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The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present. Certificates of births and deaths occurring in all of Lorain County, except for the city of Lorain, are available at the health district.
For your convenience, you can also process online requests through an independent company that the Lorain County General Health District has partnered with to provide you this service - VitalChek Network, Inc. VitalChek can be reached through their website. An additional fee for this service is charged by VitalChek, and all major credit cards are accepted including American Express® , Discover® , MasterCard® and Visa® .
To order birth or death certificates online, click here.
Mail application to:
Lorain County General Health District
9880 South Murray Ridge Road
Elyria, Ohio 44035
(440) 244-3418
Call the Lorain County General Health District at:
(440) 322-6367
In person at:
9880 South Murray Ridge Road
Elyria, Ohio 44035



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Ruth Ella Ollison (nee Hawthorne), 85, of Lorain, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at St. John West Shore Hospital in Westlake. Mrs. Ollison was born February 17, 1922 in Chiliston, AR and had lived in the Lorain area for 62 years. She was a member of New Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Lorain. She worked in laundry services at Angelica Health Care Services from where she retired after many years of services. She also provided daycare at her home for many years, helping to take care and raise many children in her neighborhood. She loved children and enjoyed cooking, baking and being around her family.
She will be sadly missed by her husband of 63 years, Grant Ollison of Lorain; son, Verlee "Faye" Pastor of Lorain; 12 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; and great-great grandchildren; and other loving relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 29, 2007 from 5 PM, until time of services at 6 PM, at Brown-Robinson Funeral Home, 2652 Broadway in Lorain. Elder Ray H. Robinson Jr. will officiate. Arrangements by Brown-Robinson Funeral Home.
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