Loretta A. Schobel, 78, Loved Spending Time with Family and Grandson

She was born in Lorain on January 19, 1938 and had been a life-long resident of the city. Loretta was a 1956-B graduate of Lorain High School.

A parishioner of St. Peter Parish, she had been employed in the shipping and receiving department of Invacare for twenty-seven years; Loretta retired in 2007. Previously, she had worked as a sales associate for several area variety stores including Uncle Bills, Zayre, and Ontario.

She liked reading and especially enjoyed both mystery novels and works of fiction. She was also a fan of the author James Patterson. Her favorite pastime, however, was spending time with her family and grandson.

Survivors include sons Darryl Oswalt of Lorain and Jerome Schobel (fiancée Betty Grant) of Brooklyn, daughter JoEllen Schobel of Lorain and grandson Matthew Baumbick of Alameda, California. Additional survivors include brothers Ron Bahn (Shirley) of New London, John Bahn (June) of Lorain, and sisters Diane Wilson of Elyria, Shelley Mihajlovich of Lorain, and Karen Bahn (Bob Brucker) also of Lorain and many nieces & nephews.

Loretta was preceded in death by her husband of fifty years Joseph in January of 2016, by her father Chris Speroff in 1973, by her mother Ella Bahn in 2012, and by her nephew Pete Nechovski in 1989.

Visitation will be Sunday from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. in the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Avenue, Lorain. Funeral services will be Monday beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. in St. Peter Parish, 3501 Oberlin Avenue with Reverend Craig Hovanec presiding. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Lorain.

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