Raymond D. Lavish, of Amherst passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 26, 1923 in Latrobe, PA. to John and Anna (nee Fedor) Lavish. He attended Lorain High School. Raymond enlisted with the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1947. While serving with the Army he worked with the wounded veterans aiding them with their physical rehabilitation. He was employed by Ohio...

Heaven's warm welcome greeted another angel's homecoming on Saturday, June 8, 2013 with the passing of Mary Joan "Cookie" (Donahue) Burns, 81, resident of Lorain, who died at home in the loving presence of her family under the care of New Life Hospice. She was born May 9, 1932 to Thomas Fred and Mary Catherine (Fein) Donahue in Akron, Ohio. A transplant to the Lorain area, Joan was raised in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, attending St. Joseph's...

Rita Pentito (nee Marter), 87, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, June 3, 2013 at Specialty Hospital of Lorain. She was born on December 11, 1925 in Linton, Indiana to the late Albert and Mary (nee Grounds) Marter. In 1943, Rita graduated from Linton-Stockton High School. Immediately following high school, she joined the Cadet Nurse Corps, a program that was supervised by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) to train...

Mary H. Spicer (nee Hammond), of Lorain, Ohio passed away Friday, May 31, 2013. She was born on April 21, 1944 in Sandusky, Ohio to William and Anna (nee Landoll) Hammond. She was raised in Huron, Ohio and was a graduate of Huron High School. She was active for many years with the Lorain Police Auxiliary. She then went on to work as security guard with Spitzer Marine before retiring. In 1996 she married Thomas Spicer and together they began a...

Gary F. Tabar, age 73, of Amherst, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 18, 1939 in Cleveland to the late Frank and Elizabeth (nee Nowicki). Growing up in Cleveland, he graduated from West Tech High School. He came to Lorain in the mid 1970's and resided there for 5 years before moving to Amherst. Gary owned and operated Commercial Auto Recycling in...

Robin L. Slone (nee Porter), age 55, of Lagrange passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Ames Family Hospice House in Westlake after a lengthy battle with Huntington's Disease. She was born on August 13, 1957 in Lakewood, Ohio to the late Richard and Audrey (nee Kryz) Porter and was a 1975 graduate of Elyria West High School. Robin was a homemaker and for many years she and her husband were very involved in Children's Ministry. She loved...

Joan Mary Chapla, age 90, of Parma, formerly of Lorain, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at her daughters residence under the care of Cleveland Clinic Hospice. She was born on February 12, 1923 in Lorain, Ohio to Cornelius and Mary (nee Kutting) O'Connor. She was a 1941 graduate of Lorain High School. Joan had the privilege of living all over the world being the wife of a career United States Air Force Service Member. While she was residing in...

Gino Marini, 73, died Thursday, May 16, 2013. Dear husband of Jackie (nee Rigo); Loving father of Angela (Ken) Tollis, Lisa, Gino, Jenny, and Julie (Matt) Novak; cherished grandfather of Jason, Julie, Anthony Kaszas, Erika Tollis, Vincent Tollis, Christian Novak and Brendan Novak, Briella Marini and Gino Marini. Beloved son of the late Luigi and Antonietta; dear brother of Maria (John) Ragone, Vincy (Ken) Judy, Michael (Claudia) and the late...

Robert J. Smaldino, age 75, of Avon Lake, formerly of Lorain passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Ames Family Hospice House surrounded by his family. Robert was born on March 9, 1938 in Buffalo, NY to Samuel and Dorothy (nee Niedziela) Smaldino. He graduated from Layfette High School in 1955. He enlisted in with the United States Army on October 30, 1955 and was honorably discharged on April 26, 1956. He was employed in production control...

Ralph Madison Bound Sr., age 77, a U.S. Marine veteran, of Amherst passed away Monday, May 13, 2013 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Western Reserve. Ralph was born on May 27, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio and was a resident of the greater Cleveland area until 1996 when he moved to Amherst. He was employed as a maintenance electrician for Ford Motor Company. He began at the BrookPark and Walton Hills Plant and in 1982 was...