Margaret J. Dugan (nee Toomey), died Friday, June 29, 2012. She was the beloved wife of Thomas J. (deceased); dear mother of Patricia (William) Eversole, Jane, Mary (Kurt) Kresge, Terrence (Cynthia), Timothy (Charlotte), Susan (James) Small, Edward (Dianne), Thomas, Joseph (Christine), Alice (Thomas) Fisher, Margaret (David) McKay, Kevin (Wendy), Kathleen (Charles) Burket and Maureen Dugan; [...]

William G. Lamats, 69, of Lorain, died Friday, June 29, 2012, at his residence. He was born December 24, 1942, in Lorain, where he was a lifelong resident. He attended Lorain High School and served in the U.S. Army. William worked as an electrician at Ohio Edison for 42 years, retiring in 2008. He was [...]

James R. Hart, 70, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012. Jim retired early as manager of benefits, from Sohio and became active in his community of Columbia Station. He was a member of the school and zoning boards and Chairman of the Homecoming Festival. Jim was one of the founding members of the Western Reserve [...]

Robert L. Yanke, Jr., 65, of Lorain and formerly of Elyria, died Thursday, June 28, 2012 at his home. He was born August 13, 1946 in Elyria, and was a 1964 graduate of Elyria High School. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War and was stationed in Taiwan. Bob was formerly [...]

Pauletta James, 45, of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012, in West Virginia University Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, after a sudden illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, Grafton.

Helen Louise Robertson passed away at her home Saturday, June 16, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. Helen was born in Elyria, December 30, 1927 to Frank and Ruth Verbeck. She married William (Bill) Robertson in 1948 and raised a family of five children, as well as her younger brother. Helen attended Bowling Green State [...]

Virginia A. Mourer (nee Eis), 99, of Grafton, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012, at EMH Healthcare in Elyria, after a sudden illness. She was born June 24, 1913, in Jay County, Indiana. Virginia graduated from high school in Delphi, Indiana and married Raymond E. Mourer. Virginia and Raymond moved to Ohio in 1990. Raymond [...]

Carol Ann Barger (nee Martin), 81, former resident of Lorain, passed away Friday, June 29, 2012, at Western Reserve Masonic Community in Medina, following a lengthy illness. Carol was born June 5, 1931, in Akron, and raised in Camden-on-Gauley, West Virginia, graduating from Cowen High School. She moved to Cleveland, in 1953, where she lived [...]