Local area obituaries list Schmittgen and Zelnik trends
Elyria teenager Kimberly Ann Schmittgen 16 died Thursday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after months of illness. She was a senior at Elyria High School active in choir bands theater and French club. Survived by her parents brother and sisters, services set Sunday at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Alva W. Taylor officiating. Also listed are the death notices of Rev. Ronald Zelnik formerly Brother Thomas, with details of his Franciscan path and survivor list. Lorain and Oberlin obituaries follow with funeral arrangements and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly Ann Schmittgen
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria High School
Band
Orchestra
Thespians
First United Methodist Church
Church
Richard D. Schmittgen
Richard D. Jr
Richelle
Wittenberg University
Melissa
Edward W. Bembower
Lester L. Schmittgen
George Hoffman
DeLand
Fla
Dicken Funeral Home
Alva W. Taylor
Anna E. Fior
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Czechoslovakia
Fior’s
Lake Road
Vermilion
Jacob
St. Peter’s Church of
Shoreway
Lamplighters Club
Funeral Home
St. Peter's Church
Joseph C. Step
Calvary Cemetery
Florence Township youth dies in tractor accident
A 15 year old Florence Township youth died Thursday night when the farm tractor he drove overturned on him after attempting to cross Chappel Creek. The victim, Mark Schwinn of 10808 Main Road, was a Firelands High School sophomore and son of Roy and Terry Schwinn. The 13 year old passenger escaped unharmed. The Erie County Sheriff’s Department and coroner will investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Twp
Florence Township
Mark Schwinn
Main Road
Lorain Community Hospital
Firelands High School
Roy
Terry Schwinn
Erie County
N Olmsted store license suspended for seven days
An Ohio Department of Liquor Control order halted Open Pantry Food Mart at 26649 Brookpark Road from April 25 to May 2. Owner Bruce E. Baughman faced a license suspension after a Municipal Court conviction last fall for serving alcohol to a person under 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Olmsted
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Bruce E. Baughman
Open Pantry Food Mart
Brookperk
Ughman
Can Naw
World Peace March enters Oberlin for nuclear disarmament
The World Peace March, led by Nipponzan Myohoji monks and nuns, reaches Oberlin from Norwalk with about 25 members including Japanese monks and nuns, a Hopi and Sioux participant, and others from France, Costa Rica and Germany. The group began at Alcatraz on October 24 and aims for New York by mid June for UN events, with a June 12 rally planned at the UN Building. They stay in churches and schools along the route, and local groups arrange a June bus trip from Elyria to New York City for the 12th.
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Oberlin
Norwalk
Japan
Sweden
U.S
France
Costa Rica
Germany
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
New York City
United Nations
New York
Christ Episcopal Church
North Olmsted
North Olmsted Congregational Church
Lorain JVS cuts 22 staff to balance 1982 budget
Lorain County Joint Vocational School Board reduced 22 positions by non renewal of contracts to trim the 1982 budget. Cuts affect three vocational and three academic teachers, two guidance counselors, the nurse, three secretaries, two monitors, two custodians, three security staff and three administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jones
C-T
Oberlin
Lorain County Joint Vocational School Board
William R. Burton
Lorain County forms planning commission from RPC replacements
The Lorain County Commissioners named five men to the new Planning Commission effective immediately. Appointees are Richard Seward Elyria City Council president Gus Nunez Lorain attorney Robert Thomas Oberlin five county aging board chair Louis Rehoreg Sheffield Township trustee and Richard Hausrod former Avon Lake mayor. The RPC dissolved earlier due to funding issues tied to the county's funding share and the retirement of RPC executive director Richard McGinnis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
RPC
Richard McGinnis
LCPC to operate from Turner Block in Elyria with RPC staff
The Lorain County Planning Commission will lease second floor offices in the Turner Block Elyria from the city for one year at 500 dollars monthly starting in May. John Hall will be LCPC executive director with former RPC planners Thomas Ferenson Donald Twinning and Douglas Yeager joining. The LCPC budget is 80000 dollars plus 165800 dollars in assets from APC. Meanwhile engineer Lawrence McGlinchy will study Sheffield Township sewer improvements and report soon. In Lorain James Shekerko 19 was arrested on child endangerment after his 4 month old son suffered a fractured skull during an argument. he faces arraignment in Lorain Municipal Court. In Amherst Township special trustees meeting set for Saturday to accept the resignation of Trustee Norman Becker who must move overseas temporarily. Becker has served five terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RPC
Turner Block
Elyria
John Hall
McGinnis
LCPC
Thomas Ferenson
Donald Twinning
Douglas Yeager
Yeager
Oberlin College
APC
Lorain
James Shekerko
Leavitt Road
Apt
Lincoln Avenue
Shekerko
St.Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph
Amherst Township
Oberlin Rd
Norman D. Becker
Becker
Lucille Nagy
Gaillard Deliefield
Unopposed USW 6621 names Lorain city workers leaders
Lorain United Steelworkers Local 6621 announces new officers Sid Saltzbaugh president George Ondick vice president and John Gallo ten trustees for about 250 non uniformed city workers. Saltzbaugh is a former president from 1976 to 1979 Ondick the immediate past president. Contracts for non uniformed workers police and firefighters expire December 31. Bargaining talks stalled awaiting a move from the other side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
United Steelworkers
Sid Saltzbaugh
George Ondick
John Gallo
Saltzbaugh
Ondick
Elyria School Levy Campaign Sets April Meeting
Elyria residents are invited to an April 19 organizational meeting of the Citizens Committee for Quality Schools at 7:30 p.m. in the Elyria Board of Education Office to discuss the 6.6 mill replacement levy on the June 8 ballot and how the campaign will operate without new tax dollars.
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Elyria City
Citizen's Committee For Quality Schools
Elyria
Robert Reinker
Reward offered in Lorain slaying
A $2,500 reward is posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the slaying of Lorain steelworker Daniel Goslin. Goslin, 27, was shot in the back of the head around Dec 5 and found in the trunk of his car at Shoreway Shopping Center in Sheffield Lake on Jan 23. police are pursuing leads from calls after the award announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Lake
Lorain
Daniel Goslin
Goslin
Shoreway
Thomas Walther
Pease refuses tax break and plans higher education talk
U S Rep Don J Pease declines the new congressionaltax break while filing his return and co sponsors repeal legislation. He announces a May 22 seminar on Financial Aid for the 1980s at Lorain County Vocation School near Oberlin featuring Paul Simon Morris Osburn Robert Ziegler Mary Noonan James White and Stanley Pijor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Don J. Pease
Oberlin
Pease
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
Paul Simon
House
Morris Osburn
U.S. Education Department
Robert P. Ziegler
Ohio Student Loan Commission
Mary K. Noonan
Ohio Board of Regents
James W. White
Oberlin College
Stanley G
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EHS
Ronald Zelnik
Miami
Father Zelnik
Holy Trinity School
Lorain High School
Franciscan Order
Brother Thomas
St. Stephens Church
Milwaukee
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C
Sacred Heart Seminary
Rapid City
S.C
Our Lady of Victory
Kodaka
St. Williams Church
Midland
S.D
Jack
Elizabeth) Garrett
Port Worth
Tex
Charles
San Francisco
Valentine
Amherst
Dominic
Richard
Concord
Calif
Robert
Miami, Fla
Michael
Anna
Eleanor Natkus
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Holy Trinity Church
Harold Dimerling
Brookdale Cemetery
Lambert Childhood Cancer Research Fund
Cleveland Clinic
Euclid Ave
Cleveland
Adam Linz
Berta Linz
Allen Memorial Hospital
Cowling Funeral Home
Scared Heart Catholic Ch
Robert Bonnell
Westwood Cemetery
Jacob Fior
Linz
Berta
Adam
Rita Waltz
Hildegard Lerach
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Patrick Stasies
the Bogner
North Ne
St. Richard's Catholic Church
North Olmetead
Rand Piweral Ned Petude
Harvey C. Corts
Grace W. Schaniling
Pans
Hate
C.tads
N. Olmsted
Stephanie Hilf
Mobilization For Survival
Nichidatsu Fujii
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Imai
Takeo
Ellen Wilson
Spokane
Leo Goodman
Boston
Goodman
Wilson
Public Square
Case Western Reserve University
Senior Citizen Association of
Lorain County
U.N
Senior Citizens
JVS
Trades and Industry
Thomas Pruski
Special Services
Art Emde
Burton
Emde
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Rebecca Burkhardt
Lawrence McGlinchy
Sheffield Township
Loraiite
USW
Lorain City
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