Yolanda M. “Yo-Yo” Austin, 43, passed away suddenly in Huntsville, Alabama, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Yolanda was born Thursday, January 21, 1970, in Elyria. She resided in Lorain most of her life. Yolanda was a graduate of Southview High School class of 1988. She was an LCCC graduate, with an Associate Degree in Political Science. [...]

Mary Ellen Penberthy, 88, a resident of Autumn Aegis Retirement Community, in Lorain, died Saturday, May 18, 2013. She was born November 13, 1924 in Elyria. She was a 1944 graduate of Elyria High School and was a lifelong Elyria resident before moving to Autumn Aegis Retirement Community. She was a member of First United [...]

Walter W. Rowe, Sr., 93, of Carlisle Township, passed away at home unexpectedly, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Elyria, (440) 322-4626.  

Darrell Hall, 74, of West Salem and formerly of Brunswick, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at home, following a battle with cancer. He was born the sixth child to Dennis and Ivadell (Caudill) Hall on June 20, 1938 in Gully, Kentucky and had lived in Ohio since 1959, first living in Brunswick, then West [...]

Barbara Jean Herberger (nee Dunklau), 81, died peacefully Friday, May 17, 2013 at her home at Abbewood, after a long struggle with the neurological disease PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy). Barbara was born July 11, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of George and Mary Dunklau. Barbara enjoyed expressing her artistic talent through sewing, knitting, needlework [...]

David A. Jacobs, Sr., 80, of Elyria, died Saturday, May 18, 2013 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born November 29, 1932 in Elyria, where he has been a lifelong resident and was a United States Army veteran. David was employed as a tool and die maker at Moen [...]

Margaret L. Lusth (nee Lewis), 85, of North Ridgeville, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013 at St. John Medical Center, Westlake, following a short illness. She was born in La Porte, Indiana and had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1999 moving from Hillsborough, North Carolina. She previously lived in Ontonagon, Michigan and North [...]

Donald N. VanGosen, 80, of Elyria passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013 at his home following a sudden illness. He was born July 3, 1932 in Powhaton Point, Ohio, and was a Elyria resident for most of his life. Don worked in the maintenance department at U.S. Steel in Lorain for 30 years, retiring in [...]

Joan M. Bailey (nee Nocleg), 93, of Amherst , passed away peacefully at her residence on Thursday, May 16, 2013. She was born in Lorain on February 5, 1920 and was a 1937 graduate of Lorain High School. Joan had formerly been employed by the Lorain City School System as a secretary at Hawthorne Junior [...]

uth Hanna Tesar, 88 of Brunswick, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Southwest General Hospice surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Cleveland, to the late Joseph J. and Magdalen (nee Gindle) Wolf on November 3, 1924. Ruth was married to the love of her life, Leonard Tesar, for 17 years. [...]