United States in 1965 and settled in Lorain in 1975. Gertrud worked as a teachers aid for Lorain City School for...
Mayme E. Ashyk
Jul 29, 2014
"Mayme" Mary Elizabeth Ashyk, (nee Koma), daughter of the late Maria E. Palko and Andrew John Koma and granddaughter of the late Maria E. Gazdik and Joseph John Palko, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was the third generation to be born in Lorain. She was a member of the...
Angel E. Toro
Jul 18, 2014
Angel E. Toro Sr., 68 of Lorain, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a short illness. Born November 2, 1945 in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, he lived in Coatsville, PA before moving to Lorain in 1976. Angel was a graduate of Assemblies of God Bible Institute. He worked on the assembly line...
