Deaths in Elyria and nearby areas reported in local notices
Obituaries list John F. Varga 68 of 154 Dilworth Street Elyria dies at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a year long illness a past Moose Lodge governor and Kasper Foundry employee survived by wife Helen Vargonee Nagy a son daughters grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Also noted are death notices for Mrs Jean Cyran owner of L and J Confectionery Store and Grace Mae Block a former dental hygienist and bookkeeper with service details. Myrl E Heath and Ezell Jack Perry with funeral plans and burial details across local churches and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Varga
Dilworth St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Moose Lodge
Varga
Kasper Foundry
Hungary
Elyria
Helen Vargonee Nagy
John W. Elyria
Curtis
Julia) Danforth
Florida
Betty Miller
Des
Barbara Collins
Margaret Kings
New York
Frank Fowler
Greenwich
Jean Cyran
21St St
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
L and J Confectionery
Cyran
Schenectady
N.Y
Stanley Sobieski
Bittner-DeCarlo
Walter P. Dobosz
Holy Cross Church
St. Mary Cemetery
Myrl E. Heath
Litchfield
Will-O-Lee
Oberlin
Mr. Heath
Berea
LaGrange
Methodist Church
Helen
James
Lora) Sheffield
Pittsfield
Ruth Yost
Wakeman
John. Sullivan
Lorine Baldwin
Ecoise
Mich
Ella Betts
Russell
Avon
Leland
Norton Funeral
Wellngton
Martin Stiffler
Penfeld
Grace Mae Block
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
G. Russell Hargate
Evergreen Cemetery
South Amherst
Miss Block
R. E. Jackson
Apt
Washington Ave
Style Center
Daughters of St. Andrew
YWCA
George Mayhew
Harol Dicken
Ezell
Jack Perry
Dallas Ave
Fairview General Hospital
Mr. Perry
Dyersburg
Tenn
Lorain Trucking Co
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mary
Charles
Edward
Elvis
Eddie
Richard
Marvin
Jacquiline
Bertha Gaddy
Pauline Edwards
Chicago
James Fawards
Brown
C.W. Kendricks
Elmwood Cemetery
Obituary notices from Lorain area deaths and services
Multiple brief death notices list ages and residences including John E Kutscher 87 of Oberlin Maude Mia Catherine Tibbits Robert. Harry Jacobs 84 of Lorain, services at Emil Davala Funeral Home with burial Salem Cemetery. Edith A Tiedjen 71 of Hamilton Ohio, services at Waller Frey Funeral Home and Elmwood Cemetery. Mary (nee Roazzano) 62 of Woodside New York with rites at Lorain funeral homes. Darrell Smith 21 of Lorain Vermilion area with services at Fisher Funeral Home and Brownthelm Cemetery.
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John E
King St. Oberlin
Maude
Mia
Catherine Tibbits
Robert
Cowling
Rome
Oberlin
United Methodist Church
Westwood Cemetery
Jacobs Harry
St. Lorain
Emil Davala
Lorain
Salem Cemetery
Tiedjens
Edith A
Carlisle Ave
Hamilton Ohn
Carrol Augustin
Wostep
Febolape Augustin
Dorothy Smith
Waller Frey
Elmwood Cemetery
Mary
Roazzano
St.er
Calvary Cemetery
Woman turns herself in on charges in fatal armed robbery
Phyllis Anne Johnson, 23, who said she lived in Racine Wisconsin, turned herself in to Lorain police and was charged with complicity and involuntary manslaughter in the October 31 armed robbery that left an 18 year old girl dead. Police still seek Freddie Lee Sims, 23, charged with armed robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Phyllis Anne Johnson
Racine
Wisconsin
Freddie Lee Sims
Jetport foe calls for local control of eminent domain
Columbus Ohio. Michael Kilbane urged the Ohio Land Use Review Committee to require local government approval before any eminent domain actions by airport authorities like SERTA or LERTA. He warned the regional jetport plan risks farmland and distant lands and urged state zoning protections. Kilbane noted Senate Bill 396 and House Bill 987 seek to curb airport authority powers and asked for locality safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Michael Kilbane
Lester Rd
Valley City
Ohio
Kilbane
Grafton
Belden-Liverpool
Lake Erie
SERTA
Lerta
Federal Aviation Administration
Cuyahoga County
Medina County
Lt. Governor
Accident victims still hospitalized in Lorain
Paulette Kotcher, 19, of Lorain and Donna Sittinger, 21, of Elyria remain hospitalized at St Joseph's Hospital after a two car crash at 21st Street and Elyria Avenue. Kotcher has internal injuries in serious condition. Sittinger, with broken ribs and pelvic injuries, is in fair condition and was the driver who turned right on red into Edward Watling Ir 17. Police charged Sittinger with no driver's license and illegal turn on red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Paulette Kotcher
Donna Sittinger
Elyria
St. Joseph’s Hospital
21St Street
Elyria Avenue
Miss Kotcher
Erie Ave
Miss Sittinger
Irondale Ave
Edward Watling
Lorain Man Shot at Minerva's Bar in Early Morning Incident
A 41 year old Euclid Avenue man Richard G Middlebrooks of 1218 Euclid Ave was shot in the chest at Minerva's Bar 1354 Broadway around 12 15 a m He was treated at St Joseph's Hospital for minor chest abrasions and a coat bullet hole was noted Police say an argument between two patrons preceded the shooting A Watling car passenger and a Miss Kotcher and a Miss Sittinger were also treated for minor injuries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Euclid Avenue
Minerva's Bar
Broadway
Richard G. Middlebrooks
Euclid Ave
St. Joseph's Hospital
Middlebrook
Middlebrooks
Columbia youth remains guarded after school incident
A Columbia Township youth, Orville Lee Hall Jr., remained in guarded condition with head injuries after being allegedly pushed into a restroom door at Columbia High School. He was treated at Deaconess Memorial Hospital after initial care at Be rea Southwest General. Lorain County sheriff deputies investigated while school officials could not comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Columbia Township
Columbia High School
Orville Lee Hall Jr
Orville Hall
Westwood Dr
Deaconess Memorial Hospital
Berea Southwest General Hospital
Lorain County
Notable Australian journalist Walter Hamilton dies at 69
Walter Stuart Hamilton, a distinguished Australian journalist and former Australian Broadcasting Commission executive, died aged 69. He held roles with Inter national Newsfilm Agency Viznews and unions, and earned the Order of the British Empire in 1971. He is survived by his widow and five sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
UPI
Walter Stuart Hamilton
Hamilton
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Viznews
European Broadcasting Unions
Olmsted Falls $210,000 suit postponed to spring
Olmsted Falls faces a $210,000 federal suit filed Jan 2 by Mark Magnette of Lakewood alleging constitutional rights violations after a six unit building at 7311 River Road was razed by the city on Dec 10, 1974. Magnette seeks $60,000 property loss and $150,000 punitive damages. The hearing was moved back due to other cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.S. District Court
Olmsted Falls
Olmsted Falls Law
Guerin Avery
Mark Magnette
Lakewood
Magnetto
Peter Wodan
River Road
Avery
Youth Arrested on Two Charges in Elyria Incident
An Elyria youth was arrested after a 2:10 a.m. driving while intoxicated charge and another accompanying charge was filed. Authorities described the early morning incident and the pending details of the second count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain men charged with attempted theft at mall
Two Lorain men, Donald Hamm 19 and Alan S Walend 23, were arrested after an attempted theft in the Midway Mall parking lot. Police said a door handle was tried on a pickup owned by an Elyria officer. A case containing a key making machine and tools was seized. one man had marijuana in a pocket. Both were released on bond after booking on charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hamm
High St
West Theft
Avenue
Tremont Street
Elyria
Midway Mall
Alan S. Walend
Lincoln St
Lincoln St., and Walloyd C. Shi
Oakwood Ave
Woman Fights Burglars During Theft at Lorain Apt
A 19 year old Lorain woman, Karen Falbo, fought two burglars in her apartment hallway around 11 a.m. One thief carried her portable TV, another took bookends. She tore a shirt as one fled, the other escaped via a second story balcony. Police found the TV. a $600 stereo remains missing. No arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Karen M. Falbo
Colorado Ave
Discrimination charges cancel Lorain agility test
The Lorain civil service commission canceled today’s agility tests for 96 police applicants after three female candidates filed discrimination complaints with the state justice department. A written exam also postponed indefinitely. The state offered to revamp the test at no cost if asked, and the commission noted no current vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Civil Service Commission
State Justice Department
Williams
Justice Dept
Ohio Justice Division
A Winter Weather Forecast From The Northeast to Lakes
Snow is forecast tonight across the lower Great Lakes region and most of the Northeast with partly cloudy skies. Elsewhere, the nation will see mostly cold conditions with clear to partly cloudy skies.
Weather Outlook Tonight Through Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy and cold tonight with a chance of snow flurries. Lows 16 to 24. Partly cloudy tomorrow with highs in the 30s.
Weather outlook for early week shows warming trend
Fair Monday and Tuesday give way to a chance of showers Wednesday. Highs range from the upper 30s to the 40s Monday, rising to the 40s and lower 50s by Wednesday. Lows span from the mid 20s to the mid 40s.
Local Families Welcome Newborns Across City
A series of birth notices lists newborn sons and a daughter born to families at 352 Denison Ave 351 Rockfern Ave 17 Phillip Ct 1043 Tower Blvd Vermilion 1073 Jackson St and 802 9th St. Parents include Ellis Paulakonis Yun Rossi Parker and Colon in the recent city births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ellis
Denison Ave
Joseph Paulakonis
Rockfern Ave
Wayne P.yun
Phillip Ct
Dennis Rosso
Tower Blvd
Edward Parker Jr
Jackson St
Vermilion
Lorain St Joseph Dec 16 Privately Listed Names
Lorain St Joseph entries dated December 16 include Roy Brantford at 903 W 10th St and Richard Foil at 1715 W 21st St. John Rosso at 1716 W 30th St, Charles Watson at 702 Milan Ave Amherst.
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Lorain St. Joseph
Mrs
Roy Brantford
10Th St
Richard Foil
W. 21St St
John Rosso
W. 30Th St
Charles Watson
Milan Ave
Amherst
Hair raising robbery nets $694
Two young gunmen robbed Kay's House of Beauty at 143 Ridge St in Elyria yesterday at 7 p.m. Threatening seven women, one held customers at bay while the other collected purses totaling 694 dollars. Purses held cash, keys, cards, checks, and personal items. suspects fled toward Ridgelawn Cemetery and abandoned a car nearby. Names of victims listed.
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Kay
House of Beauty
Ridge St
Elyria
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Margaret Kiser
Dilworth St
Velma Elliot
Oxford Ave
Pearl Deimling
Louise Elwell
Wallace Rd
North Ridgeville
Rose Tollett
Cleveland St
Ruth Mathews
Fifth St
An Ruth Howe
E. Broad St
Avon Lake breaks ground for gym and music room
Avon Lake officials and TJ. Hume Contractors broke ground for a new Avon Lake High School gymnasium and a 7,000 square foot vocal music room amid winter weather. The gym will be 24,000 square feet with 1,200 seat capacity, new structures funded by $802,000 in contracts awarded November 26. Attending were Supt. Robert Robinson, board president Kathryn Usher, board member Dr. Stephen Kiss, clerk-treasurer Ronald Green, and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Avon Lake High School
Avon Lake Board of Education
Robert Robinson
Kathryn M. Usher
Stephen Kiss
Ronald Green
TJ. Hume Contractors
Lorain
Burglars take stereo radio from Lorain man’s apartment
James Hamilton of 3910 W Erie Ave returned home to a break in last night missing a $1500 stereo set a citizen band radio clothing and cash. The patio door was broken after he left for work at 7 am and returned about 11:15 pm to find the theft.
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Lorain
James Hamilton
Erie Ave
Ohio lottery chief fiscal officer fired in closed meeting
The Ohio Lottery Commission fired chief fiscal officer Robert J. McAuliffe during a closed-door session. McAuliffe, present at the meeting, said he had no idea what prompted the firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio Lottery Commission
Robert J. McAuliffe
Commission
McAuliffe
Lorain church burglarized. stereo and projector stolen
Westside Baptist Church at 1927 W 23rd St was burglarized sometime between Wednesday and last night. Pastor Paul Mayo reported a rear window broken and a $300 stereo tape deck and a $200 overhead projector missing. No arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Westside Baptist Church
W. 23Rd St
Paul Mayo
East Ave
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Moose
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral
Bela Bacso
Brookdale Cemetery
Ezell J. Perry
Lubanovich
Smith Darrell
Lo Tain
Darrell Smith
Gregor
Brenda
Carol
Fisher Funeral Home
Tamer
Brownthelm
Stan
Lo Tain County
Jetport
Serta Land
Rosemary Palmer
Chronicle-Telegram Bureau
LEATA
City of
The
Greater Cleveland Growth Association
Watling
Columbia
San Diego
Oscar W. Cotton
Point Loma
Cotton
Balboa Park
Olmsted
Richard Williams
V.F.W. Auxilary
Cathy Eckhart
Judy Kemp
C-T
Gene Krebs
Elyria Memorial
Joe Colon
9Th St
Ohio Lottery
Blyra
Fulton Funeral Home
Chid
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