LaDonna Conklin, 86, a life long resident of Wellington, died peacefully Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at her home after a long illness. She was born January 6, 1926. She enjoyed sewing, cake decorating, macrame, crocheting and flower arranging. LaDonna also loved crafting with her late husband, Charles. She was a member of the Rochester United [...]

Lester C. Farrand, 78, of LaGrange, and formerly of Sandusky and Norwalk, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday September 13, 2012 at Specialty Hospital in Amherst. He was born in Elyria on December 8, 1933 and was raised in Norwalk. Lester had worked as a farm worker at Sommers Farm [...]

Thomas John “Geez” Householder,70, born in Lodi, July 2, 1942, and died in Dublin, Ohio, Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10 weeks after a brain cancer diagnosis. He was the son of the late J. Carl and Bernice (Faunce) Householder and was a 1960 graduate of Elyria High School and a 1965 graduate of Fenn College [...]

Maria Theresa Sweda (nee Serrian), age 94, passed away at home with family, Friday, September 7, 2012, in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He maintained a home in North Ridgeville from 1946 until 1998, at which time moved to Rochester Hills, Michigan, to live with her son and his family. She resided in Muskegon from 1962-66 and [...]

Harry J. Decker, 50, of Elyria, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born October 18, 1961 in New York and was a lifelong Cleveland area resident. Harry was employed by NASA as a mechanical engineer for 25 years. [...]