Deaths and services across Elyria Norwalk and Florida
Arthur J. Wooldridge 80 of Eustis Florida former Norwalk resident died in Orlando after weeks ill He was an insurance agent in Norwalk for 20 years Surviving wife Laura two sons Floyd and Donald daughters Helen Heath Inez Mone nine grandchildren four great grandchildren Funeral at Heaston Hile Norwalk burial Woodvale Berea Memorial service for Marjorie Rook 16 Sullivan killed Aug 9 in Peru to be held in Wellington Burial Sullivan Cemetery Walter Tarhalla 91 Bulger Pa died after two months illness Survivors include three sons Roman Stanley John nine grandchildren three great burial in Burgettstown Cemetery Services in St Ann Church Bulger Pa tomorrow.
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Arthur J. Wooldridge
North Eustis St
Eustis
Fla
Norwalk
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Wooldridge
Florida
Laura M
Floyd L
Elyria
Donald W
Colorado Springs
Colo
Helen Heath
Norton
Wellington
Marjorie Rook
Sullivan
Lima
Peru
James Cuffman
Sullivan Congregational Church
Sullivan Cemetery
Miss Rook
Oberlin
Phillip Rook
Joan
Russell
Steven
John
Lavilla Welch
Huntington
Lofton Lowe
Marjorie Book Scholarship Fund
Walter Tarhalla
Bulger
Tarhalla
Roman
Stanley Tarhalla
St. Ann Church
Burgettstown
Arthur J
North Eustis St. Eustis
Pla
Inez Mone
Heaston-Hile
Woodvale
Berea
Funeral service for Flora Beam set for tomorrow
The funeral for Flora Beam aged 86 will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Gerber Funeral Home Wakeman with Rev Kenneth Nelson of Camden Baptist Church officiating. Burial is in Pittsfield Cemetery. Survived by eight grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. The family will receive visitors today from 7 to 9 p m.
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Flora Beam
Gerber
Wakeman
Kenneth Nelson
Camden Baptist Church
Pittsfield
Beam
Court St
Kipton
Flora
Court St Kipton
Lucille Pratt
Geneva Rogers
Almer
Kenneth
Peter
Leon
Gerber Funeral
Funeral Home
Harry
R.D
New London
Ohio
Darwin and
Perry
Wendell Barnes
Eastman Funeral Home
Brighton Cemetery
Edwin
Roxanna Belle
Broadway
Lorain
Kathleen Litkovitz
Ralph
Reichlin-Cogley Funeral Home
Funeral
St. Joseph Church
Calvary Cemetery
Joseph F
Cascade St Elva
Mary Kay Friends
Russell D Fulton
Grafton
Assumption Church
St Mary Cemetery
Kahle
Melvyn Lane Elina Surived
Kahle Graham
Kathy Lynn
Kimberly Dawn
Betth Allen
Sadie Curtis Funeral
Spm
Bible Baptist Church
Baral
Brookdale
Death notices list Berea and Lorain residents
Obituaries reveal Flora Beam of Kipton and Arthur J. of Eustis Street Eustis among several neighbors. Surviving relatives include children and spouses with funeral home visitations in Wakeman Norwalk Lorain Norwalk and Lorain served. Services are scheduled midweek with burials planned at Pittsfield Woodvale Ridge Hill Calvary cemeteries.
Obituary notices for several locals list ages and survivors
Obituaries note Willam H age 62 of Lorain with wife Helen and daughter Alice Massey. Julianna 94 of Elyria with sons Steve A and Manhattan J and daughter Julianne Bennett. Linda Sue 19 of Wellington with parents and sisters Patricia Becky and grandparents. Visitation details, funeral times, and burial venues are given for each. other names include Joseph F 86 of Grafton and Kahle age 9 of Elina with family relations.
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Willam H
Ene Ave
Lorain
Helen
Alice Massey
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Julianna
Otto St. Elyria
Steve A
Manhattan J
Julianne Bennett
Harold Dicken
Funeral Home
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Smittle weighs Racine superintendency this weekend
Elyria school superintendent Dr. George B. Smittle told Elyria board he needs another week to decide whether to take the Racine Unified post at $28,000. A Racine source reports the board held an executive session and had earlier shown positive support, with a straw vote favoring the hire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Board of Education
George B. Smittle
Elyria Schools
Northwood
Racine Unified School District No. 1
Racine
Wis
Smittle
Robert W. Stevenson
Paul Bishop
Willard Lynn
Elyria
Dr. Lynn
Smuttle
Dr .Smuittle
Lorain hospital tests pants-suit uniforms for nurses
Lorain Community Hospital begun a 90 day trial letting about 10 of 250 nurses wear pants suits instead of skirts to gauge patient and staff reaction. Executive Director George West says pants suits offer modesty for work requiring stopping and bending and would be allowed for certain duties if the feedback remains positive.
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Lorain
Women’s Liberation Movement
Florence Nightingale
Lorain Community Hospital
George West
West
Lorain County Eyes State Funds for Halfway House
The Lorain County Citizens Council for Alcoholism seeks to use the Board of Mental Health and Retardation to obtain state funding for a halfway house. The Mental Health Board agreed to sponsor a detailed proposal, with local funds to match any state money. Plans describe an in-residence center to dry out alcoholics and help reintegrate them into community life, citing a similar project in Athens County.
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Lorain County Citizens Council For Alcoholism
Board of Mental Health and Retardation
Mental Health Board
Alcoholism Council
Robert Ewers
Center For
William Findley
Athens County
Donald Gehrmann
Lorain County Probate Court
Findley
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lorain City
Rt. 301 to open for fair in Elyria area
Lorain County residents will have smooth travel to the fair as Rt. 301 reopens for fair traffic after repairs. The surface will be installed and detours removed by opening day, with berm repairs and landscaping to follow after the fair.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Rt. 301
R. A. Whidden
Ohio Department of Highways
Ashland
Whidden
Two Wellingtonites charged in break in at Atlas Electrical
Raymond Carroll Jr. and Allen D. Mason, both of Wellington, were charged with breaking and entering Atlas Electrical Construction Co. early today. Deputies arrested them at 4 30 a.m. after neighbors reported a car in a church driveway and men fleeing onto company grounds. Carroll said his car was stolen from a shopping center in Elyria. A coin box and unspecified money were taken. an office was ransacked but nothing else reported missing.
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Carroll
Oberlin Road
Elyria
Twenty-Five Televisions Stolen From Elyria Store
Elyria Furniture Co. on East Ave reports 25 television sets swiped after intruders used a aluminum ladder and tools stolen from Baker's Appliance trucks. Entry via a cooling vent. offices ransacked. $10 in change taken. Detected by Patrolman Buddner. detectives investigating.
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Elyria Furniture Co
East Ave
Baker's Appliance Co
Elyria
Joseph Buddner
Buddner
Drowning Victim Gary Towne Still Sought Near Port Clinton
Elyria youth Sunder Meht Towne 18 son of Harold J Towne reportedly drowned about 100 yards off Sandusky Point after diving from a boat and disappearing. Ottawa County Sheriffs Office and Coast Guard units continued searching with the Erie County Underwater Recovery Team aiding. as of morning only the sheriff’s office remained active in the effort.
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Port Clinton
Elyria
Here
Ottawa County Sheriffs Office
Gary Towne
Harold J Towne
Longson Ave
Sandusky Point
Sandusky Station
Coast Guard
Erie County Underwater Recovery Team
Towne
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Birth Announcements From Elyria and Lorain Area Families
A daughter to Mr and Mrs Dale Neubauer 35322 Chestnut Ridge Rd North Ridgeville A son to Mr and Mrs Edward Jalowiec 334 Washington Ave Carl Kopp 6970 Stoney Ridge Rd North Ridgeville Clyde Hoagland 4587 Elly tia Ave Lorain cat Vincie 724 Fairwood wd
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Dale Neubauer
Chestnut Ridge Rd
North Ridgeville
Edward Jalowiec
Washington Ave
Carl Kopp
Stoney Ridge Rd
Clyde Hoagland
Ellytia Ave
Lorain
Cat Vincie
Fairwood
Estate of Vivian P Stanton valued at 391533
Mrs Vivian P Stanton 54 died December 2 leaving an estate appraised at 391,533 in Lorain County Probate Court An inventory lists securities 301,463 accounts receivable 9,570 real estate 80,000 and personal property 500 Dr Eugene J Stanton husband is executor of the estate at 1045 Gulf Rd noting the sizable holdings and executive role in the settlement
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Vivian P. Stanton
Lorain County
Stanton
Eugene J. Stanton
Gulf Rd
City urged to demolish Hilltop House
Elyria Girl Scouts use a frame house at Burns Road Park near Burns and Gulf streets. Parks recreation director Charles R. Hoagland urged the Elyria City Council to demolish Hilltop House as soon as possible, calling it in an extremely unsafe condition.
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Burns Road Park
Burns and
Gulf Roads
Elyria
Charles R. Hoagland
Parks Recreation
Last Merit Hoagland
Council
Hilltop House
Girt Scouts
Local youth group shines as derby performers represent Elyria
Linda Ryan Brown notes Linda's Lassies baton and drum corps were chosen for the 33rd International Soap Box Derby events in Akron. Auditions of 145 units narrowed to 20 top hopefuls. the Elyria team has earned over 2,000 trophies under director Linda Ryan Brown.
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Russ
Linda
Lassies
Akron
Elytia
Gib LaLonde
Ohio
Bev Greenbank
Paula Stewart
Debbie Brown
Ann Ashyk
Karen Davis
Linda Ryan Brown
Elyrians
Ida
Pilgrim Fellowship of the
United Church of Christ
Sheffield Lake
Mary Jane Bloom
The
Lorain County Society For Crippled Children & Adults
Burglary Highlights Loss At Columbia Station Site
Lorain County deputies reported items valued at 600 dollars stolen from Spencer's Trailer Sales on Rt. 82 at Station Road. A 375 dollar pickup truck bed cover a 200 dollar tape recorder kit and a 25 dollar aluminum ladder were taken after a cardboard cover over the doorway was removed due to construction work.
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Spencer
Rt. 82
Station Road
Columbia Station
Lorain County Sheriff's Deputies
Jury Deadlock Hangs Over Collins Murder Trial
After nineteen and a half hours of deliberation jurors failed to reach a verdict in the John Norman Collins murder trial over the 1969 slaying of Karen Sue Reineman in Ann Arbor Michigan. The panel recessed after the judge read back instructions on circumstantial evidence and reasonable doubt. they resume today to continue deliberations in the first degree murder case.
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Ann Arbor. Mich
UPI
John Norman Collins
Karen Sue Reineman
Washtenaw
John Conlin
Man Freed Self But Didn’t Realize It Back in Jail
Lorain 28 year old Israel Cuevas escaped from the city jail after appearing in municipal court on charges of driving under influence open container and statutory rape. He walked out with others and was recaptured minutes later, believing he only needed to go home and return with an attorney. He was re jailed on $400 bond for the drinking charges and $1,500 for the rape count.
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Gehlmann
Lorain
Israel Cuevas
East 37Th St
Cuevas
Lorain City
Lorain Woman Named State Secretary of State Field Representative
Vermilion native Joan M. Leyshon is appointed by Secretary of State Ted W. Brown as a field examiner for northwestern Ohio with Lorain County as a base. She will visit county offices including boards of education and relay issues to Brown.
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Columbus
Ted W. Brown
Brown
Joan M. Leyshon
Hazelwood Ave
Sherman L. Heath
Ohio
Lorain County
State of
Avon Lake approves sewer rate hike and water treatment updates
The Avon Lake utilities board approved raising sewer rates from 50 to 80 percent of the water bill, effective Oct 1 to Dec 31, with notices to residents in October. The increase funds completion of secondary waste treatment facilities. The board also agreed to buy equipment to feed potassium permanganate and caustic soda to the water system to address tastes, odors, and health department requirements, space permitting.
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Avon Lake
Robert Underhill
A: Ara
Ohio Department of Health
Water Department
Elyria Council Defers Police Pay Package Action
No action was taken on a police pay package as four councilmen were absent, blocking emergency legislation. Finance committee approved reports detailing a $442 raise and college incentive pay, but action was deferred to Sept 8 along with related bids for North Recreation Park.
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Elyria
Elyria Council
Pay and Recreation Board
North Recreation Park
Lorain considers traffic crackdown on parking and junk cars
Lorain Safety Director Thomas Giasomo is reviewing Cleveland parking and fines laws to tighten city rules. He will consult Lt George Maiden before proposing changes to curb five lane parking and junk vehicles, noting current enforcement has targeted illegal parking and tree lawn offenses.
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Lorain
Thomas Giasomo
Cleveland
Giasomo
George Maiden
Pearl Avene
Bombs Explode in Northern Ireland Town Council Offices
Two bombs exploded in separate areas of Northern Ireland with no injuries. The first blast hit the Casteld erg town council offices in County Tyrone at about 12 4 am, according to an army spokesman.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPB
Castlederg
County Tyrone
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Elyria Memorial
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Race Rd
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