Deaths and funeral notices from Elyria area
A run of obituaries lists Blanche Wollensiegel of LaGrange and others from Elyria and Oberlin area. Included are Ralph Wollensiegel, Edna Gartman, Harold Biersbach, Richard Rushton, William Barnett, Vincent Surman, Florence Rugg, Nick Pirnack, and related survivors, services, and burial plans across Wakeman, Lorain, Wellington, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Wollenslegel
Richard J. Rushton
William E. Barnett
Vincent H. Surman Sr
In Memoriam Kenneth H omer and Frank E Smith
In loving memory of Kenneth H omer who died April 19.1g and of Frank E Smith who passed away April 19 1954. The verses promise eternal light and resting souls while loved ones recall smiling faces and enduring scars in their hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Homer
Frank E Smith
Lorain Lawyer J C Frederick Dies At 71
Joseph C. Frederick 71 a Lorain attorney of 43 years died at St Joseph Hospital Lorain likely from a heart attack at his home He was born in Hungary lived in Lorain 66 years and practiced after earning degrees from John Marshall Law School He held church and bar affiliations and was a former president of the South Lorain Businessmen Association Survived by three daughters eight grandchildren and a sister Funeral arrangements by Bodrash Funeral Home with services at First Presbyterian Church Lorain Elmwood burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Frederick
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
East 31St St
Frederick
Pearl Ave
Hungary
U. S. Army
Cleveland
John Marshall Law School
First Presbyterian Church of
American
Ohio State
Lorain County
Nisi Prius
American Legion Post 30
Hungarian Citizens Club
South
Louise) van Cleve Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
Donald
Margaret) Bowditch
Bay Village
Gary
Carol) Hopper
San Diego
Waylonde
Yolan) Gregory
Bound Brook
N.J
Bodrash
Donald H. Lammers
Elmwood Cemetery
Roy C. Meyer
South Durkee Rd
Grafton
Lodi
Meyer
Hart Construction Co
Elyria
Sallie
Clarence
Raymond
Walter
Marjorie Byczynski
Marian Frankel
Russell D. Fulton
Lisa Ann Fonseca
Hector Fonseca
Apple Ave
Pauline Hernandez
Juan Fonseca
Puerto Rico
Calvary Cemetery
John R. Devin
Elyrian man found dead in Oxford Avenue home
A 54 year old Elyria man Amos Charles Squire of 332 Oxford Ave was found dead in his upstairs bedroom about 6 45 a m yesterday police reported The Lorain County coroner will rule on cause of death Police indicate he apparently overdosed on sleeping pills his wife Dorothy found a note beside the body stating he had taken 26 sleeping capsules He had been treated for six years after a stroke He was born July 11 1916 in Brighton a retired tool grinder He belonged to Masonic Lodge No 287 of Toledo Surviving are his wife a daughter Helen at home his mother Mrs Florence Bowman A brother Robert preceded him in death Funeral services and burial are planned in Wellington Brighton Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Oxford Avenue
Amos Charles Squire
Oxford Ave
Lorain County
Squire
Dorothy
Brighton
Masonic Lodge No. 287
Toledo
Helen
Florence Bowman
Wellington
Robert
Norton Funeral Home
J.W. Mellick
Brighton Cemetery
Sheffield councilman James H. Garber dies at 49
James H. Garber, 49, longtime Sheffield Village councilman, died after a long illness at St. Joseph Hospital Lorain. A WWII veteran and former Sheffield Police officer, he worked at Lorain-Cuyahoga Works U S Steel and belonged to VFW Fraternal Order of Police and the Assn of Ohio. Survived by Agnes daughter Karen and two sons James and Robert, with parents Harry and. services at Reichlin Cooley Funeral Home in Lorain with prayers at St Teresa Church Sheffield and interment Rest Haven Memory Gardens Avon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Garber
Sheffield
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
French Creek Rd
Crossings to close on Olive Street and Abbe Road
The Penn Central crossing at Olive Street South of Cleveland Street will be closed tomorrow for repairs, and the Abbe Road crossing will close Wednesday. Safety Director James Tracey urged motorists to plan alternate routes as both closures should last one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn-Central Railroad
Olive Street
Cleveland Street
Elyria Safety Service
James Tracey
Abbe Road
Tracey
Safety Service
Births in Elyria area announce new additions
A scan of notices lists newborns at Elyria Memorial and local homes. Names include Hall, Loftus, Knapp, Shreffler, Jaram, Sperry, Fitzpatrick, Williams, Lyle, Medina, Warner, KNAPP, Dorsey, Solomon with addresses across Lorain and N Ridgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hall
Wellington Arms Apts
Wellington
Jack Loftus
Valley Blvd
Kenneth Knapp
Edison Court
John Shreffler
Erie St
Lorain
Daniel Jaram
42Nd St
Thomas Sperry
41St St
Edward Lyle
Jaycox Ra
N. Ridgeville
Julio Medina
Eastlawn St
Leslie Warner
Dewey Ave
Dorsey Knapp
Oakwood Dr
Joseph Solomon
Avon Belden Rd
Elyria Lions Club Charities and Activities Update
The Elyria Lions Club reports progress on area charity efforts including the Noon Lions activation in Elyria and support for the Area Eye Bank which has completed another eye transplant at the hospital. They invite attendance at flea markets and the Ladies Food Booth and note a $50 purchase of career books for the Elyria Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Area
Elyria Library
Don Sager
Jack J. Litthau
Elyria Lions
Lorain AGOCchoir concert at St Mary Church tonight
The Lorain County Chapter of the American Guild of Organists sponsors a public choir concert at St. Mary Church 320 Middle Ave tonight at 8 p.m. The program features selections by several area vocal groups gathered for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
The
American Guild of Organists
St. Mary Church
Middle Ave
Party raid nets five juveniles and three adults
State liquor agents and Elyria police arrested five juveniles and three adults after discovering a party on Adams Street where minors were served alcohol. David W. Sadler faced charges of furnishing intoxicating liquor to minors. Martha Wyatt was charged with a disorderly house. John J. Krueck, a minor, was charged with consuming intoxicating beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Adams Street
David W. Sadler
Beebe Ave
Martha Wyatt
Adams St
John J. Krueck
Fairmount St
Krueck
Kenneth A. Krueck
Lorain County
Sadier
Sadler
Flyria
Oil spill fines Russian freighter captain in Vancouver Harbor
A Russian freighter captain was fined 1000 dollars in provincial court for spilling three tons of oil into Vancouver Harbor. A federal marine officer said the vessel was pumping oil between tanks and the spill happened when crewmen failed to note the receiving tank was full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vancouver
B.C
UPI
Vancouver Harbor
Federal
Chambers of Commerce Week Observed in Elyria
Mayor Reichlin proclaimed this week as Chamber of Commerce Week urging citizens to learn about the Elyria Area Chamber of Commerce and its goals. Lorain County chambers will meet at Lorain Country Club to foster communication and cooperation among Elyria Lorain Amherst Vermilion Wellington and Avon chambers with quarterly gatherings anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Leonard P. Reichlin
Chamber of Commerce Week
Elyria
Reichlin
Elyria Area
U.S
National Management Society of Chamber Executives
American Chamber of Commerce Executives
Chambers of Commerce of
Lorain County
Lorain Country Club
Con
Lorain
Amherst
Vermilion
Wellington
Avon
Indianapolis Symphony Delight Fills Elyria Concert
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra wowed a near full Elyria High School auditorium last night after four performances in two days. Audiences applauded during intermission and before the show, with an art display arranged by the Community Concert Association enhancing the musical evening. The program included Strauss waltzes, Hindemith, and Dvorak symphonies, and the encore was Dvorak Carnival. This was the association’s fourth and final concert of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Elyria High School
Dvorak
Cuyahoga Falls
der Rosenkavalier
Hindemith
Mathis der Maler
Dvorak's
Community Concert Association
Association
Farm youth group cleans Grafton roadsides today
The Fighting Farmers youth group of Lorain County Farm Bureau led a four hour cleanup at Belden Fire Station with 50 youths collecting twelve loads of litter including many beer bottles. Scrap metal and junked car debris were also hauled away, as volunteers covered all county and township roads in Grafton Township. No definite plans for further cleanups were announced, though help will be offered if another cleanup is held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Fighting Farmers
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Judith Gross
Mennell Rd
Belden
California
Miss Gross
Elyria Council expected to push redistrict plan tonight
The Republican led Elyria City Council plans to push through its redistricting plan at tonight's session, though a veto promise from an official looms. Debates from the first reading last week may be replayed as Democrats say the deadline has passed and action rests with the safety service director. The dispute centers on a January 1, 1972 deadline for redistricting. In Lorain, a patrol car chase ended with an estimated 400 dollar damage after a high speed pursuit of Rafael Hernandez who faced multiple traffic charges. Hernandez was apprehended after a bystander chased the fleeing suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Lorain
South Lorain
Gerald J. Cullen
Rafael Hernandez
Kneirim Dr
Hernandez
36Th Street
Canton Avenue
Cityview
Cullen
Grass fire in vacant field southwest of Larkmont Drive
A 30 by 50 foot grass area in a vacant field southwest of Larkmont Drive burned from an undetermined origin with no property damage. Later, a car owned by George J. Panchisen at 4105 Prairie St Marblehead Ohio burned entirely after a short circuit under the hood sparked a fire at the Rt 2 cloverleaf on Rt 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkmont Drive
George J. Panchisen
Prairie St
Marblehead
Ohio
Burglars Hit Two Homes in Columbia Station and Sheffield
Lorain County sheriff deputies report thefts from two Columbia Station homes and a Sheffield Township residence late last week and over the weekend. Ronald J. James found a $60 watch and cuff link set a $100 portable TV a borrowed portable stereo phonograph and four bottles of liquor missing after returning home at about 8 p.m. Doors were unlocked and bedroom drawers rifled. Tools valued at $500 were stolen from the garage of John C. Wright at 2492 Cooley Road. A doorless shed at Zebra Moor, 12927 North Station Road, was entered Thursday with a $128 mini-bike taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Sheriff's Deputies
Columbia Station
Sheffield Township
Ronald J. James
Woodward Ave
John C. Wright
Cooley Rd
Zebra Moor
North Station Rd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blanche M. Wollenslegel
N. Center St
LaGrange
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Fireside
Wakeman
Stuart Stephens
LaGrange United
Harold E. Biersbach
Harold Emmerson Biersbach
Telegraph Rd
Amherst Township
Cleveland Clinic
Mr. Biersbach
Lorain - Cuyahoga
U.S. Steel Corp
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Ava M
Minneys
Emerson J
Lansing
Mich
Peter
Joseph
Vincent
Anthony
William
David Raines
Frank
Eugene Tuttle
Defiance
Sudro - Curtis
Mrs. Gartman
Bertham E. Gartman
Harwood St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gartman's
Court Street
First Congregational Church
Richard
James Parsons
William Parsons
Painesville
Richard Parsons
Aletha Smith
Madison
Wainwright Funeral
Thomas Curtis
Wakeman Cemetery
First Congregational Church Memorial Fund
30Th
Bingland
Rushton
American Ship Building Co
City of
Sign Department
St. Peter Church
Ethel Rosso
Timothy
Reidy-Scanlan
Joseph Step
Person County
N.C
Barnett
Lorain - Cuyahoga Works
U. S. Steel Corp
Second Baptist Church
Lois
Stanley
Maurice
Valerie
Thomas
Haly
Brown's
David Banks
Vincent H. Surman
Usher Rd
Olmsted Township
Surman
Westview Lumber Co
St. Mary of the Falls Church
Florence Keller
Eloy
Pauline
Baker Funeral
Berea
Holy Cross Cemetery
Robert Rugg
Florence B. Rugg
Herrick Ave
East Wellington
Rugg
First Baptist Church
Charles Rugg
Atlanta
Marie Smith
Frank Clegg
Virgil Clegg
Ind
Huntington Cemetery
Curtis E. Truman
Nick A. Pirnack
Nick A
Slim) Pirnack
East 33Rd St
Avon Qaks
Russia
Canada
Pirnack
Lorain-Cuyahoga
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church
Katherine
Edward
Helen) Drozdowski
David
Wilton
Conn
Steve
Emil Dovala
Funeral
St. John the Baptist Church
Leo Tymkin
Memoriam
Sudro-Curtis
Harvey C. Curtis
Ernest W. Scheuftler
J. C. Frederick
Elyrian
Elyria Memorial
Nelson Fitzpatrick
Bank St
Wiliam Williams
Canterbury Rd
James Cherwen
Livingston Ave
Russ Davies
Noon Lions Club
International Association
Fred
Texas
Chamber
Milan A. Bendik
R. Jay Fitch
Archie H. West
Chauncey B. Smythe
Hart Bell
Chambers of Commerce
Harold S. Babel
Willard H. Brenneman
George W. Brian
Paul J. Hardy
Richard J. Elliott
Indianapolis
Nnbs Youth Council
Chase
32Nd Street
Dallas Avenue
Harriet Street
Clifton Avenue
Paul Dye
Colorado Ave
Dye
Raph
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