Avea deaths mark long Lorain area records
Several obituary notices detail deaths in Lorain County and surrounding areas. Everett M. Sherrill, 64, of Avon, a WWII Army veteran and former Harshaw Chemical employee, dies after a three year illness. Mariam L. Olney, 71, formerly of Oberlin, dies in California after a heart attack, with services planned in Amherst and Palmdale. burial in Desert Lawn Memorial Park. Joseph R. Ramsey, 58, of Elyria, dies December 9. graveside service in Warren and memorial at St. Paul United Church of Christ. James A. McConnell, 93, of Pittsfield Township, dies at Welcome Nursing Home. arrangements pending. Walter J. Gawlak Sr., of Lorain, dies at St Joseph Hospital. Beulah Billie Brubaker, 75, of West Salem, dies after a BorgWarner retirement. active in local church and clubs. Jerry Gormley of Norwalk and Margaret Garver of Congress are noted among survivors with local funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Tennessee
Elyria
Harshaw Chemical Company
Bennie Nell
Gunter
Gary
Janice) Carver
Lorain
Belinda Pearce
Randy
Donald
Timmy) Sherrill
Rose Terry
Lela Merrill
California
Raymond Sherrill
Idaho
Burmeister County Line
Detroit Road
Marian L. Olney
Oberlin
Lancaster County General Hospital
Foursquare Gospel Church
Amherst
Daniel Buser
Florida
Palmdale
Calif
James A. McConnell
Pittsfield Township
Welcome Nursing Home
Mr. McConnell
Norton Funeral Home
Wellington
Walter J. Gawlak Sr
St. Joseph Hospital
Dombrowski Funeral Home
Company to ask Lorain for computer payments
Lorain may receive a notice from Diversified Benefit Plans Inc for resumed payments on a city self insurance computer services contract. Attorney Lynell McGough cites December unpaid fees and the right to pull the program. Koscho says payments were halted and 15 days notice would precede equipment removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lynell McGough
Diversified Benefit Plans Inc
Thomas Patton
Law
Edward Zaleski
Kenneth Koscho
Vermilion’s Davis Leaves Council for Westlake Post
Vermilion councilman Jimmy L. Davis will resign after accepting Westlake’s service director position. Davis, appointed in July and elected to a two year term, will move his family to Westlake. His wife Libby Davis works as a Vermilion schools coordinator.
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Westlake
Libby
Vermilion Schools
Death Notices for Roberts and Stemple in Elyria Litchfield and Kasson
Sandy Roberts 59 of Elyria survived by four daughters and a sister. Prends will be received today 2 4 and 7 9 pm at Carter Funeral Home Elyria. Services Saturday 1 pm Bethany Baptist Church burial Brookdale Cemetery Elyria. Witham C Stemple 51 of Litchfield survived by wife two sons two daughters and mother Isalda Fern. Calling hours Blackburn Fulton Funeral Home Grafton today 2 4 and 7 4 pm. Also call Shiloh Church Kasson WVa Saturday noon 3 pm. Funeral services Saturday 1 pm Shiloh Church. Burial in Stitch Church Cemetery Buna
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Jerry
Roberta) Gormley
Norwalk
Margaret Garver
Congress
Russell
Treava) Fulton
Elyria
Robert
Parker and Son Funeral
Lodi
Roberts Sandy
Warren
Sandra
Candy” Dares
Barbara
Lucy" Matone
Leoneard
Ernestine) Whitfield
Donald
Macey) McCrary
Carter
Bethany Baptist Church
Brookdale Cemetery
Stemple Witham C
Litchfield
Frederick out, then in for job in Lorain County
Lorain County Board of Mental Health to eliminate research and evaluation director post held by Frederick in January and replace it with an assistant director. The new role supports a county wide emergency crisis program to be run by W G Nord Community Mental Health Center with board funding, costing about 1 to 1.3 million annually. The plan includes 24 hour crisis response, services for abuse victims, stabilization in a home like setting, and a network referral service. Frederick will apply for the new post, with Slanina noting he is favored for the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Brian Frederick
Lorain County
Frederick
Larry Jones
W.G. Nord Community Mental Health Center
Jones
Fred Slanina
Slanina
New London council sees sewer plant bids under cost
Fourteen bids for the village sewer plant upgrade ranged from 414000 to 600000, well below 1 million dollar estimates. EPA deadline is July 1 1988, with review of qualifications before a decision.
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New London — Village
Council
New London Reservoir
Shooting suspect bound for grand jury in Elyria
Elyria 38 year old Larry Crutcher of 1305 Bank St was bound over to a Grand Jury after a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court on attempted murder charges. Crutcher allegedly fired repeatedly at William Powell of 429 15th St on Dec 8 after Powell stabbed him on Thanksgiving Day. Powell was walking on 14th Street when Crutcher opened fire.
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Elyria
Larry Crutcher
Bank St
William Powell
15Th St
Powell
14Th Street
Crutcher
Drainage work to ease Chestnut Ridge floods near Abbe Road
Hart notes the sewer ditch is a construction result and not a long term problem. About 1 000 feet of ditch ten feet deep has been dug and will be closed as housing sections finish. Yost plans 300 homes along South Abbe Road priced from 100 000 to 200 900, addressing years of street flooding blamed on developer Robert Glover’s inadequate storm drainage from the mid 1970s.
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Hart
Yost
South Abbe Road
Chestnut Ridge
Robert Glover
Ohio
LCCC mulls naming building after Mabel L. Ewing
Lorain County Community College may name its new Physical Education Building and Field House Complex the Mabel L. Ewing Activities Center. The board tabled the resolution and will revisit at the January meeting. Ewing, a founding trustee since 1962 and current vice chairman, said the matter deserves careful consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain County Community College
Mabel L. Ewing
Lccc Board of Trustees
Nordson workers get a week’s Christmas bonus
Nordson employees will receive a week's pay as a Christmas bonus for an outstanding year. The firm posted a 77 percent jump in profits for the year ending Oct. 31, with net sales rising 22 percent from 169 million in 1986 to 205 million in 1987. Nordson, a coatings and adhesives machinery maker, ships over half its products overseas.
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Westlake
Nordson
Fine Arts Coordinator Role Expanded at Ottawa Hills Schools
The Ottawa Hills board extended Fine Arts Coordinator Richard Zirkman’s contract by two weeks to cover added duties. Lester Schultz was hired as associate superintendent for curriculum and instructional services at $45,476 annually, effective no later than April 4, 1988 pending release from current job. Eastern Heights Junior High School Assistant Principal John Joseph will act as principal for the remainder of the year, with his current post opening to teachers seeking cadet principal roles. superintendent Halverson will seek a replacement mid spring as he fills other admin positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine Arts
Richard Zirkman
Lester Schultz
Ottawa Hills
Schultz
Eastern Heights
John Joseph
Hospital patient counts and mortality rates with acceptability ranges
Lorain area hospitals report patient totals and mortality percentages with acceptable ranges. Elyria Memorial 1,923 patients and 11 percent. Fairview General 3,576 and 12 percent. Lorain Community 1,154 and 10 percent. St John and West Shore Westlake 1,478 and 13 percent. St Joseph Lorain 1,462 and 14 percent. Southwest General Middleburg Heights 1,892 and 13 percent. Wellington Community 16 patients and 5 percent.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Fairview General Hospital
Lorain Community Hospital
St. John and
West Shore
Westlake
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Southwest General Hospital
Middleburg Heights
Wellington Community Hospital
Pilot Eddie Gardner Crashes End Flight Career
In 1931 Eddie Gardner, famed for the Chicago to New York eastbound run, crashed while attempting to land after fuel and daylight ran out, surviving earlier stunts but dying in Holdredge, Nebraska, at 32. His Parkhill Avenue crash spurred city talks on regulating airport takeoffs and landings and helped push Cleveland Hopkins Airport construction, while the aviation club urged fireproof mail bags to survive crashes. Eddie Gardner would have approved the mail must get through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Chicago
New York
Belmont Park
Parkhill Avenue
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Cleveland Aviation Club
Post Office Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Avea
Everett M. Sherrill
Lorain Church of God
Abbe Road
Sheffield
Robert Kincaid
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Marian Olney
Elyria and
Brook Park
Melvin
Wanda) Lawrie
Arthur Widdowson
Charles
Desert Lawn Memorial Park
Ramsey Services
Joseph R
Dick’ Ramsey
Pineview Memorial Park
St. Paul United Church of Christ, Elyria
Martin Waidmann
James McConnell
Walter Gawlak Sr
Beulah Brubaker
Beulah
Billie’ Brubaker
West Salem
Wooster Community Hospital
Borg- Warner Co
Wooster
By Ken Gottlieb
Vermilion’s
Davis
Frederick Out
N. London
Robert Lavengood
C-T
The
Environmental Protection Agency
Pat Cassidy
EPA
Mike Miller
Reservoir Park
Nova
Russell Sword
Harvey Cunningham
Cheryl Randleman
John Chapin
Bennett and Fondon
Kenneth Mundorf
Michael McDermott
LCCC
Ewing
Joseph
William Halverson
Halverson
Cleveland
Eddie Gardner
Ition
Holdredge
Nebraska
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