Area Deaths Mark Lake Erie Perch State Record Claim
Charles J. Thomas 65 of Lorain died at home Monday morning after a two year illness. He reportedly set a state fishing record by catching a 2 pound 12 ounce Lake Erie perch two weeks earlier though not yet certified. A Coshocton native, WWII veteran, he retired in 1982 after working as a painter for Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority. He also held roles as security guard and self employed painter. He is survived by family and services are planned with Jenkins Funeral Chapel notices.
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Charles J. Thomas
Lorain
Lake Erie
Coshocton
Rhineland
Ardennes
Lorain Metropolitan
Burns Agency
Cottrell F. dies at 62 with extensive survivors in Ohio
Elyria and Lorain area obituaries list Cottrell Fayria age 62. Survived by a wife Margaret Cleir and children Mary Jo Thomas and John G. Thomas, plus siblings and in-laws. Visitation today and services Wednesday at local funeral homes with rosary, burial at Calvary Cemetery. Other notices include Nelson C. Brown and Ada Campbell deaths with survivors and memorial rites, and Donnabelle Schmidt obituary detailing nursing home ties and family.
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Cottrell
Elyria
Patricia
David
French Cottrell
Curtus Scheaffer
Flyria
Funeral
Burns
Dale
Fayria
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
The
Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades Union
Margaret Cleir
Mary Jo Thomas
John G. Thomas
Lorain
David W. Thomas
Paul L. Thomas
Ft. Meyers
Fla
William
Martha) Zoltai
Venice
Richard
Mary) Schmidt
Chat
James D. Sullivan longtime Ford supervisor dies at 73
James D. Sullivan of Lorain, formerly Ford Motor Co. supervisor of industrial relations, died at St. Joseph Hospital after seven months of illness. He was 73, born in Buffalo, retired in 1970 after 35 years with Ford, and served in the Navy during World War II. Survived by wife Katherine, services to be held at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, with Reichlin Cooley Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Ada Z. Campbell
Amherst
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lakeside
Campbell
Lorain
Eastern Star Day Chapter
Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Burt W
Air Force
Beavercreek
Ohio
Wayne
John J. Gluvna
Joseph R. Foster
St. Peter's
Donnabelle Schmidt
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain Convalescent
Church of the Redeemer
Eddie M
Elyria
Albert W
Louis
Betty) Fedor
Jack
Ruth) Snyder
Walter A. Frey
Albert Jennings
Elmwood Cemetery
James D. Sullivan
Ford Motor Co
Sullivan
Buffalo
Ford
Italy
Trinity Evangelical Church of
Katherine
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Reichlin- Cooley Funeral Home
Elyria Man's Death Ruled Death by Own Action
Linden police ruled the death of 35 year old Michael J. Meadows as a death by own action by hanging. The body was found in a Linden motel shower stall on April 16. Memorial services were held Sunday in Elyria.
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Linden
N.J
Elyria
Michael J. Meadows
Revenue hearing set in Amherst
Amherst mayor announces a hearing on use of federal revenue sharing funds at city hall Wednesday at 7 30 p m Citizens with ideas on spending more than 60000 are urged to attend and share opinions on allocation priorities
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Amherst
John Jaworski
City Hall
Joseph Zahoree
Kaba
Six Ohio men killed as plane crashes near Mount Airy church
Investigators at the scene in Mount Airy Georgia worked through the day after a plane crashed in dense fog, missing a church and a house. The aircraft, owned by Paul J Bleile Co of Norwalk Ohio, carried six employees and one pilot from Sandusky to a construction site in Towns County. All six aboard were from Ohio.
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Mountairy
Ohio
Chuck Fouts
National Transportation Safety Board
Georgia
Mount Airy
Federal Aviation Administration
Oklahoma
Sandusky
Paul J
Zoellner
Huron
Charles R. Poths
Monroeville
Allan D. Myers
Norwalk
Michael T. Gunn
Duane L. Berry
Richard L. Rang
Bleile
Towns
State Department of Transportation
Habersham
Bill Pitts
Jack Barker
FAA
Atlanta
Habersham County
Baldwin
Kenneth G. Phillips
Phillips
Ryan to Appear on Mansfield Radio Tonight
Democratic congressional candidate John Michael Ryan of Lorain will be a guest on WMAN 1400 AM talk show tonight at 9 05. He seeks the 13th District seat currently held by Don J Pease Democrat of Oberlin.
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Mansfield
John Michael Ryan
Lorain
WMAN
Ryan
Don J. Pease
D-Obertin
Datebook church events and veterans auxiliary meeting
Datebook lists United Methodist Church gathering at 7 30 p m with trustees and New London Broome Wood Post 292 Auxiliary meeting at 8 p m, hosted by the American Legion.
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United Methodist Church
New London
Broome Wood
American Legion
Wednesday events in LaGrange and nearby communities
Readable local notices list Wednesday gatherings across LaGrange with senior citizens at Town Ship Hall and Penfield United Church Women at the church at 10 a m Zoning and Appeals Board meets at 8 p m in Society Hall LeRoy Chapter 62 CES convenes at 8 p m at the Masonic Temple in LeRoy
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Town Ship Hall
Tureen
Penfield
United Church Women
Church, Zoning & Appeals Board
Society Hall
New London
LeRoy
Ces
Masonic Temple
Amherst opposes limiting cable franchise powers
Amherst City Council approved a resolution opposing House Bill 4103 that would curb local control of cable system franchising. Mayor Jaworski said Group W Cable TV requested rate increases, effective June 1, and urged negotiation with the council while residents complain of service and contract compliance.
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Amherst
Congress
John Jaworski
Group W Cable TV
Group W
Jaworski
Council
Hearings Set for Three Murder Suspects in Elyria
Pretrial hearings are scheduled for Oliver Ortega and John Szakal, charged with approved murder in the April 11 death of David Campbell, at 2 p.m. Monday before Judge Floyd D. Harris. Ronald Post faces an 8:30 a.m. April 30 hearing before Judge Joseph F. Cirigliano for aggravated robbery and aggravated murder in Helen Wantz’s December death. All three were arraigned today and held on $250,000 bail.
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Elyria
Common Pleas Court
Floyd D. Harris
Oliver Ortega
John Szakal
David Campbell
Ronald Post
Helen Wantz
Joseph F. Cirigliano
Post 18
Columbia starts energy program in state aid shift
Columbia Gas of Ohio should quit subsidizing poor utility customers and hand that duty to government, its chairman Marvin E. White said during a Monday announcement of a joint energy purchase program. The plan aims to help low income residents pay energy bills by Columbia buying low-cost natural gas from a non-profit energy company formed by Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
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Columbus
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Marvin E. White
Columbia
Joseph P. Kennedy
Marines bound over in Calif attack case
Two Lorain County Marines, Darren E. Arnold and Robert J. Esterly, were bound over to Superior Court in San Diego on robbery charges tied to attacks on illegal Mexican immigrants near Camp Pendleton. Lance Cpl. Stephen D. Gardner faces related armed robbery charges in Fallbrook. Arraignment for Arnold and Esterly must be set by April 26.
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San Diego
Calif
Lorain County
Superior Court
Pfe
Darren E. Arnold
Boulder Drive
North Ridgeville
Robert J. Esterly
Huntington Circle
Elyria
Camp Pendleton
Lance
Stephen D. Gardner
Fallbrook
San Diego County
Lorain Board Approves NAACP Contract Decree
The Lorain Board of Education approved a contract with the NAACP after status hearings in Akron. Superintendent John Paine said the decree awaits approval from the State Board of Education and a fairness hearing, likely in Akron or Cleveland, where the public can file complaints before Judge David Dowd issues the final decree.
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Lorain
Lorain Board of Education
NAACP
Akron
John Paine
Paine
State Board of Education
Cleveland
David Dowd
Lorain sailboat rental proposal stalls in council
Lorain parks committee delayed Mark Ivancic's plan to lease land east of Lakeview Beach for a two boat sail rental. City lawyers seek lease terms bids and liability insurance of two million dollars, higher than Ivancic's proposed five hundred thousand. Ivancic hopes to launch by Memorial Day but acknowledges delays may quash the project.
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Julie Thornton
C-T
Lorain
Lakeview Beach
Lorain City
Koury
Ivancic
Sacs Northern Sails Inc
Lorain weighs shifting accounting duties from Development
Lorain Mayor and Service Director discuss moving Community Development accounting to the Auditor's office to reduce costs and provide checks and balances. Officials stress uncertainty over staffing, impact on Prudoff and department workload, and will study practices in other cities before deciding.
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Lorain
Richard Koba
Koba
Auditor
Sanford Prudoff
Kenneth Koscho
Prudoff
Koscha
Gallery of Honor opens by Lorain County History Society
The Lorain County Historical Society establishes a Gallery of Honor to recognize notable locals living or dead who advanced the county and its surroundings. Six nomination categories cover agriculture, business, education, arts, science, and community service with a $100 non refundable fee per nomination. First honorees to be announced at a fall banquet. inquiries directed to the Hickories Museum.
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Elyria
The
Lorain County
R. H. Perry
Historical Society
Hickories Museum
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