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Michael Tansey, 56, Vietnam Veteran
Michael Tansey, 56, died Tuesday morning, January 23, 2001, at Providence Hospital in Sandusky after an illness with Multiple Sclerosis since 1984.
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Regina T. Kaczay, 77, Assembler
Regina T. Kaczay (nee Zarachowicz), age 77, of Elyria, died Monday, January 22, 2001 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a lengthy illness.
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Walter S. Korab, 85, Army Veteran
Walter S. Korab, age 85, of Lorain, died Sunday, January 21, 2001 at his residence after a sudden illness.
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Robert E. Johnson, 78, Air Force Veteran
Robert E. Johnson, 78, of Vermilion, died Sunday, January 21, 2001, at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center after a short illness.
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Ruby Fredora Minnich Brown, 96, Homemaker
Ruby Fredora "Freda" Minnich Brown (nee Johnston), ager 96, wife of the late Edward Minnich and Edward B. Brown, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2001 at the Anchor Lodge Retirement Village, Lorain where she resided for many years.
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Felix M. "Fay" Pajor, 84, Navy Veteran
Felix M. "Fay" Pajor, age 84, of Elyria, died on Friday, January 19, 2001 at Ohio Veteran Home, Sandusky, following a lengthy illness.
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Joseph P. Toth, 85, Butcher
Joseph P. Toth, age 85, of Nova, and formerly of Lorain, died Saturday, January 20, 2001 at Samaritan Hospital in Ashland, following an illness of one week. For the past one and one-half years, he was a resident at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Ashland.
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Robert W. Schnaufer, 80, Army Veteran
Robert W. Schnaufer, 80, of North Ridgeville and formerly of Avon Lake, passed away, Saturday January 20, 2001 at the New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain following a six-month illness (congestive heart failure). He was born January 19, 1921 in Cleveland and moved to Avon Lake in 1959 before moving to North Ridgeville seven years ago. During World War II he served in Europe in the U. S. Army in Company B 746th Sherman Tank Battalion. He retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1984 as a distribution worker at their Lakeside Ave., Cleveland Distribution Center. He attended the Lake Shore United Methodist Church in Avon Lake. He was also very active in Boy Scouting as a Scout Master with Troop 355 for over fifty years. He achieved the highest recognition and most prestigious award, the Silver Beaver from the Boy Scouts of America. In addition to scouting he enjoyed camping, hiking, canoeing, family vacations and attending grandchildren's sporting events.
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Carrie M. Schneider, 99, Enjoyed Gardening
Carrie M. Krueck (nee Dobbeck) Schneider, 99, of Lorain died early Saturday morning, January 20, 2001 at Autumn Ages Nursing Home in Lorain, OH following an extended illness.
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Katherine Martin, 82, Enjoyed Crocheting
Katherine Martin (nee DeMark), 82, died Friday morning, January 19, 2001 at Firelands Community Hospital after a 7 month illness.
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John Baldwin, 69, Army Veteran
John Baldwin, 69, of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 18, 2001 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, after a two year illness.
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Louise Augustine, 81, Lakeview Baptist Church Member
Louise Augustine, age 81, of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 18, 2001 at her home following a lengthy illness. Born March 19, 1919, in Lorain, she has been a lifelong resident of Vermilion and Lorain.
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Charles S. Watkins, Jr., 59, Avid Hunter,and Fisherman
Charles E. Watkins, Jr., 59, of North Ridgeville, passed away, Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at St. John & West Shore Hospital, Westlake following a lengthy illness.
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Virginia M. Dobis, 77, Loved Polka Dancing
Virginia M. Dobis, (nee Klukovich), age 77, of Lorain, died on Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at Oak Hill Nursing Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness.
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Alfred Pena, 70, Corporal in Marine Corps
Alfred Pena, age 70, of Sheffield Lake, died Monday, January 15, 2001, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a lengthy illness.
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