Obituaries
Ronald T. Degan
Sep 5, 2007
Ronald T. "Ron" Degan, age 70, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on November 15, 1936 in Lorain and has lived here his entire life. Ron was employed as a tow motor operator at Pepsi Cola in Elyria for 10 years, retiring...
Risa Suzuki Kowalski
Aug 29, 2007
Risa Suzuki Kowalski, age 35, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in the Emergency Room at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born on February 20, 1972 in Kyoto, Japan, moving to Lorain in 2001. In Japan she was employed as a currier, transporting documents and laboratory samples...
Irene "Renie" Edmonson
Aug 29, 2007
Irene "Renie" Edmonson, (nee Shultz), age 81, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, West, Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born on August 21, 1926 in Morristown, TN, moving to Lorain in 1955. Irene enjoyed reading, watching western movies, feeding the squirrels, working on puzzles, her flowers and especially...
Theresa Kacsandy
Aug 28, 2007
Theresa Kacsandy (nee Loydl), age 90, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at New Life Hospice Residential Center, following a lengthy illness. Born on October 30, 1916 in Cambridge, OH, she came to Lorain in the late 1930's. Mrs. Kacsandy was a member of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, and it's Rosary Society. She also belonged to the...
Wilhelmina Pall
Aug 28, 2007
Wilhelmina B. "Willa" Pall, (nee Chonko), 88, of Lorain, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. She was born May 23, 1919 in Lorain, living here her entire life. She was a 1939 B graduate of Lorain High School. Willa worked as a librarian for the Lorain...
William "Willie" Marquez
Aug 28, 2007
William "Willie" Marquez, age 57, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at University Hospital, Cleveland, after a lengthy illness. He was born on April 11, 1950 in Lorain, Ohio where he has been a resident for his entire life. He was a 1968 graduate of Lorain High School. Willie retired from the United States Post Office as a...
Amos "Bud" Hensley
Aug 27, 2007
Amos "Bud" Hensley, age 77, of Sheffield Lake, died on Monday, August 27, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, following a brief illness. He was born on June 4, 1930 in Lakewood, Ohio, living in Lorain County most of his life. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War, in the 101st...
Ronald A. Schuster
Aug 22, 2007
Ronald A. Schuster, age 45, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at his residence, following a sudden illness. He was born on May 1, 1962 in Lorain, where he has been a lifelong resident. He was a 1980 graduate of Lorain High School. Ronald was employed at Ohio Department of Transportation in the highway maintenance department since 1980....
Calvin Dee Hill
Aug 20, 2007
Calvin Dee Hill, age 57, of Lorain, died suddenly on Monday, August 20, 2007. He was born on April 11, 1950 in Spur, Texas, moving to Lorain in 1990, where he has resided ever since. He was employed at Trident Roll Technologies, where he worked as a C.M.C. Machinist for the past 4 1/2 years. He served in the United...
Richard L. Colon
Aug 11, 2007
Richard L. Colon, 19, of Lorain, died Saturday, August 11, 2007 in Lorain from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was born March 28, 1988 in Agana, Guam, coming to Lorain a year later where he has lived since. He attended St. John Catholic parochial school and Whittier Junior High. He then attended Southview High School where he wrestled,...
Raymond W. Massey
Aug 4, 2007
Raymond W. Massey, 87, of Lorain, died Saturday, August 4, 2007 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice following a lengthy illness. He was born Sept. 1, 1919, in Lowell, Massachusetts, coming to Lorain in 1959 where has resided since. He served as a merchant mariner in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II....
Elizabeth L. Torres
Aug 3, 2007
Elizabeth L. Torres, (nee Lopez-Rodriguez), 55, of Lorain, died Friday, August 03, 2007 at Cleveland Clinic following lengthy illness. She was born Dec. 20, 1952 in the Bronx, NY; she came to Lorain in 1967 where she has lived since. She was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel and enjoyed spending time with her family, listening to 50's music. Surviving...
Jakob Wajand
Aug 1, 2007
Jakob "Jake" Wajand, age 87, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at his residence. He was born on February 22, 1920 in Yugoslavia, moving to Lorain in 1955. He was employed as a coil winder at Lorain Products for 16 years, retiring in 1985. Prior to this he was employed at Elyria Duplex Foundry. Jake was a member...
Nancy Carol Diersen
Jul 30, 2007
Nancy Carol Diersen, (nee Harris) age 58, of Lorain, died on Monday, July 30, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born on November 16, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio, moving to Lorain County in 1959. Nancy was employed as a bus monitor for Lorain City Schools for 5 years, prior to...
Joseph F. Kudlo
Jul 28, 2007
Joseph F. Kudlo, age 58, of Lorain, died on Saturday, July 28, 2007, at Community Health Partners HSC - West, Lorain. He was born on August 28, 1948 in Lorain, where he resided his entire life. He was a graduate of Admiral King High School. Joseph retired from Ford as an inspector. He was a member of the Catholic Church...
Josefina "Tina" Baez-Gonzalez
Jul 22, 2007
Josefina "Tina" Baez-Gonzalez, 52, of Lorain, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 at Lake Pointe Health Center, Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born January 21, 1955 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, coming to Lorain in 1960 where she has lived since. She was a 1973 graduate of Lorain High School, and attended Lorain Community College. She was a member of...
Marie Rigo
Jul 20, 2007
Marie Rigo (nee Blend), 91, of Parma, died Fri. Dear wife of the late George, loving mother of Jacqueline (Gino) Marini, George, Robert (Linda); grandmother of 7, great-grandmother of 8. Memorial Mass Thurs., July 26 at 11:30 a.m. at Holy Family Church, 7367 York Rd., Parma. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Peter Jessel
Jul 20, 2007
Peter Jessel, 98, of Lorain, died Friday, July 20, 2007 in Birmingham following a lengthy illness. He was born July 15, 1909 in Marietta, PA; he was a life long resident of Lorain. He worked for Lorain Works US Steel as a stationary engineer for 20 years. He then worked for St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain, in maintenance for 30 years,...
Stefania Pylypiw
Jul 17, 2007
Stefania Pylypiw (nee Bulbach), age 82, of Youngstown, formerly of Lorain, died on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at Hampton Woods Nursing Center, in Poland, Ohio, following a short illness. She was born on October 30, 1924 in the Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine; coming to Lorain in 1949. Stefania was employed as a housekeeper for 12 years at St. Joseph Hospital, retiring...
John P. Skolnicki
Jul 14, 2007
John P. "Yash" Skolnicki, age 83, of Lorain, died on Saturday, July 14, 2007, at Community Health Partners HSC - West, Lorain, after an extended illness. He was born on September 25, 1923, in Lorain, Ohio. He had moved to Michigan before returning to Lorain in1958. He is a 1941 graduate of Lorain High School. John served in the United...
