Obituaries From Lorain and Oberlin Area Deaths
A batch of obituary notices, funeral details, and services for Gary Murrell 86 of Oberlin. John Tkacs 69 of Lorain. Myrtle Peterson 89 of Lorain. Noah H. Wilburn 81 formerly Elyria. William A. Gfell 92 Norwalk. Alfred A. Pikey 65 Amherst. Otto J. Warren 94 Edmonds. John A. Giesel 52 Charlotte. Ossie Lee Thomas 62 Elyria. Michael Ploskunak 72 Lorain. Anne Proy how they will be remembered with services at local chapels, churches and cemeteries and with donations to church funds or charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Giesel
Elyria
Charlotte
N.C
Mr. Giesel
Spencer
Bendix Corp
Jean (Nee Smith
Dennis Cowley
Rochester
N.Y
Gary Cowley
Cannon Air Force Base
N.M
David Cowley
Karen Novick
Red Oak
Texas
Grace Bennett
North Port
Fla
A Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Fortress Lutheran Church
McClure Circle
Death notices from ElyriaLorain area obituary notices
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with survivors and funeral details. William Abahazl Sr 71 Elyria wife Sarah sons William Jr Edward C one brother. Dosko cil Anthony J 72 Sarasota formerly Parma Heights. Paul D Meiss Sr 68 Elyria. Walter E Smith 83 formerly Elyria. Bertha C Wit 81 South Amherst. Louie Woodcock 86 Elyria. Includes call times, funeral home names Dicken Bogner Curtis Scheuffler Hempel Bittner-DeCarlo, churches Magyar United Church of Christ St Peter's Church Ridge Hill Memorial Park and burial sites. Contributions requested to Heart Association Kidney Foundation Holy Family Cancer Home American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tkacs
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Braddock
U.S. Steel Corp
Lorain- Cuyahoga Works
St. Nicholas
Florence
St. Nicholas Church
Michael Felock
Calvary Cemetery
Holy Name Society
Noah H. Wilburn
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Elyria
Crocker Memorial Hospital
Mr. Wilburn
Lawrence County
Ridge Tool
Highland Park Baptist Church
Wilburn
L.C
Clifton C
Bobby G
Evelyn C. Peppers
Laura Richardson
Leoma
Cora Barnett
Ridgeville
Ind
Myrtle
North Funeral Home
James
Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Alfred A. Pikey
Amherst
Portageville
Mr. Pikey
Europe
VFW
Amherst Veterans Military Honor Guard
Elmer Johnson American Legion
Hickory Tree Grange
Congregational United Church of Christ
E.J. Platt Realty
Vermilion
Clara (Nee Cherry
Nelson
Evelyn Mitchem
Sikeston
Garland Funeral Home
Carl Haddix
William Vander Wyden
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Michael Ploskunak
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Avon
Smock
USS. Steel Corp
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
Ploskunak
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
John R. Devin
Parastas
Louis Paul Proy
Abahazl
William
Sarah
William Jr
Edward C
Dicken Funeral Home
Frank S Harmon Lodge
Magyar United Church of Christ
Brookdale Cemetery
Amercan Heart Association
Lorain County
Shane of the Kidney Foundation
St. Peter's Church
North Ridgeville
Bernal
Holy Cross Cemetery
Cleveland
Holy Family
Smith Walter E
Jean Bruce
Curtis-Scheuffler
Ridge Hill Memoril Park
Woodcock
Louie
Bittner-DeCarlo
Elyna
St Agnes Catholic Church
Rudge Hill Memorial Park
Recession saves Ohio River ferry
The Sistersville ferry, serving Fly and Sistersville, West Virginia, persists after 164 years due to citizen support, a government grant, and higher fuel costs. The river crossing carries buggies, horses, sedans, and trucks, with the next closest ferry about 40 miles away at Moundsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Sistersville
W.va
Moundsville
Martinsville
St. Marys
Marietta
Gilbert B Harmon
Funeral Home
John Eckels
U.s.transportation Department
West Virginia
Harmon
Nephew arrested in Christmas Eve burglary
An 18 year old Elyria man Richard Haynes was arrested at his home and charged with aggravated burglary and escape for stealing three guns and a movie camera from his uncle Wilfed Meier’s home on Christmas Eve. A witness spotted him leaving with a gun wrapped in cloth and a belt buckle used to pry open a door was found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Richard Haynes
Bond St
Haynes
Meier
Fire injures four at Czarnecki Club in Lorain
A Monday night blaze at the Czarnecki Club, 124 Camden Ave, Lorain, caused about $70,000 in damage and sent four firefighters to Lorain St. Joseph Hospital in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Czarnecki Club
Camden Ave
Lorain St. Joseph Hospi
Two Elyria men assaulted downtown, injuries reported
Two Elyria men, Mike Kara and Ralph Farmer, were assaulted on Depot Street after claiming their car was forced off the road by occupants of another vehicle. Both had minor injuries. one window was broken and both sought treatment for smoke inhalation and injuries. Firefighters battled a nearby blaze starting about 7:30 p.m. causing partial roof collapse and extensive damage to a brick building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Depot Street
Mike Kara
Wildwood Place
Ralph Farmer
Jackson St
Washington Avenue
Farmer
Kara
Oberlin man charged after disturbance on Lorain Street
A 20-year-old Oberlin man, John Michell of 35 Union St., was arrested Monday on E Lorain Street during a disturbance. He faces charges of disorderly conduct resisting arrest assaulting a police officer and criminal damaging. He damaged a police cruiser and was jailed in Lorain County with a $2850 cash bond and arraignment set for Wednesday in Oberlin Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
E. Lorain Street
John Michell
Union St
Bay Village graduate earns Miami U. B A degree
Correction notes Donna Jill Shore of Bay Village earned a B A degree from Miami University Oxford on Dec 17. Her name was accidentally omitted from the area degree recipients list published last week in The Chronicle Telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Jill Shore
Bay Village
Miami University
Oxford
Miss Shore
Chronicle-Telegram
Walter E. Smith Obituary Notice
Walter Edward Smith died at John Milton Nursing Home in Kissimmee Florida. The obituary notes his passing occurred Monday and lists surviving relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Edward Smith
John Milton
Kissimmee
Fla
Four Arrested in Gas Siphoning at Oberlin College Lot
Lorain man Roger K. Ridenour 20 and three juveniles ages 14 to 16 were arrested early Wednesday in Oberlin for siphoning gasoline from cars in an Oberlin College parking area. Ridenour faced theft and carrying a concealed weapon charges, pled innocent at arraignment, and a pre trial hearing is set for January 10. He posted a $2,000 bond. juveniles to appear in juvenile court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Lorain
Oberlin College
Roger K. Ridenour
Grant Sr
City services adjust for New Year holiday
Garbage pickup is delayed as City Hall closes at noon Thursday and remains closed Friday. Friday sanitation will shift to Monday and cover part of Monday’s route. Monday’s route will be completed Tuesday along with the Tuesday schedule.
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City Hall
Oberlin Woman Slightly Injured In Maple Street Kitchen Fire
An Oberlin woman, Linda Fields, 21, was treated for smoke inhalation at Allen Memorial Hospital after a kitchen fire on Maple Street. The blaze started when cooking oil overheated and was extinguished with help from a volunteer firefighter before the fire trucks arrived.
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Oberlin
Maple Street
Linda Fields
Maple St
Allen Memorial Hospital
New London Police Probe Store Break-in
New London police investigated a break-in at Miller Brothers Super Valu grocery store overnight. An undetermined amount of money and cigarets were taken. Entry was made through the front entrance between 10 p.m. Sunday and 6 a.m today, with thieves leaving through the rear exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Miller Brothers Super-Valu
Quarrel Precedes Oberlin Man Arrest
A 35 year old Oberlin man James Cain of 329 Lincoln Street was arrested Christmas Eve after a domestic quarrel. He was held in Lorain County jail and charged with disorderly conduct. Cain posted a 250 dollar cash bond and was to be arraigned in Oberlin Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Oberlin
James Cain
Lincoln St
Cain
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Murrell Services
Gary Jack Murrell
Sumner St
Cowling Funeral Home
Murrell
Sabina
Ohio
Schubert
Wilma
Charles Toney
Illinois
Myrtle Peterson
Berry
Marion
Lorain Telephone Company
Peterson
Bob
LeRoy
Sandusky
Schwartz, Spence and Boyer
William A. Gfell
Norwalk
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
Mr. Gfell
Bellevue
J.H. Gfeil
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Robert Dendinger
Heuston-Gerber Funeral Home
Otto J. Warren
Edmonds
Wash
Mr. Warren
Wellington
United Church of Huntington
Neil
Hugo
Wisconsin
Zayda
Ruth
Arthur R. Thomas
Ossie Lee Thomas
Mathis
Charlie Lee Walker
Jimmy Walker
Newnan
Emma Walker
Arthur R
Jim Max
Curtis Walker
Church of God
Bertha C
Nee Brill
South Amherst
Ninabelle Kilmer
Beverley Berry
Hempel Funeral Home
Amherservices
Brownhelmemetery
Mary Jane
John A
Jance Tisler
Sharon Kotelski
Carole Koprowski
Linda Hernandez
Jobo R Devin
St. Cyril and Methodius Church
Curtis-Scheutfler Funeral Home
Int
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Harvey C. Coutts
C.T
Elinor D
Wilfed Meier
Wilder Ave
Sisterville Ferry Landing
Elyrians
Fred Fish
Tom Tonich
James Palmer
Richard Schweinberg
Fish
Tonich
Alfred Damm
Oberlin Man
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