Elyria Fire Chief Lyle Scott Paget of 10 years dies in Florida
Lyle C. Scott 72 former Elyria fire chief died Saturday in Fort Myers Florida after living in Elyria most of his life He was the city second full time fire chief serving ten years during which a new fire station was built equipment added and a fire prevention bureau established He also served as Elyria safety service director for 14 months retiring in 1977 He served in World War II as a radio operator in the 110th Anti Aircraft Squadron He was a member of Police and Fire Retirees of Ohio and the International Association of Fire Chiefs Survived by his wife Helen and a daughter two grandchildren and other relatives Funeral services were set for Thursday at Arlington Mortuary Riverside California
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Elyria
Ft. Myers
Fla
Elyria Fire Department
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Sepao Power
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110Th
Elyria High School
Elyria Lace Company
California
Rev
McManama
Oakview
Police and Fire Retirees of
Ohio
International Association of Fire Chiefs
King Solomon Masonic Lodge
Lorain residents, multiple obituaries and services listed
Charity L Wright 15 of Lorain died after a long illness in Cleveland. Survivors include father John H and mother Victoria Calhoun of Phoenix. Visitation at John R Devin Funeral Home with burial at Resthaven Private. Memorials to Alzheimer’s Association. Norma M Kelly 71 of Elyria died at Good Samaritan Nursing Home after a long illness. Survived by husband Ear L and daughter Colleen Gorby. services at Dicken Funeral Home with burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Evelyn J Stocking 80 of New London died at Firelands Nursing Center after a short illness. Married 54 years to Wilbur Eaton. services at Eastman Funeral Home with burial at Grove Street Cemetery. Ralph Lerber 78 of Lorain died at home. arrangements incomplete. James McKiel 40 of Lorain died at Cleveland Clinic. Arthur Bickford 82 of Columbia Station died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Donna B Gunter 73 of Lorain died at Amherst Hospital after a year-long illness. Survivors include daughter Janice C Eads and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services at Walter A Frey Funeral Home with further observances in Princeton, W.Va.
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Charity L. Wright
Lorain
Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center
Charity
Murray Ridge School
Elyria
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
John H
Victoria Calhoun
Phoenix
James
Brandon
North Ridgeville
John
Helen
Kathrine Canter
John R. Devin
Elyria Ave
Dickas Tate
Resthaven
Memory Gardens
Avon
Florida
Alzheimers Association
Tamiami Trail N
Naples
Fla
National Cremation Society
Fowler St
Ft. Myers
Norma M. Kelly
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Middle Ave
Dennis F. Fredrickson
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Amherst Township
Nova
Brighton High School
Wilbur “Dutch
Ross Eaton
New London
Howard
Dale Eaton
Wellington
Stocking
Floyd Eaton
Arthur Bickford
Columbia Station
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Blackburn Funeral Home
Main St
Grafton
Donna B. Gunter
Hubbard
Amherst Hospital
Camp Creek
W.va
Gunter
Janice C. Eads
Steve L
Lewis E. Hubbard
Arnold C. Hubbard
Wichita Falls
Texas
James G. Hubbard
Peterstown
Ray P. Hubbard
Princeton
Ezra S. Hubbard
Sheffield Lake
Beulah Brock
Ruth Witt
Athens
Lola Muse
Christiansburg
James D
James D. Jr
Walter A. Frey
Erie Ave
Roy D. Shamblin
Infant David Leighty Dies After Birth in Lorain
Infant David Eugene Leighty son of Andrea Kelly Solomon and Jeremy Stephen Leighty of Lorain died shortly after birth at St. Joseph Hospital. Survived by family including Samantha Leighty and grandparents Deborah Hana griff, David Solomon, Kathleen and Eugene Leighty, Dorothy Herbert, Veronica Cibroski, Alfred and Mary Ellen Leighty. Memorial service set for 7 pm Wednesday at Walter A. Frey Funeral Home Lorain.
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David Eugene Leighty
Andrea Kelly Solomon
Jeremy Stephen Leighty
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Samantha Leighty
Deborah M. Hanagriff
Avon
David C. Solomon
Kathleen A. Leighty
Eugene M. Leighty
Dorothy Herbert
Veronica Cibroski
Alfred
Mary Ellen Leighty
New London
Walter A. Frey
W. Erie Ave
Jimmy W. Madsen
Death Notices from Berea and Nearby Areas
Obituaries list several Berea Lorain and Elyria residents with family survivors. Howard A 70 wife Louise daughters Charlo Sharon son Gary sister, viewing today 24 7 9 pm Chambers Berea. Rath D 66 Lorain sister Willerd Unkuri viewing 12 30 1 pm Burmeister-Busch Avon Lake burial Ridge Hill Amherst. Eddie 76 Oberlin survivors wife Eva Maesons sons Ronald Terrance Eddie Ray Larry daughter Jacqueline McCoy viewing 7 9 pm today service 11 am Westwood Cemetery. Olive Doreen 6 Elyria survivors sons Edward Donald Leo daughters Elizabeth Ann sanvrah Doreen ann gigal viewing 2-4 today services 10-9 am St Peter Church North Ridgeville burial church cemetery.
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Howard A
Berea
Ohio
Louise
Rath D
Nlmbert
Eddie
Oberlin
Eva Maesons
Ronald J
Terrance G
Eddie M
Ray W
Larry J
Jacqueline Brooks
McCoy
Cowling Funeral Home
South Main SL
Westwood Cemetery
Benny Hill Dies at 67 in London Autopsy Cites Heart Attack
Comedian Benny Hill, whose TV show drew cult US followings and faced British criticism for sexism, died at 67 in a southwest London flat. An autopsy in Scotland Yard found a heart attack as the cause. neighbors had reported not seeing him recently. Hill rose to fame on British TV since 1955, later gaining global reach with Thames Television and syndication across more than 80 countries.
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Benny Hill
United States
Britain
Scotland Yard
Hill
Lorain to build Sports n Stuff recreation complex
Investors from Lorain County plan a 13 acre Sports n Stuff complex on Cooper Foster Park Road near Amherst Shopping Plaza. The project led by Ron Mantini includes nine batting stalls, an 18 hole miniature golf course with contours and fountains, a video arcade and snack bar. Open March to October with 30 to 50 part time staff.
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Lorain
Cooper-Foster Park Road
Amherst
Ron Mantini
Mantini
Lorain County
Leonard Homolya
Paul Flores
Ed McKean
John F. Gerek
City fire staffing drop sparks alert over response times
Firemen Schue warns cutting from 17 to 16 per shift strains coverage as calls need about 13 firefighters leaving the city short-handed if a second emergency hits. Horton notes cross-town drives delay aerial truck readiness. Council panels study staffing. city plans a new northwest side fire station at about 1.2 million dollars to improve Midway Mall area response.
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Schue
Horton
Shirley Guinta
Public Safety and Environment Committee
Larry Tanner
D-1
Midway Mall
Elyrian Arrested on Rape Charge in Elyria
An 18 year old says a 40 year old Elyria man Ricky R Brooks offered him a ride and raped him in his car in a deserted mobile home park area. Brooks was arrested at his home on a rape charge and arraigned in Municipal Court after the alleged assault occurred at Pikewood Manor and a Wren Circle mobile home.
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Elyria
Ricky R. Brooks
Wren Circle
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Brooks
Pikewood Manor
Speedway
Leona Drive
Wellington faces unpaid 1991 insurance claims amid asset freeze
About $20,000 in unpaid medical insurance claims from Wellington village employees date to 1991 as the plan assets are tied up in a California trust fund dispute. A federal judge froze Diversified Industrial Group of California assets pending class action probe. council to decide whether to join litigation or accept moral obligation.
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Wellington
California
Diversified Industrial Group of
Frank Ashbaugh
Sita
Council
Ashbaugh
Lorain councilman arrested after shooting at burglars
Councilman Ronald Pecora was arrested on two counts of felonious assault after firing a shot from a .38 revolver at burglars near Century Park in Lorain. He was 45 and released on $5,000 bond. No one was injured. Pecora, appointed January 1985 to fill a vacancy, faced questions as detectives review whether multiple shots were fired.
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Lorain
Ronald Pecora
Pecora
Century Park
Erie Ave
Craig Casteel
Elyria
Casteel
Erie Avenue
Edmond Skimin
Harbor
New crime-fighting unit arrests for illegal food stamp sale
Elyria reports the Neighborhood Impact Unit began operations by arresting Patricia Petty 25 and Earnest Davis 36 on charges of trafficking in food stamps. Davis jailed on 2500 bond, Petty released on summons. Both arraigned in Municipal Court on a fourth degree felony. Davis accused of distributing stamps in front of Frank's Market to obtain change for alcohol. Davis identified Petty as his common-law wife. Petty admitted stamps issued to her and gave Davis four $1 stamps for soda.
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Elyria
New Neighborhood
West Avenue
Patricia Petty
Earnest Davis
West Ave
Davis
Lorain County
Petty
Frank
15Th Street
Elyria man beaten and stabbed in alley attack
A 29-year-old man from Marseilles Avenue was beaten and stabbed by three men in a Depot Street alley at 2:45 a.m. He sustained a deep neck wound and multiple knife cuts to his arms and chest, was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital, and released.
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Marseilles Avenue
Depot
Joe Garbash
Marseilles
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Garbash
Washington and
Lake Avenues
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