All Obituaries

      Cecelia M. Camera, 96, (nee Reed) of Elyria passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Mercy New Life Hospice following a short illness.      Mrs. Camera was born in Lorain on October 8, 1924, the daughter of the late John and Arvilla Marian (nee Brunner) Reed.      She was a homemaker.      Cecelia is survived by her daughter, Kathleen M. Weston of Elyria, grandchildren Jeffery Konowal, Heather M. Forbes, Amanda...

     Dan Asensio, 80, of Lorain passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 after a brief battle with cancer. He was born October 24, 1940 in Lorain to Phyllis and Sinforiano Asensio.  He graduated from Lorain High School in the January class of 1960. Dan was a proud veteran of the U S Army serving from 1961-1963 with 13 months in Vietnam.  Dan worked as a warehouse manager for Kohlmeyer Supply, then Bostwick Braun, retiring in 2005. He was a devoted member of the...

Vernon F. "Bud" Danielson, Jr. 65, of Lorain passed away on Friday November 13, 2020 at his home following a short illness. Mr. Danielson was born in Lorain on February 2, 1955, the son of the late Vernon F. and Eileen V.  (nee Cross) Danielson, Sr. He was a graduate of Lorain High School and a retiree from U.S. Steel. Bud is survived by a brother William Tippie of Lorain, sisters, Dolores (William) Ward of Sheffield Village and Penny (Charles) Harrell of Lorain.  In...

  Grace M. Knight, 65, of Lorain passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Mercy Regional Medical Center following a month long illness.      Ms. Knight was born in Lorain on September 9, 1955, the daughter of the late Charles R. and Angela J. (nee DeMarco) Knight. She was a graduate of Lorain High School, Class of 1973.      She was an active and devoted member of St. Mary Church.       Ms. Knight was a retired accounting clerk with...

     Charles T. "Tom" York, 82, of Lorain passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Richard E. Jacobs Campus in Avon.      Mr. York was born in Monterey, Virginia on March 23, 1938, the son of the late Leonidas H. and Grace H. (nee Brock) York. He was a US Navy veteran attaining the Rank of Seaman First Class. He served aboard both on the USS H. R. Dickson and the USS Yosemite. He retired from the assembly line at Ford Motor Company in Lorain after...

     Raenora Pyles, 85, (nee Baird) passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Lake Pointe Health Center in Lorain.      Ms. Pyles was born in Lorain on February 13, 1935, the daughter of the late Harold W. and Dorothy G. (nee Innes) Baird. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1953 and is a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.      She was a homemaker.       Raenora is  survived by a daughter, Amy...

     Faith Kehren Laidlaw of Sheffield Lake, Ohio passed away peacefully on October 16, 2020 with her family by her side.       Faith was born to the late Llewellyn (Lefty) and Ruth Walters on April 13, 1927 in Lorain, Ohio.                     She graduated from Lorain Senior High School in 1945 and she maintained a wonderful, lifelong friendship with a group of her classmates affectionately known as...

     Petey Heimann, 72, (nee Linkous) of Lorain passed away on Monday, October 12, 2020 in the Mercy New Life Hospice Center in Lorain following a short illness.      Petey was born in Bluefield, VA on February 19, 1948, the daughter of the late Archie and Ethelene Linkous. She was a graduate of Lorain High School in the Class of 1965.     For more than 30 years, Petey and her husband owned and operated the R.A.P. Company, a local confectionary store,...

     Rebecca Tobias, 64, of Elyria passed away on Monday, September 28, 2020 at U. H. Elyria Medical Center in Elyria following a long illness.      Ms. Tobias was born in Lorain on May 29, 1956, the daughter of the late Frank J. and Frances S. (nee Sebastian) Tobias. She was a lifelong resident of Lorain and Elyria; graduating in 1974 from Admiral King High School.      She was employed at Fastway Fasteners. She enjoyed going on cruises and...

     Jeanne M. Sokol, 91, of Lorain passed away on Monday, October 5, 2020 at Mercy Regional Medical Center.       Mrs. Sokol born in Harrisburg, PA on June 23, 1929, was the daughter of the late Ted and Nellie (nee Harris) Sperling. She was a graduate of Canton McKinley High School and attended Ohio State University and Kent State University Extension in Cleveland.      She was a home maker but taught at both Canton and Lorain City Schools...