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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.
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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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Anna King Harris
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Anna King Harris, 84, of Elyria, died August 10, 2007 at Northridge Health Center, North Ridgeville. She was born January 28, 1923 in Elyria and had been a lifelong resident of the Elyria-North Ridgeville area.
She graduated from Elyria High School in 1941 and also from Bowling Green State University with B.S. degrees in Elementary Education and Library Science.
She was an elementary teacher in Avon and Oberlin and a school librarian in Oberlin and Carrey, retiring as a librarian from the Stryker School System.
Despite losing her left arm in an accident when she was 19 months old, she became an accomplished seamstress and She enjoyed reading and playing bingo and was a member of the Carlisle Grange.
She is survived by grandsons, grandsons, Barry and Douglas Kohler of Elyria; granddaughter, Joanne Bucher of Vermilion; five great-grandchildren; and brother, James (Peggy) King of Elyria. Anna is also survived by special friends, Mary and John Biss of North Ridgeville.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Norma Ann Nelson; and parents, Albert and Winifred (nee Olin) King. She donated her body to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Activities Center at Northridge Health Center, 35990 Westminister Ave., North Ridgeville, OH 44039. Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria handled arrangements.
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