Area Deaths Bring Tragedy Across Elyria and Surrounds
Elyria records multiple obituaries as area residents die in recent days. Eugene Lehman 65 of 769 N Abbe Road died after a heart attack while shoveling snow. He retired from Ridge Tool Co after 41 years and was active in Church of the Open Door and Kiwanis. Various other obituaries note deaths in Elyria Lorain and nearby towns with service details and survivors listed. Proceedings include viewings at local funeral homes and burial plans in Riverside and other cemeteries.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Eugene Lehman
Abbe Road
Ridge Tool Co
Church of the Open Door In
Elyria Kiwanis
Lehman
Wilma
Obituaries from Elyria and Avon Highlight Local Services
ERLYIA Frances Raings Florence 2 Andover survived by husband Stephen daughter Susan Burns and brother. Visitation 6-9 pm tonight at John R Davin Funeral Home. Service Wednesday 11 am at the funeral home. Burial Resthaven Memory Gardens Avon Isabella Isa 82 Elyria survived by one brother and one sister. Calling hours today 2-4 and 7-8:30 pm Dicken Funeral Home. Service 1 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial Evergreen Cemetery South Amherst. Memorials to First United Presbyterian Church Elyria. VARADI Mary 91 Elyria survived by husband James sons Jasper Thomas Ballas Joseph Ballas daughter Mary Lacy and sister. Calling today 2-4 and 7-8 pm Bitiner DeCario Funeral Home Elyria. Prayer service tonight 7:30 pm. Services Wednesday 10 am Magyar United Church of Christ. Burial Brookdale Cemetery. eal
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Florence E. Hennie
Newbern
North Carolina
North Ridgeville
North Olmsted
Hennie
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Fairview Park
Easter Star
Robert
Karen) Sharkey
Wayne
Chicago
Frieda Gunderman
Jenkins Funeral Chapel
Westlake
Eastern Star
Riverside Cemetery
Cleveland
Priscilla Shoup
Dennis
Kenneth
la Grange
Arthur
Lorain
Richard
Elyria
Wainwright
Don Engram
Brookdale
Church of the Open Door Christian School
Marjorie E. Vibber
Onalaska
Wis
la Crosse
Wis. Lutheran Hospital
Blue Rapids
Kan
Lorain County
Wisconsin
Wibber
Paul Roe
Menominee
Winifred Burroughs
Aurora
Harley
Dean
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
First United Methodist Church
Isabella
Isa
Dicken
Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
South Amherst
First United Presbyterian Church
Varadi
Mary
James
Jasper Ballas
Joseph Ballas
Mary Lacy
Friends Tay
Ami
Bitiner-DeCario
Magyar United Church of Christ
Eal
Ohio study says boilers waste energy. save with microprocessor controls
A Honeywell Center study finds Ohio’s six largest energy users could save about 48 million dollars annually by modernizing boilers with microprocessor controls and sensors. Savings span each industry from chemical to textile, with potential annual boiler cost cuts up to two million dollars per unit.
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Columbus
Ohio
Energy Management Information Center
Honeywell Inc
Minneapolis
Honeywell
Ken Lawrence
The
Information Center
Lawrence
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
Turnpike plazas offer free coffee and low fuel prices
Free coffee will be provided at all Ohio Turnpike service plaza restaurants from 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve to 7 a.m. New Year’s Day. Oasis Petroleum operates the service stations with discounted diesel at $1.15 for self service as part of station remodel openings to encourage travelers to rest during the holiday.
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Ohio Turnpike Service Plaza
Turnpike Commission
Oasis Petroleum
Three Elyria men enter pleas in armed robbery case
Three Elyria men charged with the November 19 armed robbery of Bob's Sparkle Market in Elyria pleaded innocent at an arraignment in Lorain County Common Pleas Court. Pre trial hearings set for Monday at 8 30 a m. Ward Morris and Gray face aggravated robbery indictments. Ward also charged with felonious assault for wounding the clerk, Terry Anguish. The store was left with about 500 missing after two masked gunmen shot Anguish in the wrist and thigh. Police followed the getaway car to Huey Morris’s Garvin Street home. suspects surrendered about 30 minutes after police surrounded the house.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Ward
Terry Anguish
Anguish
Morris
Garvin Street
Elyria man arrested in downtown camera theft case
A 19 year old Elyria man Paul E. Davis of 812 Rosewood Drive was charged with receiving stolen property after trying to sell a camera at Loomis Camera Inc. for 85 dollars. Police matched the serial number to a December 22 home burglary. A 14 year old accomplice was arrested and referred to juvenile authorities.
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Elyria
Paul E. Davis
Rosewood Drive
Loomis Camera Inc
Davis
Deaths N Patrick Gratchen 71 Former Lorain Manager
Nicholas Patrick Gratchen 71 of Lake Worth Florida died Saturday after a heart attack. He lived in Lorain most of his life and retired in 1972 as a division manager for Sear Roebuck. Survived by son James D. of Cleveland and sister Ann Coyne of Cleveland. Preceded in death by wife Lena last August. Services at Walter A Frey Funeral Home Lorain with burial at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Jean Jones Tufts
Oberlin
Cleveland
Oberlin College
Welcome Nursing Home
Tufts
Robert W
Georgia Gomez- Thanet
Cambridge
Wis
Rebecca Cardwell
Atlanta
Nicholas Patrick Gratchen
Lorain
Lake Worth
Fla
Sear Roebuck and Co
Mr. Gratchen
James D
Ann Coyne
Lena
Walter A. Frey
Funeral
Elmwood Cemetery
Police and crash notes from a busy Monday in the city
A string of incidents from early morning to evening includes several vehicle crashes with minor injuries or none, thefts at multiple addresses, property damage, a roller rink injury, a trash fire, and a window break. Notable locations include East Broad Street Penfield Street Lorain Boulevard Route 2 Lake Avenue and Cleveland Street.
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Elyria
Bob Bailie
Ob Kvei
Helier Bow
East Broad Street
Holiday Inn
Lorain Boulevard
Penfield Street
11Th St
Willow St
Cleveland Street
Smh
Ohio Street
Pasadena Street
Route 57
Lake Avenue
Furnace Street
East Ave
Elyria Township Trustees to hold year end meeting Thursday
Elyria Township Trustees will meet Thursday at 4 p.m. for their annual year end business session. The gathering will be held at the township garage located at 41416 Griswold Road, per township clerk William Ivancic.
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Elyria
William Ivancic
Griswold Road
Ivancic
Bond set for two men in Ridgeville Lawson theft
Bond set at 15000 each in Elyria Municipal Court for Daniel Carr and Norbert Buschur charged with aggravated robbery. Police say a man with a gun demanded cash at Lawson's 7079 Avon Belden Road early Sunday, fleeing with unknown amount. witnesses described the suspect and car, later stopped by Avon police with North Ridgeville and Sheffield Lake units on Long Road.
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Bond
Ridgeville
Lawson
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Daniel Carr
Norbert Buschur
Bartow
Avon
Sheffield Lake
Long Road
Wise ends term as LaGrange township trustee
Twelve people bid farewell to retiring LaGrange Township trustee Dale Wise after nine and a half years in office. The meeting set organizational date, swore in Jerold Seabold and James Plas as trustees, named Elyria Savings as township depository, set the 7.18 millage, and appointed John Hayden and Clarence Scarborough to boards. Joseph French fills the appeals board vacancy from George French’s death.
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Lagrange
LaGrange Township
Dale Wise
Wise
Jerold Seabold
James Plas
Elyria Savings & Trust
John Haydn
Clarence Scarborough
Joseph French
George French
Lorain City Council Swearing-In Presided by Judges
Lorain Common Pleas Court Judges Henry Webber and Floyd Harris will oversee the swearing-in of Lorain City Council members at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers. Five new councilmen and eight incumbents will take the oath, including James Paro bek, Charles Chevalier, Richard Roule, Joseph Poltrone, Angel Arroyo, plus incumbents Wood row Mathna, Robert Hritsko, Edmond Skimin, Emmett Ross, Kenneth Shawver, Victor Wlaszyn, Donald Gleisner, and John Czerkas.
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Lorain
Common Pleas Court
Henry Webber
Floyd Harris
Lorain City Council
Council
James Parobek
Charles Chevalier
Richard Roule
Joseph Poltrone
Angel Arroyo
Woodrow Mathna
Robert Hritsko
Edmond Skimin
Emmett Ross
Kenneth Shawver
Victor Wlaszyn
Donald Gleisner
John Czerkas
Lorain Man Arrested After Glass Event at Elyria Lounge
A 21 year old Lorain man Gilbert Romero of 2015 E 30th St was charged with assault after allegedly striking a patron with a glass early Sunday at Uncle Vic's Lounge in Elyria police said he was arrested at the scene.
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Lorain
Elyria
Gilbert Romero
E. 30Th St
Uncle Vic
Suit: Lorain mother sues hospital over infant meningitis miss
Rebecca Whitfield of Lorain files a $1 million suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court against Lorain St. Joseph Hospital alleging hospital staff failed to diagnose meningitis in her infant son Detroy Walker after a Sept. 23 1980 ER visit. The case seeks an eight member jury and was moved from Columbus to Lorain County for jurisdiction. Judge Adrian F. Betleski assigned the case.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Columbus
Franklin County Common Pleas
Adrian F. Betleski
Lorain Business College Expands Facilities
Lorain Business College at 1907 North Ridge Road expands by 36 percent adding 1,800 square feet. The upgrade includes a 50 seat lecture hall four offices two student lounges and renovations to the library study room and faculty lounge area.
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Lorain Business College
North Ridge Road
Lorain
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