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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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Leona Lucille Sheffield, 99, of Wellington, died Thursday, June 19, 2008 at New Life Hospice in Lorain. She was born October 1, 1908 in Seville.
She was a member of St. Patricks Catholic Church and the Women’s Guild in Wellington. She enjoyed roller skating, playing Yahtzee, riding her bike, baking, animals, riding horses and spending time with her family and friends.
She is survived by a son, Paul (Wanda) Sheffield of Wellington; daughters, Lois Marie Sheffield of Wellington and Joan Carlyle Quintana of Brighton; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 20 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Sheffield; brothers, Harry Sugaski, Edward (Pat) Sugaski, Jack Sugaski and Frank Sugaski; sisters, Charlotte Murray, Loretta Brasse, Sophia Theuming, Helen Carek Wheatley and Florentine Weimer.
Visitors will be received Sunday, June 22, 2008 from 2 to 5 P.M. at the T.G. Cowling Funeral Home, 218 East Herrick, Wellington. There will be a one hour visitation at 9 A.M. until the funeral Mass at 10 A.M. Monday, June 23, 2008 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 512 N. Main St., Wellington. Father James Reymann of St. Patrick’s Church will officiate. Interment will be in East Pittsfield Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 512 N. Main St., Wellington, OH 44090.
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