All Obituaries

    Marilyn J. “Mickey” Hall (nee Mayer), 86, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday September 13, 2018 at her residence, following a long illness.  She was born on May 25, 1932 in Fostoria, Ohio and resided in North Olmsted for 44 years before moving to North Ridgeville 16 years ago.  She was a 1954 graduate of Ohio Northern University where she received her Bachelors of Science degree in Pharmacy.  She worked as a pharmacist and was retired from...

    Lucy W. Spradling (nee Weaver), 92, of North Olmsted, passed away unexpectedly at her residence on Tuesday September 11, 2018, one day before her 93rd birthday.  She was born September 12, 1925 in Center, North Dakota.  Mrs. Spradling had resided in North Olmsted for over 60 years.  She was a homemaker and was also retired from the former Zayre Department Store in North Olmsted where she worked as a sales clerk for many years.  Mrs. Spradling was a...

    Shirley J. Kutney (nee Wheeler), 70, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday September 6, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice in Lorain following a brief illness.  She was born January 24, 1948 in Cresson, Pennsylvania.  She earned her Associates Degree in Business from Bryant & Stratton College.  Shirley was employed as a supervisor at Quadax Medical Billing Services and retired in 2010.  After retiring, Shirley said that it was the best thing that she...

    Richard Hays Fogo, 84, passed away on Monday September 3, 2018 at his residence in Elyria.  He was born October 12, 1933 in Richland Center, Wisconsin.  Mr. Fogo was raised in the state of Washington, raised his family in Cleveland and was a resident of Ohio for many years.  He was a veteran and served in the US Navy from 1952 to 1956.  Mr. Fogo received his Bachelor’s degree from Woodbury College in California.  He worked as a tax examiner for...

Robin “Red” Fletcher, 61, of Lorain, passed away at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland on Sunday, September 2, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Robin was born March 17, 1957 in Cleveland and was a longtime resident of Lorain. He worked at Ford Motor Company as part of the assembly crew, at several of the area plants and retired after 30 years of dedicated service. Cars were his true passion, and when he wasn’t building them with Ford, he was building them himself. Robin...

Kenneth “Ken the Doorman” Johnson, 56, of North Ridgeville, passed away at home on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 following a short illness. Ken was born December 2, 1961 in Berea and was a lifelong resident of North Ridgeville. He was a graduate of North Ridgeville High School. Ken worked for Homenik Door Co. hanging garage doors. He enjoyed camping and spending time gambling in casinos. Ken was a diehard Browns fan and loved playing baseball when he was younger. Ken is survived by...

    George Massel Jr., 73, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday August 20, 2018 at O’Neill Healthcare in Bay Village.  He was born July 23, 1945 in Wilkes Barre, PA.  Mr. Massel had been a North Ridgeville resident for 45 years.  He was a veteran and served in the US Army as a military police officer from 1965-1967.  He formerly worked as a millwright at Republic Steel in Cleveland.  George was an avid Batman fan and collected Batman...

Robert “Pops” Smelcer Sr., 81, of North Ridgeville, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, August 16, 2018.  Robert was born in Newport, Tennessee on June 30, 1937.  He resided in North Ridgeville for the past 20 years.  Robert loved racing stock cars (#36), and spent many years racing all over northeast Ohio.  He was also a great mechanic and did all the engine work on his stock car.  Along with being mechanically gifted Robert could fix anything...

    Rev. Donald D. Wilson, 83, of Elyria, went home to be with his Lord on August 16, 2018 following a lengthy illness.  He was born April 24, 1935 in Jackson County, TN.  Mr. Wilson had resided in Ohio since 1952 with the exception of 18 years spent in eastern Kentucky.  He was a former business owner and he touched many lives throughout his life.  He loved the Lord and was an ordained minister.  His wonderful testimony of miracle healing of his heart at...

  Doris M. Barber (nee Bergamaschi), 85, joined her Lord in Heaven on August 13, 2018 at Ames Family Hospice House in Westlake.  She was born May 1, 1933 in Clairton, Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Barber was a long-time resident of Parma Heights.  She was a 1955 graduate of Slippery Rock State Teachers College in Pennsylvania and was a retired physical education teacher and athletic director for the Brecksville-Broadview Heights School System, where she worked for many...