Dawn E. Watt 54, of Elyria passed away Saturday September 20, 2014 at Ames Family Hospice House in Westlake following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA and had been a resident of Elyria since infancy. Dawn had been employed at Moen Inc. for thirty five years. She was a 1977 graduate of Elyria West...
Rita C. Clement (nee: Brown) 76, of Grafton passed away unexpectedly Wednesday September 17, 2014 at UH Parma Community General Hospital. She was born February 7, 1938 in Liverpool, England. Rita retired from American Greetings Co. where she was a Merchandiser. She enjoyed working in her yard, camping, knitting, baking pies and loved her dogs; Bailey and Brandy. Survivors...
Grant M. Brown 70, of West Salem passed away unexpectedly Tuesday September 16, 2014 in Idaho. He was born August 15, 1944 in Lakewood, OH. Grant was a Highland High School graduate; then served as a helicopter mechanic in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Grant retired from NASA Glenn Research Center in 2005 as a Lab Engineer. He was...
Harold L. Brown "B.J." 31 passed away unexpectedly Monday September 15 , 2014 . He was born June 24, 1983 in Elyria. B.J. worked as a cook for Savannah's restaurant. He was very interested in Music and cooking , and his son was the Love of his life. Survivors include his parents Don and Lisa (nee Warner) Goetz ,...
Walter L. "Smoke" Yourkvitch, 82, of Sanford, FL. And formerly of Elyria passed away Sunday September 14, 2014 at his home following a long illness. He was born July 28, 1932 in Elyria and was a lifelong Elyria resident. Smoke served as a Firefighter for the City of Elyria for 21 years, retiring in 1981. He was a 1951...
Jerald H. Dute 87, of LaGrange passed away Friday September 12, 2014 at UH Elyria Medical Center following a short illness. He was born October 6, 1926 on Amherst. Jerald was a machinist, and had worked at General Industries for twenty three years, Bendix for fifteen years, and was self employed for ten years. He was a member of...
Marie E."Betty" Sharp ( nee Rahm) 83 of Elyria passed away Friday September 12, 2014 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born June 9 , 1931 in Cleveland and was a 1949 graduate of John Marshall High School . Marie was a longtime Secretary for the Woman's Bowling Association. She worked for Air Rite Services as...
Dorothy M. Smith, (nee-Johnson), 93, of Elyria passed away Friday September 12, 2014 at the Elyria Wesleyan Village following a brief illness. She was born July 15, 1921 in Elyria and was a lifelong Elyria resident. Dorothy was a member of St. Mary Church in Elyria where she was very active in various ministries. She and her husband were...
Patric Alyn Geiser 68 of Elyria passed away Tuesday September 9 , 2014 at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born July 11 , 1946 in Detroit , Michigan, and came to Elyria in 1964 where he graduated from Elyria High School. He served his Country in the United States Marines . Patric was...
Richard E. McDonald 53 of Elyria passed away Tuesday September 9, 2014 following a brief illness. He was born June 4 , 1961 in Lorain. Richard was self-employed as a PC Technician. He enjoyed music and was well accomplished in Piano and Guitar , loved to sing and he was also accepted to Juliard School of Music, he also...
Dorothy B. DeLong (nee Newell) 90 of Elyria formerly of Homerville went home to be with her Lord Tuesday September 9, 2014 following a brief illness at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center. She was born January 18 , 1924 in Akron and Graduated from Congress High School in West Salem in 1942. Dorothy worked for J.C. Penny Co. as...
Larry Arthur Diederich 75, of North Ridgeville unexpectedly went home to be with the Lord on Monday September 8, 2014. He was born February 25, 1939 in Elyria. Larry was a 1957 Elyria High School graduate, an retired as a machinist 1997 from GM Fisher Body following thirty four years of service. He was a direct descendent of the...
Nancy J. Buescher, (nee-Elbert), 73, a 13 year City Council Representative to Ward 1 in North Ridgeville. She served on the Building and Lands Advisory Committee and the Master Plan Committee before being elected to City Council in 2000. She was a 1959 Elyria Catholic High School graduate and attended Kent State University Extension Center in Elyria and Lorain...
Stella J. Blaz, (nee-Magusiak), 87, of Elyria passed away unexpectedly at her home on Monday September 8, 2014. She was born October 20, 1926 in Orzechowka, Poland and was a Elyria resident for most of her life. Stella was employed in the housekeeping department at Elyria Memorial Hospital for more than 20 years. She was a member of St....
Priscilla E. Cox (nee Allan) 89 of Oberlin formerly of Andover Massachusetts and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire passed away Sunday September 7 , 2014 at Kendal at Oberlin following a lengthy illness.She was born May 22 , 1925 in Malden, Massachusetts. Priscilla was a graduate of Melrose High School and Newton Wellsley school of Nursing. She practiced nursing in many...
Saroja Krishnaswamy passed away at home in Grafton on the evening on 05 September 2014. She will be lovingly remembered by family and friends as a caring, thoughtful soul who dedicated her boundless energy in service to family, friends, and community. Born on 26 October 1924 in India and a woman far ahead of her time, Saroja studied at...
Wayne R. Muhlheim 92, of Olmsted Falls (formerly of Elyria) passed away Saturday September 6, 2014. He was born June 2, 1922 in Somerdale, Ohio. Wayne served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He was an Elyria High School guidance counselor, Vice Principal at Westlake High School, and Principal at Columbia High School until his retirement....
Ray A. Bidinger 90 of Elyria passed away Friday September 5 , 2014 at his home following a brief illness. He was born March 19 , 1924 in Akron and was an Elyria resident for most of his life. Ray was the owner operator of Twin Lakes Homes in Elyria , a member of the First Baptist Church of...
Fredrick J. Seigler II 53 of Wellington passed away suddenly Thursday September 4 , 2014 at his residence. He was born May 8 , 1961 in Salisbury, Maryland. Survivors include his wife Mary Lou (nee West) , mother Mary Lucille (nee Thompson), daughter Amanda Lynn of Nanticoke , Maryland , son Craig of Salisbury, Maryland , 4 grandchildren all...
Virginia June Harless (nee: Akers) 89, of Elyria passed away Wednesday September 3, 2014 at UH Medical Center of Elyria following a short illness. She was born June 22, 1925 in Boone Co. West Virginia. Virginia was the hardest working person her family ever knew, and was a devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and was just a beautiful person....
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