Services set for ex union official William Socotch
William N. Socotch 61 of Lorain died Thursday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after bypass surgery. Services Monday 9:30 a.m. at John R. Devin Funeral Home followed by a 10 a.m. divine liturgy at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church. Burial at Calvary Cemetery. Rosaries tonight and Sunday at the funeral home. He was a Navy veteran, longtime United Steelworkers Local 1242 officer, and active in community and political causes. He is survived by family members and was born in Moon Run, Pennsylvania.
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William N. Socotch
Lorain
Elyria Memorial Hospital
John R. Devin
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Holy Name Society
Ladies Guild
Moon Run
U.S. Steel
Cuyahoga
Koehring Thew Co
United Steelworkers
Lorain County
William Hoag
Olmsted Falls
Parma Hospital
Iron Mountain
Mich
Ford Motor Co
Jenkins Senior Center
North Olmsted
May Cate
Baker Funeral Home
Berea
Donald Wilson
Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Olmsted Falls Community Church
Longtime North Ridgeville trustee John Sigsworth dies
John R. Sigsworth 62 of North Ridgeville, former township trustee, died Friday at St John West Shore Hospital after a six month illness. An Elyria native and Case Tech graduate, he served as an Army Air Corps B 17 pilot in World War II and was a POW for nine months. Survived by wife Margaret and children Kathy Cousino, Diane Myers, Claudia Smiley, Stephanie Champion, Andrea Sigsworth, J Richard, Michael. 11 grandchildren. brothers Thomas and Russell. Funeral Monday 2:30 p.m. at Fields United Methodist Church. Burial Fields Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert M. Burnsworth
Lorain
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Pennsylvania
Marianna
Bethlehem
Christian Life Church
Gerald
Emma Lucille
E. Richard Nichols
Clotton Chapel
Kirby, Pa
John R. Sigsworth
North Ridgeville
St. John
West Shore Hospital
Westlake
Elyria
Sunar-Hauserman Co
Cleveland
Case Institute of Technology
Army Air Corps
Hamburg
Germany
Stalag Luft 3
Fields United Methodist Church
The
Ohio Mechanical Engineers Association
Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post
Margaret
Thomas A
Russell L
Sheryl
Wainwright
James Skinner
Fields Cemetery
Meridith Ted Meridith 57 Elyria obituary
Frederick A. Ted Meridith, 57, of Elyria, died Friday at the Elyria Home after a long illness. Born in Cleveland, he lived in Elyria 17 years and retired in 1984 as a cost estimator from Martini Construction Co. He previously worked at EF Bonely and Sons Co. in Cleveland. He sang with local bands and in area groups and was a graduate of Case Western Reserve. He belonged to the Cleveland Athletic Club and the Cleveland Engineering Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A
Ted) Meridith
Elyria
Cleveland
Martini Construction Co
Ef, Bonely and Sons Co
Cleveland Athletic Club
Cleveland Engineering Society
Case Western Reserve
Sam Jaffe obituary and Elyria area deaths reported
Obituaries note Sam Jaffe a renowned foreign correspondent dies at 55 in Bethesda lung cancer. Also reported are deaths of Ruby L. McClintock 58 of Elyria and Ernestine Fusa 74 of Elyria with funeral plans and calling hours listed. Burial for Jaffe and services in Elyria and Lorain areas summarized.
Cheese and butter giveaway at Elyria Salvation Army
Surplus government cheese and butter are to be distributed to the poor and unemployed from 9 am to 3 pm on Valentine’s Day at 716 Broad St Elyria. Maj Debora Goforth says 18000 pounds of cheese and 9600 pounds of butter will be handed out in two pound boxes based on family size eligibility requirements including ADC cards Social Security Disability or food stamps and social worker signed needs statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Salvation Army
Broad St
Debora Goforth
Veterans Administration
Stanadyne workers OK modified pact
Elyria workers at Stanadyne Inc have accepted a modified contract with terms not disclosed The reopened agreement originally dated 1983 extends to March 1 1988 replacing the March 1 1986 expiry The deal covers about 200 workers in the Moen and Western Steel divisions Local 101 officials and the company declined further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Stanadyne, Inc
Stanadyne
United Auto Workers Local 101
Robert Balant
Robert Burnside
Local 101
Moen and Western Steel Division
Amherst doctors form Amhealth Ventures to cut hospital costs
Amherst Hospital launches Amhealth Ventures a non profit group of 30 staff physicians and area doctors to invest in the hospital and participate in program planning. The aim is to cut costs for patients and improve elderly care with details to be kept confidential amid hospital competition. Investments began in January and the venture remains open to more partners.
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Amherst
Amherst Hospital
Amhealth Ventures, Inc
Florencio Yuzon
Yuzon
Amherst Group
Man sentenced for rape of boy in Elyria case
A 27-year-old Elyria man, Mark W. Bainbridge, was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for two counts of raping a 9-year-old boy he babysat. He pleaded guilty November 16 after a June grand jury indictment. The judge ordered concurrent sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Mark W. Bainbridge
Debby Lane
Lorain County
Bainbridge
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Cirigliano
Elyria women win renewal of child development credential
Mrs. Carol Hoyt and Mrs. Lois Koepp of the Elyria Head Start Program are renewed with the Child Development Associate Credential for outstanding preschool work. The CDA Credentialing Commission awards based on six areas including safety and healthy learning environments. Interested parents should contact the CDA National Credentialing Program in Washington, D.C. or call (800) 424-4310.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Carol Hoyt
Lois Koepp
CDA
G Street
Washington, D.C
Tansey named to influential Ohio House Rules Committee
State Rep. Marie Tansey R Vermilion was appointed to the House Rules Committee, a key panel setting the agenda and routing all bills. She was sworn in for her fifth term in the legislature.
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Columbus
Marie Tansey
Vermilion
House
Tansey
Cold wave and court saga span Elyria Lorain
A punishing cold snap persists with a 32 day stretch below freezing and a historical low note, while in Lorain a civil trial linked to murdered Esther Kothe resumes April 2. Attorney Fred Tokarskey accuses Lewis Kothe and sons of concealing estates to dodge a 155000 award. Weather forecaster Ray Diederich predicts a slight weekend warmup as a separate local seminar on aging is announced for Feb 12 at the Lorain Public Library South Branch with free admission and required pre registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lewis Kothe
Lorain County
Ray Diederich
U.S
North Ridgeville
Diederich
Lorain
Lorain Public Library
Mary Vadas
Senior Citizen's Association
Lorain County Office On Aging
Mary Weyburne
Lorain County Nursing Home Ombusman
South Branch
Ex Reagan adviser to speak in Ashland lecture
Richard W. Allen, former national security adviser to Ronald Reagan, will speak at Ashland College as the fourth lecture in the 1984 85 major issues series. He will deliver The Pacific Basin and Reagan Foreign Policy What It Means For The Next Four Years at a noon luncheon February 21. Tickets are 10 dollars for luncheon and lecture or 80 dollars for a table of eight. Reservations call 419 289 4142 ext 5411 or write to the John M. Ashbrook Center. Allen studied at Notre Dame and Munich and has published works on foreign policy and East West relations.
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Ashland
Richard W. Allen
Reagan
John M. Ashbrook Center For Public Affairs
Ashland College
Allen
John C. Myers
Notre Dame
Munich
Germany
Birth announcements dated January to February
Birth notices list a daughter to Mr and Mrs Arsenio Caraballo in Wellington and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Teddy Meek in Birmingham. A son to Mr and Mrs Frank Simonson in Wellington. A son to Mr and Mrs Andrew Lebanik in Vermilion on February 2. Steven Witherspoon in Oberlin. February 3 reports Kenneth Frankel in Elyria and Timothy McCray in Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan
Arsenio Caraballo
Wellington
Teddy Meek
Birmingham
Frank Simonson
Andrew Lebanik
Vermilion
Steven Witherspoon
Oberlin
Kenneth Frankel
Elyria
Timothy McCray
Amherst
Correction corrects Megan Edwards photo caption
Megan Edwards four years old was miscredited in Friday's Chronicle Telegram photos. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Edwards of 39572 Robert Lane Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Megan Edwards
Chronicle-Telegram
Robert Edwards
Robert Lane
Elyria
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Salem
Ore
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Portland
Susan
John
Detroit
Carl
Margaret) Dostal
South Amherst
Glen
Ann) Lehman
Mary Ritzrow
St. Nicholas
Pearl Carter
Nellie
Ohio
Marysville Hospital
Marysville
Ernest Crago
Grafton
Clarence Crago
Ostrander
Noel Crago
Wooster
Florence Taylor
Herbert Crago
Harland Carter
Robertson Funeral Home
Delaware
Funeral
Ridgeville
Frederick Meridith
Anne
Sharon Costanzo
Rick
Tom Pennington
Marjorie Nokes
Mayfield Heights
Brenda
Laubenthal
Jon Freshwater
Brookdale Cemetery
Washington
Sam Jaffe
Jaffe
Life Magazine
CBS
ABC
Bethesda
Moscow
Hong Kong
FBI
CIA
Soviets
Ruby L. McClintock
Blackburn Fulton Funeral Home
Ernestine Fusa
Gluvna
Stanadyne Workers OK
Robert Corts
Steven R. Nagy
Corts
Susan Everhard
Elizabeth Dellisanti
Bernie Noble
Brian Miller
Hoyt, Koepp
Kothe
Blackburn
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