James A. Bohaty
Oct 10, 2018
James A. Bohaty, 92, of Wellington, died Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at the Elms Retirement Village. Born on April 28, 1926, he was the son of the late Anthony and Helen (nee Muzik) Bohaty. James was a graduate of West Tech High School. He lived most of his life in Parma before moving to Wellington. James enlisted and proudly served...
Stevie Michael Hall
Oct 9, 2018
Stevie Michael Hall, 65, of Huntington Township passed away on October 9, 2018, after struggling with COPD and then a brief battle with cancer. He was born on November 20, 1952 in Letcher County, KY to the late Lacy and Marjorie Louise (nee Pritchard) Hall. On October 5 he celebrated 50 years with his loving wife Deborah K. (nee O'Neal)...
Juanita Jo Amburgy
Oct 7, 2018
Juanita Jo (Reed) Amburgy, 90, of New London, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, October 7, 2018 after a length illness. She was born on June 25, 1928 in Hueysville, Kentucky and was the oldest of 9 children, moving to Ohio. She worked 10 years at Pioneer Rubber and assisted her husband, Arnold Amburgy through many entrepreneur adventures,...
Kenneth V Ensign
Oct 5, 2018
New London, Ohio - Kenneth V. Ensign, III, 62, of New London, Ohio, passed away quietly Friday, October 5, 2018 in his home. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio, son of the late Kenneth V. and Edna M. (Myers) Ensign, Jr. Ken was employed at Norwalk Concrete, and formerly with Zeiters Trucking Company. He enjoyed HO scale model building, and...
Eva Mae Gariss
Oct 4, 2018
Eva Mae Gariss, 95, of Wellington, died at her home on Thursday, October 4, 2018. She was born in Brighton, Ohio to the late Elva (nee Haning) and William Ziegler. She had worked for Brighton Schools as a cook for 12 years before retirement and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wellington. Survivors include her children, Patricia...
Lawrence Francis Hodgson Sr
Oct 4, 2018
Lawrence (Larry) Francis Hodgson, 66, of Sullivan passed away on Thursday, October 4 at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center in Elyria, Ohio. Larry was born on June 5, 1952 in San Bernadino, California the son of Lawrence and Josephine (nee Paonessa) Hodgson. Despite being born in California, Larry was very much an Ohioan and son of Lorain County. Larry was...
Doyle Douglas Neel
Oct 4, 2018
Doyle Douglas Neel, 99, of New London, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Doyle was born in Jeromesville, OH on June 29, 1919, son of the late Henry and Edith (Sanders) Neel. The family moved to New London in 1924. Doyle lived in New London all of his life. He was a 1937 graduate of New London High School....
Carlos L Contreras
Oct 4, 2018
Sandusky, Ohio - Carlos L. Contreras, 38, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2018, in his home. He was born on December 5, 1979, in Defiance, Ohio, and was a lifelong area resident. Carlos graduated from Norwalk High School, in 1998, he was employed by American Quality Stripping, Sandusky, Ohio, and attended Faith Memorial Assembly of God Church, in Sandusky,...
Thomas M Routh
Oct 3, 2018
Norwalk, Ohio - Thomas M. Routh, 68, of Norwalk, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2018. He was born October 21, 1949 in Sandusky, Ohio to the late Martin and Viola (Kuemmel) Routh, and was a lifelong area resident. Tom graduated from Huron High School in 1967 and was a 1971 graduate of The Ohio State University. He was the...
John C Noftz
Oct 1, 2018
Wakeman, Ohio - John C. Noftz, 84, of Wakeman, Ohio, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018, in his home. He was born October 20, 1933, in Green Springs, Ohio, to the late Carl R. and Agnes B. (Eischen) Noftz, and lived in this area most of his life. John was a graduate of Milan High School. He was a former...
Guy F. Cocchiarale
Oct 1, 2018
Guy Francis Cocchiarale, 56, of Nova, Ohio, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2018. Born on January 30, 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio, son of Frank and the late Mary Ellen (nee Smyth) Cocchiarale. Guy is survived by his loving wife of 23 years, Carolyn Kay Lewis Cocchiarale; father, Frank; siblings, Michael (Lisa) Cocchiarale and Christina (Jay) Ward; nieces, Elizabeth Cocchiarale,...
Arlene Ray Pycraft
Sep 28, 2018
Arlene Pycraft, 87, of Wellington, died September 28, 2018 at New Life Hospice surrounded by her family. Born on February 22, 1931 in LaGrange, she was the daughter of the late Elton and Thelma (nee Smith) Hurst. Arlene grew up in Wakeman and graduated from Oberlin High School in 1949. Arlene worked for the Ben Franklin as well as the...
Randolf E “Randy” Biller
Sep 28, 2018
Norwalk, Ohio - Randolf E. "Randy" Biller, 70, of Norwalk, Ohio, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 in the Bellevue Care Center, Bellevue, Ohio. He was born April 7, 1948 in Norwalk, Ohio, to the late Jacob and Verneita (Lepard) Biller, and lived most of his life in this area. Randy was a former member of Calvary Baptist Church, Norwalk,...
James E Fields
Sep 28, 2018
Wakeman, Ohio - James E. Fields, 84, of Wakeman, Ohio, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 in the Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky, Ohio. He was born October 17, 1933, in Clay County, West Virginia, to the late Carl and Mildred (Woodall) Fields, and came to this area in1964 from Roane County, West Virginia. Jim was a veteran of the...
Henry "Hank" Tappel
Sep 27, 2018
Henry "Hank" Tappel, 74, of New London, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at his home. Hank was born on January 21, 1944 in Cincinnati, son of the late Harry and Marian (Burlew) Tappel. He attended military school and graduated in 1961 from Western Hills High School in Cincinnati. Hank served in the Ohio National Guard for over 20...
Jose R Zendejas
Sep 27, 2018
Norwalk, Ohio - Jose R. Zendejas, 93, of Norwalk, Ohio, passed away Thursday evening, September 27, 2018, in Twilight Gardens Home. He was born August 15, 1925 in Cerrito Colorado, Michoacan, Mexico, coming to Lorain in 1954 and to the Norwalk area in 1974. Jose worked for U. S. Steel in Lorain, Ohio. He attended St. Paul, and St. Mary...
Kyle Alan Ziegler
Sep 26, 2018
Kyle Alan Ziegler, age 59, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sept. 26th 2018 after a recent diagnosis of brain cancer. He was born in Oberlin on Sept. 18, 1959 to Lyle and Dorothy (Upton) Ziegler and was a lifelong resident of Wellington. Kyle graduated from Wellington High School in 1978 and attended Geneva College in...
Virginia I Kent
Sep 26, 2018
Norwalk, Ohio - Heaven received a very special angel. Virginia I. Kent, 82, passed away on Wednesday, September, 26, 2018, surrounded by her family, after a lengthy but vigilant battle with cancer. She was born to the late Herbert and Helen (Smith) Churchill on November 4, 1935 and was a lifelong area resident. Virginia graduated from Berlin Heights High School...
Barbara Jean Miller
Sep 26, 2018
Barbara Jean Miller, 65, of Hunting ton, passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain. She was born in Raccoon Kentucky on March 14, 1953 to Edna (nee Rhodes) and Walter Parker. She was a graduate of Brookside High School and had been a resident of Huntington Township for the past 26 years. She...
Amanda Marie Lemke Phelps
Sep 24, 2018
Amanda Marie Lemke Phelps, 32, of Wellington died September 24, 2018. Born on August 2, 1986, in Oberlin, she was the daughter of William and Judy (nee Smith) Lemke. Amanda was a 2004 graduate of Wellington High School and a lifelong resident of Wellington. Amanda worked for NASA at Glenn Research Center through the HUNCH program, where she taught new...
