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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2007
Page
13
Ralph Poppa Connone 90 of Lorain died Friday December 14 2007 at home after a lengthy illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel Sheffield Two.
Christopher David Betts 37 of Columbia Station died December 18 2007. He was a journeyman industrial maintenance technician at Beckett Air Co and a Lorain County 4-H advisor. He enjoyed sports pole vaulting model airplanes and sailplane piloting and was a loving husband father brother and friend. Services Tuesday 4 to 6 PM at Baker Osinski Kensinger Funeral Home Berea with funeral Wednesday at Lighthouse Bible Church Columbia Station. Interment Columbia Cemetery. Memorials to Lorain County 4-H Club or Lorain County Animal Protective League.
Nicholas T Spencer 27 of Elyria died December 14 2007 from injuries in an auto crash at Metrohealth Medical Center Cleveland He was born August 20 1980 in Camp LeJeune NC and lived in Brighton Township before moving to Elyria earlier this year Survivors include his parents Thomas M and Nanette M Spencer and extended family The funeral will be at Garland Misencik Funeral Home Amherst with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Wellington Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Earl C. Thompson of Eaton Township died December 14 2007 in EMH Regional Medical Center Elyria after a long life in Ohio He was born November 21 1922 in Ghent WV He worked over 20 years at Gear Company of America in Cleveland retirement 1987 He is survived by wife Stella two sons Doug and Greg six grandchildren one great granddaughter and a brother Funeral services are planned at Liston Funeral Home North Ridgeville with burial at Butternut Ridge Cemetery Eaton Township
Joseph A. Ray 74 of North Ridgeville died Friday December 14 2007 He was a US Army veteran Korean War era Past Master of Masonic Cornerstone Lodge 699 Beloved husband father grandfather and great grandfather Visiting hours are Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at Sunset Memorial Park Chapel 6245 Columbia Rd Services are Wednesday December 19 at 11 AM Arrangements by Dostal Funeral Service dostalfuneralservices.com
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In Elyria at Midway Mall the mother Amanda Arocho and her 14-year-old daughter were stopped by a security guard around 6 15 p m. They allegedly tried to steal several T shirts valued at 86 dollars. Arocho faced theft and contributing to the delinquency of a child charges while the teen received juvenile theft and was released to her stepfather.
Lorain County Department of Job and Family Services distributes gas cards and school supply cards to eligible families with children under the Prevention Retention Contingency program. In March they spent 1.5 million on clothing gift cards for 10,700 kids, with cards limited to Lorain County stores and tied to work and food stamp eligibility.
Two of the victims were brothers from the same Mexican village. The men, in their mid 20s, lived quietly at Timber Ridge Apartments and had been dead about a week before discovery. A van tied to the four workers was found near a grocery in Mischellaneous Rodriguez. Police await identifications.
Loving husband and father Fred T Bowen died December 16 1986. We miss you and will love you forever. Sadly missed by wife Lannie May Bowen and children Cullen Freddie Melvin Faye Drusilla and grandchildren.
Tonja Janelle Morin 28 receives nine-year term after she left her 2-year-old in a metal trash bin on a hot day in Lancaster. Surveillance shows her walking with the child then frantic 911 call. The boy was found 45 minutes later by his father. Morin claims it was to force her husband’s attention. lawyer calls it a cry for help. The child and two siblings are in care.
More than 3,000 gallons of diesel leaked from a 730 foot grain ship after striking a pier near docking. The Maumee River was closed to traffic until around noon Saturday as Coast Guard crews deployed 4,000 feet of containment boom and began cleanup.
Activist and actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman, known for Dances with Wolves and Walker Texas Ranger, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from leukemia complications at age 71. He worked with Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, and others and released the debut album Custer Died: For Your Sins in 1970. His film debut was in Renegades (1989).
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