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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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Tom Paul Davenport, 66, of Spencer, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2007 at his home. He was born February 28, 1941 in Elyria, to Paul and Lois M. Kime Davenport. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1959, Bowling Green State University in 1963 and later received his Masters degree from Kent State University.
Mr. Davenport was a Science and Biology teacher as well as a coach at Cloverleaf Schools, retiring in 1996. He was a member of the Spencer First Baptist Church where he had been a Sunday School teacher, Deacon and Elder.
He excelled in baseball, basketball and football in his younger years and was an avid fisherman and golfer in his later years.
Surviving are his wife, Mary (nee Walkden); children, Tomas (Erika Sue) Davenport of Naples, FL, Jeffrey (Melinda) Davenport of Spencer, Amy (Steven) Carlson of Spencer; seven grandchildren, Riley, Tanner, Tyler, Max and Macey Carlson, Barrett & Aaron; mother, Lois Davenport of Wellington; sister, Alice (James) Schaub of Delaware; father and mother-in-law, Lawrence and Bernice Walkden of Spencer; and numerous family members.
He was preceded in death by his father, Paul.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 to 9 P.M. at Parker & Son Funeral Home, 202 East Main St., Spencer. Funeral service will be Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 11 A.M. at the First Baptist Church of Spencer, 302 W. Main St., Spencer. Pastors Jeff Mullet and Mark Gostlin will officiate. Burial will follow at Spencer Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Spencer, P.O. Box 127, Spencer, OH 44275.
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