Nursing home owner Henry Wiggins dies at 74
Henry Edward Wiggins 74 owner of Wiggins Nursing Home Oberlin died in Allen Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He lived at 93 Groveland St Oberlin for 40 years and owned the rest home for 27 years. Survived by wife Gladys daughter Ann Northcutt three grandchildren and three sisters. Visitation at Cowling Funeral Home Oberlin tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Service Wednesday afternoon at Rust United Methodist Church with Rev. Shepherd Harkness. Burial in Westwood Cemetery.
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Henry Edward Wiggins
Wiggins
Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital
Groveland St
Seneca
S.C
Rust United Methodist Church
Gladys
Ann Northcutt
Nannie Wilson
Mary Green
Philadelphia
Addie Poole
Baltimore
Cowling Funeral Home
Rust Methodist Church
Shepherd Harkness
Westwood Cemetery
Oliver A. Mowery
Anchor Lodge
Lorain
Lake Terminal
Mr. Mowery
St. John United Church of Christ
Odd Fellows Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Donell J
Charlotte Harbor
Fla
Della M. Ernest
Elyria
Ernest
Gibson County
Ind
Lakewood
Harold Dicken
John R. Lennon
Evergreen Cemetery
Weslake
Mrs Mildred Hyatt Dies Noted Choir Director
Funeral notices for several Lorain area residents include Mrs Mildred Hyatt 81 longtime church and youth worker and choir director at St Pauls United Methodist Church in Pittsburgh and later South Amherst active in Girl Scouts PTA and church groups. Also listed are Leona Holden 87 former Weitz Sewing Co. employee and community volunteer who died at St Joseph Hospital with services planned at Schwartz Spence and Boyer Funeral Home Lorain. Edward Burr 56 Ford retiree and WWII Navy veteran died at Elyria Memorial Hospital with burial at Brookdale Cemetery. Mary Nagy 73 born in Hungary died at St Joseph Hospital after heart attack with services at Emil Dovala Funeral Home and St Ladislaus Church.
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E. M
Mildred L.) Hyatt
Charles St
South Amherst
Lorain Community Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Hyatt
Leona H. Holden
Lexington Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Grafton
Holden
Weitz Sewing Co
Faith United Methodist Church
Dames of Malta
Daughters of American Veterans and
Golden Agers
Rennie
Schwartz, Spence and Boyer
Elmwood Cemetery
Edward C. Burr
Eastern Heights Blvd
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Burr
Emleee
Ford Motor Co
Rook Park
Elyria
Church of the Open Door
Pauline L
Harvitt
Sherry Ferguson
Mary Nagy
Grove Ave
Nagy
Hungary
St. Ladislaus Church
The
Blessed Virgin Mary Society
Joseph
Yolanda) Piros
Louis
Bernadette) Piros
Steve
Alex
Czechoslovakia
Emil Dovala
Funeral Home
Calvary Cemetery
Obituary notices from Lorain and surrounding areas
Obituaries record the deaths of Oliver A. Mowery 89 Lorain, Minnie J. Millsaps 58 Grafton, and Della M. Ernest 82 Elyria Home resident, with service details. Charles W. Cravens 67 Brecksville, retired Republic Steel executive, funeral arrangements announced. Surviving family ties, church memberships, and burial plans are listed.
Avon and Avon Lake phone service restored after cable damage
Lorain Telephone Co. restored service to Avon and Avon Lake subscribers after a damaged cable under Route 2 failed due to a lightning strike weeks earlier. About 9 p.m. Friday service was lost and returned around 2:30 a.m. yesterday as crews repaired the line and a new table was installed.
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Carrion
Obituary notice for Percy Benjamin J. of Lorain
Percy Benjamin J., 35, of 3346 Lowell Ave Lorain, survived by wife Martha, daughters Annie Howard Betty Rosemore, sons Benjamin Robert Jimmie, adopted daughter Hannah Miller, four sisters and two brothers. Rites at Carter's Lorain Funeral Home Tuesday 7 pm and Wednesday 3 to 4 and 7 pm. Services Thursday 1 pm at Friendstop Baptist Church. Burial Elmwood Cemetery.
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Benjamin J
Lowell Ave
Lorain
Martha
Annie Howard
Betty Rosemore
Benjamin
Robert
Jimmie
Hannah Miller
Carter's Lorain Funeral Home
Priendstop Baptist Church
Prain
Elmwood
In Memoriam For Kim Felton And Others
In loving memory messages for Kim Felton Bonnie Hales Sweeney Alfred Watt Ann Duchoslav and family note their losses. They honor loved ones with dates August 1973 and August 1 8. Relatives express sorrow and enduring memories from aunts uncles grandparents children and spouses.
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Kim Felton
Judy
John
Michele
Jona
Bonnie Hales Sweeney
Reaper
Grandma Youngless
Burglar Escapes Victim's Nighttime Attack
Ella Davis awoke at 4 a.m. to find a man in her upstairs bedroom. She fought him with punches and her purse, causing him to flee without taking anything. Police say he entered by cutting a screen and opening a window.
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Ella Davis
E. 30Th St
Death ruled accidental for Cordell Blaylock
Cordell G. Blaylock, 36969 Sugar Ridge Road North Ridgeville, died Friday evening after choking on food. Deputy Lorain County Coroner Dr. Richard Buchanan ruled the death accidental, noting acute asphyxia from oxygen deprivation. He was found on the kitchen floor by the North Ridgeville rescue squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordell G. Blaylock
Sugar Ridge Rd
North Ridgeville
Lorain County
Richard Buchanan
Blaylock
Buchanan
Separate juries set for Avon slaying suspects
Two Cleveland men Wiley Bridgeman 20 and Ricky Jackson 18 face separate trials in the May 19 murder of Avon money order salesman Harry Franks 58. Bridgeman and Jackson charged with aggravated murder aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated murder. Franks shot after collecting receipts at Fairhill Road store. clerk Anna Robinson wounded but survived. Ronnie Bridgeman 17 faces adult charges in the same case with pretrial set tomorrow. defense presents its case in the Bridgeman Jackson trials.
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Cleveland
Avon Money Order
Harry J. Franks
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Wiley Bridgeman
Ricky Jackson
Franks
Keller
Bridgeman
Jackson
USN Co., Inc
Pair cited in 1 car 2 accidents
Sullivan A Grafton man and a Cleveland man were cited after involvement in two separate traffic accidents with the same car. Judy A Puskocil 21 of Ashland injured when rear ended on Route 58 near Sullivan by J P Major 18 of Cleveland. Major cited for his skip. Passenger Thomas Daly 18 of Grafton drove Major's car in the second crash on Route 89 near Five Points Road. Daly cited for speeding. Both men left scene and were later apprehended. no hospitalizations.
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Sullivan
Grafton
Cleveland
Judy A. Puskocil
Ashland
J.P. Major
Ashland Post
The
Highway Patrol
Daly
Majors
Two Elyrians Escape Abduction and Robbery Attempt
William Redinger and Rexford Phillips, both 23, were in Phillips car when a man with a .38 revolver approached and demanded cash. Redinger fled after a shot was fired. Phillips was forced to drive and nearly abducted before escaping. Police recovered the car. no arrests made.
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Elyria
William L. Redinger
High St
Rexford Phillips
Sixth St
Phillips
Woodford Avenue
Redinger
Irondale Street
Two youths escape injuries in Ohio crashes
Ohio State Highway Patrol reported two separate crashes injuring none. Martin Reasar, 18, of LaGrange, hit a moving train on Whitehead Road near Whit ney Road at 3 10 a.m. and escaped uninjured. Michael Allen, 19, of Grafton, passed out at the wheel and rolled over on Rt. 57 near Carlisle Township at 3 40 p.m. but suffered only minor injuries.
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Ohio
Martin Reasar
Church St
LaGrange
Whitehead Road
Penn Central Railroad
Whitney Road
LaGrange Township
Michael Allen
Grafton Rd
Grafton
Carlisle Township
Cyclist Dies After Motorcycle Collision in Shefield Village
Michael E. Leuszler, 28, of 820 Rosewood Dr Apt 106A, died Friday from brain and other injuries after his motorcycle collided with a pickup at the Detroit and Abbe roads intersection in Shefield Village. Deputy coroner and police say he apparently ran a red light as the motorcycle south on Abbe struck the pickup turning onto Detroit Road. A stray line about birds is noted but unrelated.
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Michael E. Leuszler
Detroit and
Abbe Roads
Sheffield Village
Lorain County
Richard Buchanan
Leuszler
Abbe Road
Detroit Road Rt
Lorain man burned after self harm attempt and blaze
James Eldridge, 36, of 446 Delaware Ave, was seriously burned when a gas stove incident led to an explosion and fire at a two story building. Firemen contained the blaze to Eldridge’s second floor apartment. damage was about 1000 to contents and 1500 to the building. investigators termed the fire suspicious. Eldridge was hospitalized in serious condition at St. Dees Hospital.
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Lorain
Delaware Avenue
James Eldridge
Delaware Ave
St. Dees Hospital
Lee
Eldridge
West Skde Lumber
Lowell St
Dale Palla
Eastern Heights Blvd
Robert L. Thompson
E. Lorain St
Oberlin
Fuller Rd
Dante Parsons
East Ave
Man injured in robbery in Lorain
A 65 year old man, John Ward, was pushed to the ground on E 28th Street at 1 a.m. by a robber who grabbed his wallet, took six cents and his credit cards. Ward was treated for a scalp cut and scraped elbows at St Joseph Hospital and released.
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Lorain
John Ward
E., 29Th St
E. 28Th Street
Ward
St. Joseph Hospital
Police arrest man for keys left in car and title omission
At 1 a.m. Michael Owens, 22, of 1213 Bank St., was arrested for leaving his keys in an unattended vehicle and failing to take title. Fire crews investigated a false alarm in the 100 block of Clark at 2:30 a.m.
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Elyria
Ken Smith
Hilliard Rt
Merle D. Cunningham
St. Mary's
Lorain Blvd
West River Street
David Drive
Cheryl L. Dodson
Akron
Kroger's
Abbe Rd
Lorain County
Jerry Ross
Regina G. Gilliam
Chestnut Street
Jacqueline L. Cope
Alten St
Sears’ Midway It
Vickie S. Summers
Bon Air Ave
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lou Cassel
Weddell House
Ely Park
Lair Conch
Michael Owens
Bank St
Clark Street
Elyria Memorial and Area Births in Local Notices
A list of births for Elyria area families includes a son for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps at River View Mobile Lodge Wakeman a daughter for Mr. and Mrs Gary Wilson Grafton and a son for Mr. and Mrs James Everett with addresses noted The estate of Mrs Eleanor Hitchcock Sheldon died February 23 in Avon Lake was appraised at 307951 with securities 153412 accounts receivable 43796 real estate 101500 and personal property balance Richard Lisle is executor.
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Charles Phelps
River View Mobile Lodge
Wakeman
Gary Wilson
Sycamore Lane
Grafton
Eleanor Hitchcock Sheldon
Lake Rd
Avon Lake
Lorain County
Richard Lisle
Elyria Man Charged With DWI After Pole Crash
Elyria police said James B. Eckenroad 27 of 523 Denison Ave was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck a pole on Prospect Street at Purdue Avenue about 1130 p m Saturday. He was not injured.
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Elyria
Prospect Street
Purdue Avenue
James B. Eckenroad
Denison Ave
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Henry Wiggins
Mildred Hyatt
Mrs. Rennie Holden
Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Church
Church Women United
Erie Shores Girl Scout Council
South Amherst Parent Teacher Association
Pittsburgh
Santa Cruz
Calif
Garland Funeral Home
Amherst
D. James Han
Steve Nagy
William R. Millsaps
Minnie J. Millsaps
Rt. 2
Fairview General Hospital
Fairview Park
William R
Clifford
Avery
Jack
Bill
Donald
Kenneth
David
June Moser
Ripepi
Pearl Rd
Parma
Church of God
Rt. 303
Robert McCollough
Brooklyn Heights Cemetery
Charles E. Ernest
Cravens
Charles W. Cravens
Republic Steel Corp
Brecksville
Canton
Owensboro
Broadway Ymca
Boys’ Club of
Federation of Community Planning and
Junior Achievement of
Greater Cleveland
Grace B. Brewer
W. G. Bailes
Strasburg
W. §. Roberts
Florida
A. Nosek and Sons Funeral Home
Baral
Owensboro, Ye
Avon, Avon Lake
James A. Wells
Lorain Telephone Co
Avon
Howe St
American Standard Air Conditioning Division
Tappan
Frank
Harmon Lodge
F & AM
Ralph Neighbour
Brookdale Cemetery
Lions Club Memorial Fund
Lou Carrion
Percy
Memoriam
Alfred T Watt
Rae
Orvel
Marge Renner
Suzanne
Beth
Melinda Renner
Ann Duchosla V
Tracey
Lisa
Ann Po Lay
Will
Carol Katterteinrich
Bud
Jack Traxler
Ms Hier
Ann Ducol
Alan
Mother
Thelma Traxler
Curtis-Scheaffier Funeral Home, Inc
C. Carts
Ol’ Doc T. J. King
Georgia
Hiawassee
Ol’ Doc
U.S
John Angelotta
J. Gareth Hitchcock
Fairmont
Hitchcock
Poskocil
Ashland Samaritan Hospital
Reasar
Black River
Allen
Bry
Elyria Police and Fire Departments
Graham Delicatessen
Schadden Road
Keep Court
Elyria Memorial
James Everett
College Pk
Alan Martin
Ronald Gossett
South Abbe Rd
James Burk
Olive St
Elyrian
DWI
Ronald Roberts
Rsls Roberts
Mars Rendal
Ledares P
Peggy J. Roc
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