Obituaries and funeral notices from Elyria and nearby towns
Multiple obituaries and death notices from Elyria area residents. Elnore C Wongenfeld of Wellington died in Allen Memorial Hospital after a long illness. surviving family includes two daughters and eight grandchildren. Cecil R Davis of Lorain died after one year illness. wife Flossie and two daughters survive. Martha Migce brin k of Medina Valley City died after long illness. three sons and a daughter survive. Rosa Jennie Martin widow of Frank Martin had funeral services planned in Amherst. Daniel L Powers Jr age 6 months was found dead. coroner to rule cause. services scheduled in North Ridgeville and Fields Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnore C Wongenfeld
Barker St . Wellington
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Glouster
Wingenfeld
General Industries Co
Elyna
James
Hazel) Hardy
Tarpon Springs
Curtis BE
Cecil R Davis
West Erie Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Ohio
Davis
Parkersburg
W Va
Lorain - Cuyahoga Works
US. Steel Corp
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Flossie
John
Betty) Ault
St Marys
Loretta Wiggins
W. Va
Carl
Leonard
Foster
Earl
Ralph
West Virginia
Delford
Orlando
Fla
Emory Gemmer
Walker
John Sheppard
Claysville
Shaver
Murdock St
Kanawha Cemetery
John R Devin
Martha E Migcebrink
Neff Rd
Valley City
Shangri-La
Medina
Migchelbrink
Cleveland
Theodore
Frank Wolschlager
Walter Migchelbrink
Martha Bargar
Bauer Funeral Home
Rosa Jennie Martin
Garland Funeral Home
Amherst
Evergreen Cemetery
South Amherst
Martin
Frank Martin
Frederick
William
Charles Edward Gasser
Daniel L. Powers Jr
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain County
Daniel L. Powers Sr
Chestnut Ridge Rd
Daniel
Joseph Horton
Arthur Powers
North Ridgeville
Wade Powers
Mellisa Hubbard
Wise
Bognar Funeral Home
Fields United Methodist Church
David L Heeter
Fields Cemetery
In Memoriam for Sarah Massey February 1961
In loving memory of Sarah Massey who died February 3 1961 the verse recalls evening quiet and longing for home. The poem speaks of broken hearts left behind by a mother and daughter and son who remember her with enduring affection.
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Sarah Massey
Card of Thanks for multiple 1920s era bereavements
The families express sincere thanks for comfort, flowers, and kindness during illnesses and deaths. Names include Thomas Shores Glen and Dale Shores. a note to Rev Dr C G Russell Hargate. Delbert Lo Harvitt and children. Eva May Cook family. Peter Dzieniczewski family. Father Walter P Dobosz and Holy Cross Church Butner De Carlo Funeral Home, with thanks for floral donations and masses.
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Thomas 0
Wrlan Beanice
Glen and Dale Shores
Russell Hargate
Peter Dzieniczewski
Dumsky
Walter P Dobosz
Holy Cross Church
Butner de Carlo
Mary
Max
Robert Beck longtime Lorain auto dealer dies
Robert D Beck owner of Bob Beck Chevrolet Agency in Lorain died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a heart ailment. He was 57 and had lived in Lorain for 16 years after earlier work in Navarre with his father. Survived by wife Juanita Frederick daughter Anita Hacker two grandchildren and sister. Funeral arrangements and memorials to the Heart Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Beck
Lorain
Robert D Beck
Bob Beck
Chevrolet Agency
Broadway
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr Beck
Navarre
Lorain County Automobile Dealers Association
Stark County
Beck
Skyline Dr
Former Elyria Resident Killed Crossing Canton Street
Canton police report Alfred Tietze 84 was struck by a car while crossing Wertz Avenue at 8th Street near his home. He died at Timken Mercy Hospital after the 6:42 p.m. mishap. Driver not charged. Coroner to rule on cause. He had lived in Elyria most of his life before moving to Canton a year ago and leaves two sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, a sister and a brother. Funeral services set Friday at Reed Funeral Home Raff Road SW Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Elyria
Alfred Tietze
8Th St. N.W
Timken Mercy Hospital
Tietze
Wertz Avenue
8Th Street
Stark County
First Church of God
Elmer
Kenneth E
Littleton
Cole
Earl Ware
Mansfield
William C Herbst
Anderson
Ind
William
Neighbor threatens abduction in Lorain County case
A Sheffield Township man, Ronald Smith, 25, alleges neighbor Elbert Harris, 37, threatened to abduct his wife Patricia and their four children ages eight months to four years. Harris is charged with assault and battery and threatening to abduct, while the missing family remains unaccounted for since January 20. The sheriff's deputies reported the private affidavits in Lorain Municipal Court.
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Sheffield Township
Lorain
Harris
Smith
Patricia
Burglars Steal Cash and Cars From Kaminski Oldsmobile
A burglary at the Kaminski Oldsmobile dealer on Henderson Drive yielded $40 from a cash box and two cars stolen as the robbers broke a north side window. A custodian reported the break in at 5:45 a.m. and police recovered one car on Elyria Avenue later the same day.
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Lorain
Kaminski
Oldsmobile
Henderson Drive
Elyria Avenue
Death of Medina County man Dale L. Cox in Battle Creek
Dale L. Cox 47 longtime Medina County resident died in a Battle Creek Michigan hospital after a two week illness. A Battle Creek construction worker and World War I veteran he was born in Rittman. Surviving siblings include Mrs. Edward Young of Grafton and Caryle Evans of Akron. Friends may meet at Russell Fulton Funeral Home Grafton tomorrow 7 to 9 pm with funeral services tentatively planned for Thursday.
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Dale L. Cox
Medina County
Battle Creek
Mich
Cox
Rittman
Edward ‘Ermai Young
Grafton
June Evans
Akron
Caryle Evans
Russelll Fulton
Elyria Neighbors Move as Camp Family Relocates
The Camp family of six plans a move from 358 Pasadena Ave to 449 Stanford Ave, Elyria. Camp 1s circulation manager Dick Camp notes a three bedroom home is too small for their needs. Also listed are Russ Davies production control at United States Steel and Elyria Public Schools teacher William J Ransom. Nineteen Elyria Rotary Club members achieved perfect attendance from July through December, including Alan Botamer and Malcom E Cash.
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Lorain-Cuyvahoga Works
United States Steel
William J. Ransom
Elyria Public
Richard A
Laura
Pasadena Ave
Stanford Ave
Chronicle Telegram
Elyria Rotary Club
Alan Botamer
Malcom E Cash
Marion Crowder
FP. Dirlam
Harold Enyeart
Stanton Fitzgerald
Ralph Fox
Arthur Giles
Dana R Hart
David Holland
Fred Jones
Burton Ohlemacher
Robert Ohlemacher
Thomas Porter
Tom Price
Ray Benz Jr
William Tattersall
Harald West
Edward Wickens
The Call Ing Card Summary From Aetna Life And Casualty
The document notes car maintenance as a major family expense after food and housing. It cites an average annual car cost of 1 448 for 10 000 miles driven. It claims the most dangerous part of a commercial flight is the drive from airport to home. It lists a 1968 autos to aircraft ratio of 851 to 1 and an accidents ratio of 2 901 to 1.
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Aetna Life & Casualty
Elyria Council rejects Abbe rezoning for higher density apartments
Elyria City Council voted 10 to 1 against rezoning a 3.5 acre South Abbe Road parcel from R-1A to R-3 to allow 80 two and three bedroom units. Residents opposed the plan citing housing discrimination concerns and potential school impacts while Redco Associates urged the project to meet Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority needs for low and moderate income housing.
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Council
Abbe Road
Elyria
Lorain Metropolitan
The
Housing Authority
Redco
Councilmanic
Richard T. Laux
Redco Associates
Laux
Lorain outlines eight part long-range capital plan
City finance chair James Kokinda presented an eight item multi million capital improvements program to Lorain City Council. Proposed projects include a new city administration building $225 million in construction costs plus land up to $400 000, a new central police station municipal court and central fire station, a pool and skating rink at Oakwood Park for about $250 000, Oberlin Avenue widening funded in part by a $13 million state grant, a solid waste disposal system, three railroad underpasses financed by bonds, Tower Boulevard extension to Grove Avenue, and about $300 000 for equipment across departments.
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Lorain
Finance Claims Committee
James Kokinda
Finance-Claims Committee
Lorain Business District
Oakwood Park
Oberlin Avenue
West 30Th Street
Chester Campbell
Lorai
Bruadway
Reid and
Colorado Avenue
Tower Boulevard
Faldo Avenue
Elyria Avenue
Grove Avenue
Oberlin seniors elect 31 to Phi Beta Kappa
The first of two elections this year at Oberlin College names 31 seniors to Phi Beta Kappa. Among them is the daughter of an Elyria woman, a French major who made the dean’s list early and is married to the athletic director of Lake Ridge Academy. They reside in Oberlin.
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Oberlin
Elyria
Oberlin College
Phi Beta Kappa
Ernest Hedler
William F Lenchard
Hilliard Rd
Hedler
Lake Ridge Academy
North Ridgeville
Morgan Street
Ober
Three on Ohio high court file for new terms
Three Ohio Supreme Court justices filed petitions for new terms. Justice C William ONeill and Justice J P Corrigan sought six year terms while Justice Robert Duncan aimed for the remaining two years of Paul W Brown’s six year term after Brown resigned to become state attorney general and run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Brinks guard bond set at 12500 in case involving imposters
Court was told Brinks employee Coates had prior service with Brinks and later worked for North Olmsted Bus Co. The FBI proposed a 25000 bond based on confidential work from the original case. Imposters left. Brinks guards arrived ten minutes later. No prior criminal record noted.
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Brinks
Coates
North Olmsted Bus Co
Curci
FBI
Elyria to re study North Abbe sewer backups
Elyria City Council will re open study on persistent North Abbe Road sanitary sewer backups after a council meeting. Residents describe the area as near a typhoid risk and seek relief measures including halting North Abbe Road widening and building permits until sewer fixes are completed.
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Elyria Council
N. Abbe
North Abbe Road
Elyria
Water and Sewers Committee
Ses Sloan
John Sabo
Alexander Dr
Council
Sabo
Hospital seats outlined at Farm Bureau meeting
Elyria Memorial Hospital officials described advances in diagnostics and surgery as they plan for more trained staff and upgraded equipment. The meeting noted rising costs, salary below industry levels, and ongoing cost studies.
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Farm Bureau Meeting
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain County Farm Bureau
James G. Frank
Oberlin Peoples Bank
Frank
Chronicle Telegram
Rudy Denes
Farm Bureau
Items Taken From Car At College
Thieves stole a tape player an FM radio and three stereo tapes from the car of a Columbia Station man at Lorain County Community College yesterday Elyria police reported. The owner Les ter McCormick 26803 Osborne Rd valued the items at 110 dollars. His wallet with 5 dollars cash and personal papers was also taken. He found the theft at 245 pm the car was locked and police found no signs of forced entry.
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Columbia Station
Lorain County Community College
Elyria
Lester McCormick
Osborne Rd
McCormick
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E. Wingenfeld
Midelbrink
Cecil R. Davis
St. Martin Church
Paul Summers
Church
Memoriam
Delbert Lo Harvitt
Eva May Cook
Martin L. Cook
Elizabeth Wyke
Alice Patterson
Jean Gray
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home, Inc
Greater Elyria and Vicinity
Sica
Harvey C Curtis
Ernest W. Sehertfler
Ibpheye
Robert D. Beck
Reed Funeral Home
Raff Road
Sheffield
Hillagys Han
Russ Davies
South Abbe Road
East Broad Street
Redco Associates, Inc
Elyria Schools
Jack R Gray
Kenneth A Krueck
William F. Naegele
Scholastic
Melanie E. Hedler
Ohio High Court
Pittsfield Tawn Hall
Leroy Hasenpflug
Laura Fish
Valentine
Botamer Florist Clark & Mark
King Solomon Lodge
F& AM
Eugene A. Hoadley
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Samuel W. Kelly
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