Revered interim pastor Leifheit dies after long illness
The Rev Wilbur H Leifheit 68 of Racine Ohio and former interim pastor in Elyria died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic after a long illness. He served in the Navy and was an ordained minister for 25 years retiring as pastor of the First Church of God in Anderson Indiana. He is survived by his wife Julia a daughter Patty Ann Bush a son Wilbur H III four grandchildren one great grand and two brothers. Funeral services set for 10 am Wednesday at Bauer Laubenthal Wainwright Funeral Home Elyria with burial at Brookdale Cemetery.
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Wilbur H. Leifheit
Racine
Ohio
Elyria
Cleveland Clinic
Pomeroy
Leifheit
First Church of God
Anderson
Ind
Kaiser Aluminum
Ravenswood
W.va
Julia
Nee Bishop
Patty Ann Bush
Sullivan
Wilbur H. Jr
Port Saint Lucie
Fla
Frank
Mira Loma
Calif
Russell
Gallipolis
Victor
Lilien
Beatrice Leifheit
Edwin
Bauer- Laubenthal-Wainwright
Chestnut Ridge
Joe Griffith
Brookdale Cemetery
Two Local Nurses Aides Pass Away In Virginia And Ohio
Arvil L. Cunningham 68 of Vermilion died after a long illness at Fisher-Titus Medical Center Norwalk. He worked 30 years as a forklift driver at Ford Memphis and Lorain plants. Memorials to Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Phyllis J. Andrachik 62 of Fincastle Virginia formerly Elyria Lorain died at Bryant Center. She was a nurse aide at Golden Acres Home Amherst and survived by six grandchildren and several siblings.
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Arvil L. Cunningham
Vermilion
Fisher-Titus Medical Center
Norwalk
Huntington
Tenn
Memphis
Mr. Cunningham
Ford Automotive
Lorain
Phyllis J. Andrachik
James
Fincastle
Elyria
Bryant Center
Reedsville
Ohio
Andrachik
Golden Acres
Amherst
Bill Love Jr
Kimberly Patterson
Eagle Rock
Tracy Lynn Andrachik
Josephine Brown
Paris
Death Notices for BROWN Letha M Mildred L and Hemlinger Jessie
Letha M Brown 64 of Loram dies survived by Vernon Gary Paul two brothers Frends visiting hours 2 4 and 7 9 pm today Garland Mtsencik Funeral Home Amherst services 1 pm Tuesday burial Ridge Hall Memorial Park Amherst Township Mildred L 77 of Elynna obituary lists daughter Charlene Cox sons Richard Gary and a sister visiting hours 2 4 and 7 9 pm today Busch Curts Scheuffler Family Chapel Elyna services 10 am Tuesday burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park Amherst Jessie Hemlinger 71 Elyria survived by Eloise daughters Linda Janice and sons Joseph Jack John visiting hours 2 4 and 7 3 pm today Blackburn Funeral Home Grafton services 10 am Tuesday burial Resthaven Memory Garden Avon
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Brown Letha M
Loram
Vernon
Gary
Paul
Garland-Mtsencik
Park Ave
Amherst
Ridge Hall Memorial Park
Amherst Township
Mildred L
Elynna
Charlene Cox
Richard
Busch-Curts-Scheuffler Family
Second St
Elyna
Ridge Hill Memoral Park
Hemlinger
Jessie
Elyria
Eloise
Linda Chapman
Janice Burns
Joseph
Jack
John
Blackburn Funeral Home
Main St
Grafton
Resthaven Memory Garden
Avon
Joseph C. Zavala 72 Elyria obituary service details
Joseph C. Zavala 72 of Elyria died. Survived by step daughter Alice Ayala and one sister. Friends call 6 to 9 pm tonight at Bauer Laubenthal Wainwright Funeral Home Elyria. AA members conduct 4 memorial service 7:30 pm in the funeral home. Services 9 am Tuesday at the funeral home and 9:30 am Mass at St Mary Catholic Church Elyria. Burial in St Marys Cemetery Elyria.
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Zavala Joseph C
Elyria
Alice Ayala
Bauer Laubenthal-Wainwright
Chestnut Ridge Road
SL Rt
Aleoholics Anonymous
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Avon man Frankie Smitek 52 dies after surgery
Frank J. Frankie Smitek of Avon died Saturday at EMH Regional Medical Center Elyria from complications after surgery. Born in Elyria he lived in Avon most of his life and was a 1963 Avon High School graduate. He worked for J P Diederich Son Flowers and Green Circle Growers and was a parishioner at St Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Survivors include his parents and brother Michael T of North Ridgeville. Visitation 7 to 9 p m today at Misencik Funeral Home with a 9 30 a m gathering Tuesday. Mass at 10 a m at St Mary’s. Burial in St Mary Cemetery. Avon Booster Club c/o Avon High School.
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Frank J
Frankie” Smitek
Avon
Emh Regional Medical Center
Elyria
Mr. Smitek
Avon High School
J.P. Diederich & Son Flowers
North Ridgeville
Green Circle Growers Inc
Columbia Station
Smitek
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Stoney Ridge Road
Arthur Egan
St. Mary Cemetery
Avon Booster Club
Alice May Wells Former Sunday School Teacher
Alice May Wells 69 of Lorain died Friday after a short illness. Born in Montgomery Alabama she lived in Lorain 48 years. She worked at St. Joseph and Lorain Community hospitals and belonged to New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Eastern Star and NAACP. Survivors include husband Jesse Jr son Jerry three grandchildren a goddaughter and a friend. Services Tuesday at New Bethel Church burial Elmwood Cemetery.
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Alice May Wells
Nee Sims
Lorain
Montgomery
Ala
Wells
Jesse Jr
Jerry
Charlesetta Brown
Courtney Tucker
New Bethel Primitive Church
Sth Street
Reid Avenue
Cornelius Spraggins
Elmwood Cemetery
Death of Vietnam's longtime foreign minister Thach at 75
Nguyen Co Thach, Vietnam's urbane foreign minister for 11 years in the postwar era, has died at age 75 in Hanoi. He passed away Friday at a Hanoi hospital amid heart troubles. Funeral is set for Thursday. Thach, fluent in English and French, rose to prominence on Vietnam's Paris peace talks negotiating team that led to the 1973 U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
Nguyen Co Thach
Thach
Paris
U.S
South Vietnam
Police Briefs From North Ridgeville and Lorain Areas
A Cleveland woman was helicoptered to MetroHealth after an ATV fall in North Ridgeville Sunday around 4 p.m. Her condition was not updated. In Lorain, a dog killed two kittens and injured a third after entering a West Fourth Street home. the dog was taken to the dog warden, owner unknown. Also in Lorain, two soda bottle devices exploded near East 29th Street and three more were found. a syringe attack occurred at East 28th Street and Grove Avenue during a pay phone dispute, with no arrests made yet.
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North Ridgeville
MetroHealth
Lorain
West Fourth Street
East 29Th Street
East 28Th Street
Grove Avenue
LIVER From Bi star Also Can't Wait to Run Again
Lee Anne credits Mount Sinai Medical Center doctors Alexander Podlipsky Laurie Sadler and Roy Ferguson for fast placement on an organ transplant list. She battled constant fatigue from her disease and dreams of returning to college to become a counselor and to advocate for organ donation. Residents helped cover medical expenses and support her goals.
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Star
Lee Anne
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Cleveland
Alexander Podlipsky
Laurie Sadler
Roy Ferguson
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week Starts Sunday
LifeBane coordinates organ and tissue donations in Northeast Ohio and urges public participation. For information and involvement contact (800) 558-5433 as the awareness week kicks off on Sunday.
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LifeBane
Ohio
Public health campaign warns about alcoholism risks
The county rolls out six billboards and transit ads asking Alcoholism is A disease or All of the above. Officials urge personal choice yet warn alcoholism is progressive. Vansant notes intervention helps when the individual wants help, else change is unlikely.
Martha Marciniak 87 Dietician of Lorain Dies
Martha Marciniak 87 lifelong Lorain resident and former head dietician at St. Joseph Hospital died Friday at EMH Regional Medical Center Elyria after a month of illness. Survivors include son David and daughter Linda Dybo, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services at Devin Funeral Home then Mass at Church of St. Peter with burial at Calvary Cemetery. Endowment fund requested to Church of St. Peter.
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Martha Marciniak
Lesiecki
Lorain
Emh Regional Medical Center
Elyria
Marciniak
St. Joseph Hospital
David
Linda Dybo
Church of St. Peter Endowment Fund
Oberlin Ave
Community Improvement Corp meeting at Roth Mfg
The public is invited to the Community Improvement Corp meeting at noon Tuesday at Roth Manufacturing 81 E Washburn St. Lunch is $5 and Roth representatives will discuss plant expansion. Elyria seeks volunteers for Pride Day plantings along Middle Avenue on May 16.
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New London
Community Improvement Corp
Roth Manufacturing
E. Washburn St
Roth
Middle Avenue
Bob Daniels
Parks and Recreation Department
Daniels
Third Street
16Th Street
Wooster
Howe Streets
Terry Wacker
East Avenue
Protesters cleared as prosecutors fail to prove law violations
Bellecourt of Minneapolis heads the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media. Reyna of Cleveland chairs the Committee of 500 Years. Saturday release included Zizwe Tchiquuka, 42, of Cleveland, and Charlene Teters, 45, of Santa Fe, among roughly 50 demonstrators outside Jacobs Field who carried signs and chanted.
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Bellecourt
Minneapolis
National Coalition Against Racism
Reyna
Cleveland
Zizwe Tchiquka
Charlene Teters
Santa Fe
N.M
Dacobs Field
Otters Exhibit To Highlight State Population Trends
The exhibit will open with two otters bred in captivity and focus on the growing wild otter population across the state. North American river otters, once native to Ohio, disappeared by the mid 1800s as populations moved westward due to pollution trapping and habitat loss from farming and development, according to wildlife biologist Chris Dwyer.
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Chris Dwyer
Crane Creek
Oak Harbor
Local Bingo Outlets Hugely Costly to Run Says Operator
Randy McClain of Franklin and Columbus storefront bingo outlets says bingo is a high overhead business with large facilities facing astronomical rent and utilities. Some operators may not give any money at all, per the newspaper report.
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Randy McClain
Franklin
Columbus
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