Obituaries
Santos Rodriguez
Jun 2, 2007
Santos Rodriguez (Diaz-Torres), age 85, of Lorain, died on Saturday, June 2, 2007, at Main Street Care Center, Avon Lake. She was born on November 1, 1921 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, moving to Lorain 60 years ago, where she had spent the remainder of her life. She was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain, and was also active at...
Jewell J. Spears
Jun 1, 2007
Jewell "Jack" Spears, age 68, of Lorain, died on Friday, June 01, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, following a long illness. He was born on March 3, 1939 in Powellton, West Virginia and moved to Lorain 38 years ago. He was employed as a yard-man at Ford Motor Company, Lorain for 30 years, retiring...
John Benedik
May 30, 2007
John Benedik, 92, of Sheffield Township, died Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at Hearthstone At Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born March 2, 1915 in Mala Poloma, Slovakia; he came to the United States in 1939, settling in Bluefield, West Virginia where he worked with his father in the coal mines. In 1941 he moved to Lorain where he...
Lino Cortez
May 29, 2007
Lino Cortez, 73, of Lorain, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph Residential Center following a lengthy illness. He was born September 23, 1933 in Michoacan, Mexico; he lived in Chicago and Houston before coming to Lorain in 2004. He attended Sacred Heart Chapel in Lorain. He enjoyed playing cards, telling jokes, growing tomato and...
Cesareo Pagan Delgado
May 25, 2007
Cesareo Pagan Delgado, age 86, of Grafton, and formerly of Lorain, died on Friday, May 25, 2007 at his home, while under the care of Hospice of Western Reserve. He was born on November 22, 1920 in Orocovis, Puerto Rico; moving to Lorain 54 years ago. He was employed for 28 years at Ford Motor Company, Brookpark Plant in the...
Fermin V. Rosales Sr
May 25, 2007
Fermin V. Rosales Sr., 81, of Lorain, died Friday, May 25, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West following a short illness. He was born July 7, 1925 in Donna, Texas; he came to Lorain in 1951 where he has lived since. Fermin worked 37 years at Lorain Works US Steel as a heavy equipment operator, retiring...
Travis Robert Spurlock
May 22, 2007
Travis "Trav" R. Spurlock, age 19 of Amherst died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 suddenly. He was born on October 25, 1987 in Amherst. He graduated from Clearview High School in 2006. He was employed at Home Depot, Lorain, where he was the tow motor operator in the garden area. Prior to this he was employed at Moore's Masonary, where he...
Carmen L. Cordova
May 18, 2007
Carmen L. Cordova (nee Burgos), age 80, of Lorain, died on Friday, May 18, 2007 in the Emergency Room at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, following a short illness. She was born on August 15, 1926 in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico; moving to Lorain in 1954. Carmen enjoyed flowers, scratch off Bingo Tickets, Spanish soap operas, playing...
Bertie Blackburn
May 15, 2007
Bertie Blackburn (nee May), age 93 of Lorain, died on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a short illness. She was born on November 25, 1913 in Grapevine, Kentucky; moving to Elyria in 1965. For the past 5 years, she has made her home with her grandson Neil Ray of Lorain. She...
Maria E. Melendez
May 12, 2007
Maria E. Melendez, (nee Ortiz), 74, of Lorain, died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at Elyria Memorial Hospital Regional Medical Center following a short illness. She was born Dec. 5, 1932 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico; she came to Lorain in 1959 where she has lived since. She was a member of Sacred Heart Chapel, Lorain. Maria was a homemaker and enjoyed...
Donald A. Kozich
May 9, 2007
Donald A. Kozich, age 58, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a 8 month illness. He was born on March 21, 1949 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. He was a 1967 graduate of Admiral King High School, Lorain. He served in the United States Army...
June Sturgill
May 7, 2007
Our loving Mother, June Sturgill, 87, of Lorain, died Monday, May 7, 2007 at Oak Ridge Rehab Center in Lorain after a long illness. Mom was born May 21, 1919 in Pike County, Ky. She moved to Lorain in 1944 to work at U.S. Steel. Mom enjoyed writing poems, planting flowers, crocheting, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren....
George Delestathis
May 6, 2007
George Delestathis, age 77, of Lorain, died on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center - West, following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 13, 1930, in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. He was employed as a forklift operator at Thew Shovel where he retired from after many years of service....
Mary J. Szabo
Apr 30, 2007
Mary Jean Szabo died at age 91 in Arlington, Virginia on Monday after suffering a massive stroke. Mrs. Szabo was born in Lorain on March 24, 1916 and lived in Lorain until September 2001, when she moved to Northern Virginia. She attended St. Ladislaus grade school and graduated from Lorain High in the class 1934B, where she was a member...
Beatrice Mae Martincin
Apr 29, 2007
Beatrice Mae Martincin (nee Wressell), age 78, of Sheffield Village, died on Sunday, April 29, 2007 at her home under the care of New Life Hospice. She was born on May 10, 1928 in Lorain, where she lived until 1988, then moving to Sheffield Village. She attended Lorain High School. She worked at Pick-n-Pay for 13 years, retiring in 1978....
Stella C. Bertram
Apr 27, 2007
Stella C. Bertram, (nee Hammond), 89, of Lorain, died Friday, April 27, 2007 at Altercare of Wadsworth Center following a short illness. She was born March 27, 1918 in Loretta, PA; living in Pittsburgh before coming to Lorain in 1960. Stella worked at the former St. Joseph Hospital as the director of housekeeping for 17 years, retiring in 1981. She...
Augustine Garcia
Apr 25, 2007
Augustine "Gus" Garcia, Jr., age 61, of Lorain, died on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at Community Health Partners HSC - West, following a sudden heart attack. He was born on March 11, 1946, in Lorain, where he remained a lifelong resident. He was a 1964 graduate from Admiral King High School. Gus was a long-time member and employed through the...
Julia Spaur
Apr 25, 2007
Julia Spaur (nee Phillips), age 92, of Lorain, died Thursday, April 12, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born Sept. 25, 1914 in Kulpmont, PA; she lived in New York before coming to Lorain in the 1940's. She was a member of Hungarian Reformed United Church of Christ, Lorain....
Carl D. Wilson
Apr 23, 2007
Carl D. "Bud" Wilson, age 80, of Elyria Township, died on Monday, April 24, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, West, Lorain. He was born on August 12, 1926 in Adrian, West Virginia, moving to Ohio in the late 1940's. He resided in Lorain County since the 1960's. He was a union meat cutter for the area...
Victor Kubiak
Apr 16, 2007
Victor Kubiak, 93, of Lorain, died Monday, April 16, 2007 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born June 11, 1913 in Staunton, Illinois. He came to Lorain in 1919, moving to Oberlin as a teenager where he lived a short time before returning to Lorain. He served in the US Navy during...
