Area deaths and funeral notices from Lorain region
Obituaries list Carl W. Rahn 95 of Lorain and Sheffield Lake with long electrical career and family survivors. Mary Ellen Murray 77 of Wellington dies in Chicago. Albert Patton 85 Lorain minister dies after brief illness with visitation and burial details. Harry Nicklin 86 former Lorain resident dies in Michigan with service and visitation info. Additional funeral home notices and corrections noted.
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Carl W. Rahn
Lorain
Sheffield Lake
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Cleveland
Mary Ellen Murray
Wellington
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago
Albert Patton
Lorain Community Hospital
Runtsville
Ala
Patton
Grace Gospel Hall
U.S. Steel Corporation
Cora
Brown Funeral Home
Broadway
Funeral Home
Elmwood Cemetery
Harry Nicklin
Lapeer General Hospital
Lapeer
Mich
Westbromwich
England
Nicklin
Bendix Corporation
Elyria
Church of the Redeemer
Esther
Elaine Hill
Michigan
Albert Bevan
Habitat trip to Mississippi aids Coahoma families
Pryor describes the Habitat for Humanity effort by Wittenberg and Miami Ohio volunteers aiding Coahoma Mississippi where 350 residents live in a Delta town with a $4 000 average family income. Homes cost 10 000 funded by flexible payments. students live in a converted school dormitory while building and learning in a segregated region.
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Habitat
Mississippi
Pryor
Coahoma
Appalachia
Mississippi Delta
Residents oppose rezoning in Columbia Township hearing
Columbia Township residents and the Lorain County Planning Commission oppose a proposed rezoning of 10674 West River Rd from residential to light industrial. Neighbors argue mixed use harms the area and says the Vujtechs knew of zoning before moving in. The proposal now goes to township trustees with a denial recommendation.
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County Commission
Columbia
Columbia Twp
Joseph and
Susan Vujtech
West River Rd
Columbia Zoning Commission
Vujtechs
Lorain County Planning Commission
Columbia- West River Road
Cleveland man with 10 drunk driving convictions arrested again
Casmir V. Janas, 44, of Cleveland, jailed after arrest on drunken driving charges and related offenses. Public defender Jim London says Janas has a "terrible" record and may seek a jury trial. bond set at 10000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Casmir V. Janas
Jim London
Jonas
Olmsted Falls bids farewell to longtime school treasurer
Olmsted Falls School District will retire Chloe Hart, treasurer for 17 years, with a April 20 retirement date. The Board of Education approved a resolution praising her 22 years as a district employee and her positive service to students and the community. Interviews for the treasurer post are set for May 7 and 9.
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Olmsted Falls
Chloe Hart
Board of Education
Hart
P. Joseph Madak
Let Jacobs Pay Sparks Cleveland Stadium Bond Talk
A public financing proposal would redirect revenues from teams to pay stadium bonds in Cleveland. Promoters say a 3.7 cent whiskey tax and small levies on beer wine and cigarettes could fund a downtown arena and a Cavaliers move from Richfield. Critics argue owners should cover costs and TV deals favor pay TV over public subsidies.
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Chema
Cavaliers
Richfield
Tower City Center
Baltimore
Jacobs
Indians
Municipal Stadium
House Advances Health Insurance Reforms and Care Coordination
The House passed bills aligning long term health insurance rules with recommended standards. One measure reduces pre existing condition denial and waiting periods from two years to six months for all ages. A second directs coordinated services for developmentally disabled children under three under one agency and adds assessment centers. A third requires auto body shops to disclose in writing if non mechanical parts are from the original car maker or another company.
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House
Falls to hold hearing on rezoning request
OLMSTED FALLS The City Planning Commission schedules a public hearing on May 1 to gather input on Richard Terlep’s request to rezone his lot at the southwest corner of Bagley and Lewis Roads. Terlep’s D-2 residential parcel 193 by 172 feet must be rezoned to a single family status to lease for a day care facility proposed by Carole Wrabel.
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Olmsted Falls
City Planning Commission
Imput
Richard Terlep
Bagley and
Lewis Roads
Terrep
Terlep
Carole Wrabel
Westlake Council denies Lance rezoning request
Westlake City Council voted 5 to 1 to deny John Lance’s plan to rezone four acres west of his Ford dealership at Center Ridge and Clague Road. The four-acre parcel would have housed a 300 car parking expansion, which Lance said could boost annual sales by about 25 percent or $15 million.
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Center Ridge Road
Lance
Chronicle-Telegram
Olmsted Falls School Transportation Costs Rise
Olmsted Falls School District projects a five percent rise in bus costs to 356,625 for the new school year, with past increases of five percent annually. Eliminating double running would add 173,912 yearly and could reach 304,000 by 1997. 2,518 students currently eligible, 75 percent use the service, rising to 2,808 by 1997.
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Olmsted Falls
Tim Atkinson
Board of Education
Atkinson
McDaniel Sues Festival Group Over 1988 Performance
Mel McDaniel testified in Oberlin Municipal Court in a suit against the Ripton Camden Settler’s Day Committee Inc seeking 7500 dollars plus 10 percent interest for a June 19 1988 show. Defendants include Judy Weile Betty Groot and Richard J Rivera the committee’s former entertainment chair. Rivera said funds were missing due to sponsor withdrawals and a poor crowd blamed on weather. The case filed February 5 asks up to 10000 dollars in punitive damages and attorney fees with a ruling expected April 17.
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McDaniel
Ripton/Camden
Settler's Day Committee Inc
Rivera
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Mary Jane Bloom
Virginia Manneill
Charles
Norwood
Mass
Edna
Randall Hase
First, Congregational Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Lorain County
Easter Seal Endowment Fund
Firelands Retirement Center
Schwartz, Spence & Boyer Home For
Fifth St
Norton Funeral Home
S. Main St
Wanda Riesz
Riesz
Ohio Wesleyan
Walter A. Frey
Erie Ave
Wittenberg
Gerry Hamilton
Miami
Ohio University
Manchester University
Indiana
Habitat Group
Dan and
Bonnie Pryor
Vermilion
Nicole
Jessica
Peace Corps
Jones
Jimmie
Annie FP
James
Ernest
Richard
Robert G
Ricky
Beverly Davis
Nancy Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Reeves Ave
Sullinger
Raymond H
Ridgeville
Mabel
Ternes
Robert
John Friends
Bogner Funeral Home
Center Ridge
North Ridgeville
St. Peter Catholic Church
St Mary Cemetery
American Airlines
Frank Fetcher
Akins Road
Hawk Road
Ohio Planning Commission
American Planning Commission
Linda Kramer
New York Yankee
Chicago White Sox
Dick Jacobs
Cleveland Indians
Greater
National Board of Insurance Commissioners
Falls
Lorain County Florists
Dicken Funeral Home
Apt
Middle Ave
Ohio
Westlake Council
Westlake — City Council
John Lance
Center Ridge and
Clague Road
O. Falls
C.T
Mel McDaniel
Oberlin
Martin Heberling
Third National Savings and Loan Association
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