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Georgiana Bohrer

Georgiana Bohrer

Aug 3, 2011

Georgiana Catherine (nee McKnight) Bohrer, 90, of Oberlin died Wednesday, August 03, 2011. She was born in Norwalk, Ohio on March 28, 1921, the daughter of the late William and Clara (nee Durand) McKnight. Georgiana moved to Oberlin in 1935 and graduated from Oberlin High School in 1939 before attending Bowling Green State University. She was an accomplished pianist and...

Scott Wonders

Scott Wonders

Aug 1, 2011

Scott Paul Wonders, 53, of Nova, died Monday, August 1, 2011 at his residence after a sudden illness. Born in Ashland on October 4, 1957, Scott was a life long resident of Ruggles. He was the vice president of the Mapleton graduating class of 1976 and took great joy in planning the class reunions every five years. Scott was a...

Anna Goodman

Anna Goodman

Aug 1, 2011

Anna Elizabeth Goodman, 81, of New London, died Monday, August 1, 2011, at the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Firelands, New London. She was born September 13, 1929, in Wakeman, to the late Max and Carolena (Leimbach) Kellar. She moved to New London as a freshman in High School and graduated from New London High School with the class of...

Robert Krisha

Robert Krisha

Jul 30, 2011

Robert F. 'Bob' Krisha, age 83, of New London, died Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Firelands in New London, after a long illness. Bob was born July 14, 1928 in Fitchville, son of the late, Joseph & Mary (Wolfe) Krisha. He was a life long resident of the area. Bob received his GED from...

Orpha Warner

Orpha Warner

Jul 30, 2011

Orpha Mae Warner, 89, of Wellington, Ohio moved to her Heavenly home Saturday, July 30, 2011, from the Elms Retirement Center in Wellington, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Linn, West Virginia, on May 12, 1922, moving to Ohio with her husband in the late 1940's and living in Wellington since 1987. Mrs. Warner was employed at Elyria...

Marjorie Bender

Marjorie Bender

Jul 29, 2011

Marjorie A. Bender, 76, of Wellington, died Friday, July 29, 2011 at Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin. The daughter of the late Hershel and Margaret Purdum, Marjorie was born on April 9, 1935. After graduating from Youngstown High School, Marjorie attended Kent State University. She was a third grade teacher for Keystone School District until her retirement in 1997. Marjorie...

Paul Gray

Paul Gray

Jul 27, 2011

Paul Fredric Gray, 95, retired Vice-President and Manager of the Wellington Office of Elyria Savings and Trust Bank died Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Born in Wellington, Ohio, he spent most of his life there; he attended the local school and graduated in 1933 as President of his class. He worked at Kroger Grocery from graduation until 1935 when he joined...

Mary Mohler

Mary Mohler

Jul 26, 2011

Mary Louise Mohler, 82, of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at EMH. Born on January 30, 1929 to the late Harold and Blanche (nee Whitney) Brandt, Mary Louise graduated from Wellington High School in 1947. She continued her education at Bowling Green and Ashland Universities. An extremely compassionate teacher, Mary Louise took great interest in her students. She taught...

Robert Aylsworth

Robert Aylsworth

Jul 25, 2011

Robert B. Aylsworth, 80, of Wellington died Monday, July 25, 2011 at Metro Health Systems in Cleveland. Robert was born on October 9, 1930 in Mason Michigan to the late Robert E. and Lucille (nee Pahl) Aylsworth. He came to the Wellington area in 2001. Robert retired from Goodwill Industries as a manager. Robert served in the United States Navy....

Leona Fishbaugh

Leona Fishbaugh

Jul 24, 2011

Leona M. Fishbaugh, 89, of Greenwich, died Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the Elm's Nursing Home in Wellington. Born on December 26, 1921, in Ruggles Township, to the late Carl and Caroline (Anderson) Clawson. She graduated from Nova High School in 1939. In 1942, Leona married Maurice Fishbaugh and they moved to Greenwich in 1949. She was an active member...

Steven Sheller

Steven Sheller

Jul 24, 2011

Steven Eric Sheller, age 57, of Kenly, North Carolina and formerly of Greenwich, died Sunday, July 24, 2011 from a construction accident in Bailey, N.C. He was born June 4, 1954 in Lima, Ohio. Steven was a graduate of South Central High School. He had lived in North Carolina since 1985. He was a construction foreman. Steven enjoyed fishing, the...

Mary Evans

Mary Evans

Jul 23, 2011

Mary Ann Evans, 64, of Wellington, died Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Elms Retirement Village. Born in Cleveland on June 27, 1947 to the late Bernard and Stella (nee Baranowski) Stemplinski, Mary Ann settled in the Wellington area nearly 30 years ago. Mary worked for and retired from Valspar in Wellington and from Premium in West Salem. She loved...

Martin Hasemann

Martin Hasemann

Jul 22, 2011

Martin Scott Hasemann, 49, of Wellington died Friday, July 22, 2011 at Metro Health in Cleveland. He was born in Erath Louisiana on December 20, 1961 to Gordon and Connie (Melancon) Hasemann. After graduating high school Martin proudly served in the United States Army for 12 years. He served during the Bosnian conflict and Desert Storm. He worked as a...

Edna Perkins

Edna Perkins

Jul 19, 2011

Edna Reed Perkins, 84, of Greenwich, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011 after a short illness. She was born October 3, 1926 in Floyd, Kentucky to the late Sam and Lara (Shepherd) Reed. Edna moved to the Greenwich area in the mid 1960's. She was a member of the Greenwich First Baptist Church. Edna is survived by her children, Terry Perkins...

Nancy Brasee

Nancy Brasee

Jul 18, 2011

Nancy L. Brasee, 67, of Wellington, died Monday, July 18, 2011 at Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin. She was born August 31, 1943 in Oberlin to the late Victor W. and Avis (nee Hite) Herrick. Nancy graduated from Wellington High School and went on to beauty school in Elyria. She owned and operated Nancy's Beauty Shop in Wellington for several...

Paul Abraham

Paul Abraham

Jul 15, 2011

Paul Abraham, 71, of Penfield died Friday, July 15, 2011. He was born September 24, 1939 in Budapest Hungary to the late Alajos and Izabella Abraham. Paul moved to the United States in 1957. Paul retired from US Steel in Cleveland in 1984. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed gambling and especially spending time with his family and grandchildren....

Vivienne Cassidy

Vivienne Cassidy

Jul 14, 2011

Vivienne Vashti Cassidy, 84 of Wellington, passed away on July 14, 2011 after a brief illness. She was born on February 19, 1927, and resided in Wellington for over 60 years. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Kathryn Willard and was also preceded in death by her beloved husband, Roger and her stepmother, Virginia Willard. Vivienne is...

Richard Morris

Richard Morris

Jul 13, 2011

Richard E. 'Curly' Morris, 74, of Willard, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at home with his loving family by his bedside. He was born April 11, 1937 (a birthday he coincidently shared with his wife) in New London to the late Richard E. and Mildred (Manes) Morris. A Delphi resident since 1941, Curly graduated...

Richard Plain

Richard Plain

Jul 12, 2011

Richard Plain, 73, of Wakeman and formerly of Cleveland, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic. Born in Cleveland on July 14, 1937, Richard was the oldest child of the late Arnold K. and Helen (nee Hasko) Plain. He attended Cleveland Trade School. Richard co-owned Plain Brothers Auto Service in Cleveland and owned Country Stage Campground in Nova...

Robert Nestor,

Robert Nestor,

Jul 10, 2011

Robert E. Nestor, Sr., 76, of Wakeman, passed away July 10, 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. Born on October 28, 1934, to Joseph and Treva Nestor, Robert was Valedictorian of the 1952 Brighton High School Class, the last class to graduate from Brighton. A retired lifelong dairy and grain farmer, Robert also served in the National...

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