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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® .
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Lorain County General Health District
9880 South Murray Ridge Road
Elyria, Ohio 44035
(440) 244-3418
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(440) 322-6367
In person at:
9880 South Murray Ridge Road
Elyria, Ohio 44035
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Joseph W. Kotai
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Joseph W. Kotai, 72, of Pembroke, NC, formerly of Lorain, died Sunday, September 23, 2007, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, NC, of cancer. He was born August 28, 1935 in Lorain.
Mr. Kotai graduated from Lorain High School in 1953 and served in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years. He retired with the rank of master sergeant and was in combat during the Vietnam War as a helicopter flight crew engineer.
He graduated from North Carolina University with a bachelor of science degree in education, taught in the Robeson County (NC) Public Schools until retirement and farmed in Pembroke. He loved animals.
Survivors include his brother, Steve Kotai of Elyria; sisters, Betty Pall and Ruth Kotai of Lorain; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Steve Kotai and Helen Lampert Kotai; sisters, Irene Hardick, Rosemary Kotai, and Ethel Kotai.
Burial with military honors was in Lumbee Memorial Gardens, Pembroke, NC.
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