Francis "John" Rodgers, 73, of Avon Lake formerly of Ebensburg, PA, passed away June 1 at his home of cancer. Mr. Rodgers was born November 5, 1927 in Cresson, PA and moved to Avon Lake in 1957. He was employed by the Avon Lake City Schools Board of Education, where he taught history and social studies for 37 years. Mr. Rodgers taught at the Avon Lake High School, Learwood Middle School, and Troy Intermediate School. Upon his retirement in 1994 and for the past 6 years, Mr. Rodgers continued his employment with the School System as a crossing guard.
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Harold D. Radde, 86 of Vermilion died on Friday, June 1, 2001 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center in Lorain OH following a long illness.
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Rose Mary Bermudez, age 42, of Lorain, died on Thursday, May 31, 2001 at Manor Care Health Services, Cleveland, following a lengthy illness.
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Jennifer M. Urban, 34, of Elyria, formerly of Avon Lake, passed away Friday, June 1, 2001 at Elyria Memorial Hospital, following an apparent heart attack. Miss Urban was born September 26, 1966 in Lorain and has lives in the area her entire life. She was a graduate of Avon Lake High School and attended the Lorain County Joint Vocational School. She enjoyed the outdoors.
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Margaret C. Krul (nee Molnar), age 95, of Lorain, died Thursday, May 31, 2001 at the Harborside Care Center in Westlake, Ohio following an extended illness. She was born June 11, 1905 in Lorain and had been a life-long resident of the city.
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Edward "Paul" Noll of Avon Lake and formerly of Westminster, CO where he lived for 8 years, passed away Wednesday, May 30 at the Cleveland Clinic following a 3 month illness. He was born, April 19, 1957 in Lakewood and has lived in Avon Lake most of his life.
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Harold A. Ackerman, 59, of Avon Lake, passed away Thursday, May 24 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, Lorain. He was born December 19, 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Avon Lake 22 years ago coming from Cleveland and Germansville, Pennsylvania. Harold was a 1961 graduate of Shaw High School in Cleveland. He served in the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1964. Harold was employed as a Logistics Consultant for Distribution Data, Inc. for the past twelve years. He enjoyed doing handiwork around the home and gardening and golfing. He was a collector of trading pins.
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Thomas C. Beam, 82, of Sheffield Township, died Monday, May 28, 2001, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph following a short illness. He was born on December 7, 1918 in Lorain and had been a life long resident.
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Mary V. Surovy, 84, Member of St. Joseph Catholic Church
Mary V. Surovy (nee Ondra), 84, of Lorain, died Monday May 28, 2001, at her residence following a long illness.
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Joseph J. Carmon, 85, died Sunday, May 27, 2001 in the emergency room at Community health Partners in Lorain. He was born on October 22, 1915 in Lorain. He lived in Avon Lake for 25 years before moving back to Lorain 23 years ago.
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Harold "Hal" Robert Dietrich, 63, of Avon Lake passed away suddenly Thursday, May 24. He was born August 18, 1937 in Cleveland and resided in a number of communities on the West Side before moving to Avon Lake a year ago. He was a graduate of St. Ignatius High School and received an associate degree from Cooper School of Art in Cleveland and also attended Fenn College in Cleveland. He served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. from 1956 to 1958 and in the reserve until 1962. Mr. Dietrich retired from the Plain Dealer as an assistant manager for marketing and research in 1995. He was also a retired deacon of the Catholic Church, having served at St. Richard's Parish in North Olmsted, Holy Trinity Parish, Avon and most recently Holy Spirit Parish in Avon Lake. Fr. James H. Beatty of Holy Spirit Church expressed that he served the church as a deacon with distinction. Hal was a member of the Holy Spirit Church, Avon Lake and enjoyed gardening, traveling and art.
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Richard "Dick" Allen Wilhelm, 68 years of age, and a resident of South Amherst, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2001 at Elyria United Methodist Village from a stroke suffered in December 2000.
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