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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1996
Page
12
Obituary notices for Paul M. Woidtke 52 Edison School teacher Avon Lake died after a two year illness. Also notices for Anastasia Pleban 90 Lorain. Jessie Hardwick 93 Amherst. Martin E. Mowrey 47 Lorain. Andrew Drew Zell Jr. 18 Huron. Details include birthplaces, families, services, call times, churches, and memorials.
Estelle Kissel nee Szlag aged 82 of Avon died at home Sunday after an apparent heart attack. Born in Cleveland she moved to Avon 40 years ago and belonged to St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church and other groups. Survivors include sons Dennis and Donald, brothers Tard and Gene Szlag, sisters Maxine Futrick and Charlotte Pesta, and husband Daniel A. Services Thursday at the funeral home and 10 am mass at St. Mary. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. Donations asked to Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio.
Death notice for Clarence McCray 55 of Elyria with survivors including brothers Charles Frank Brown and Robert Willis and caregiver Alberta Williams. Calling hours 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at Brown Funeral Home Lorain. Service 11 am Thursday at ML Zion Baptist Church Elyria. Burial Brookdale Cemetery. Elyria.
Richard B. Warren, 74, of Oberlin died Monday at Welcome Nursing Home after a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Norton Funeral Home in Wellington.
A memorial service for Gabriel W. Enyedy aged 87 of Elyria will be held at 3 30 p m Friday at Harvest Life Bereavement Center 5255 N Abbe Road Elyria He died January 30 and owned Enyedys Market in Elyria for 25 years Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home Elyria handled arrangements Clarence McCray 55 of Elyria dies Wednesday service 11 am Thursday at Brown Funeral Home 2652 Broadway Lorain Rev Marcettes L Cunningham Mount Zion Baptist Church will officiate Burial will be in Brookdale Cemetery Elyria
Kenneth P Harvey 75 a lifelong Elyria resident died of cancer Sunday at his home. He was a 1940s Elyria High School graduate, a Marine Corps corporal in World War II serving Tarawa Saipan and Tinian, and a millwright for Abex Corp retiring in 1981. He was a AMVETS Post 32 member and former American Legion member. Survivors include his wife Annabel and 9 other relatives. Services Friday at Brookdale Cemetery chapel with full military honors by VFW Post 1079. Memorials to Harvest Life Bereavement Center. Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch handled arrangements.
Multiple obituary notices from Elyria and Fremont reveal Frank A. Dossa age 78 died after a short illness at EMH Regional Medical Center with survivors including a daughter and sisters. Harold R. Schwert 85 of Fremont died at Fremont Memorial Hospital. Hazel F. (Ray) listed survivors include children and many grandchildren. Russell Marsh 88 of Elyria died at EMH Regional Medical Center with arrangements to be announced by Blackburn Funeral Home.
Carl O Petersen 98 of Westlake died Saturday at Manatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton Florida after a brief illness. He was born in Abby Denmark and moved to the United States in 1921 working as a farmer here. In the 1930s he ran a trucking company delivering ice and coal and later owned a gas station at Wooster and Center. He managed the Westlake Hotel Garage in the 1950s and worked at Clearap Wax Paper Co from 1962 until retirement in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Danish Brotherhood. Survived by wife Mary Richard Avon two sons three grandchildren a great granddaughter brothers William Avon Cliff Bradenton and sister Jane Ridenour Lorain. Services 11:30 am Wednesday at Burmeis Detroit Road Avon with the Rev David Van Arsdale officiating. Burial Resthaven Memory Gardens Avon. Building fund John Knox Presbyterian Church North Olmsted 44070.
Lucille L. Tadych age 91 formerly of Berea died Sunday in Cincinnati where she had been living in a nursing home. She is survived by daughter Jean H. Kozan of Cincinnati son H. Allen of Berea five grandchildren a great grandchild sister Esther Heath and brother Ralph Perkins of Berea husband Harry R sisters Susan Martin Irene Eshmont and brother Edward. Visitation 7 to 9 pm Wednesday Chambers Funeral Home Berea. Services 10 am Thursday at St Adalbert Catholic Church Berea. Burial in St Adalbert Cemetery Berea.
Bernice E Wittreich nee Ken Zig of Sheffield Lake died of congestive heart failure after a three month illness at EMH Regional Medical Center born in Cleveland she lived in Fairview Park before moving to Sheffield Lake thirty one years ago a homemaker she was a member of St Thomas the Apostle Church survivors include daughters Anne Marie Kelsing Sheffield Lake Jean Reising Avon sons Robert E Brownsville Texas Michael D Elyria eight grandchildren two great grandchildren sisters Elizabeth Lynch Westlake Sister Allan Kenzig Cleveland Rita G rogan Cincinnati and brother Donald Kenzig Fairview Park. Services set for 9 15 a m Thursday at the funeral home followed by 10 a m Mass at St Thomas the Apostle Church Memorials may go to charity of donor’s choice.
Eugene J. Henes, 65, of Elyria died Monday night at EMH Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Visitation is scheduled 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at the Bauer-Laubenthal-Wainwright Funeral Home. Details announced by the funeral home.
Hilda M. Nahar 88 of Westlake died Saturday after a short illness at Westbay Manor. Born in Allegheny County Pa she lived much of her life in Charleroi and Westlake the last four years. She was a bookkeeper at Kinder and Mollenauer before retiring a member of Christ Lutheran Church Charleroi and enjoyed bridge. Services 1 pm Saturday at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Avon Lake with Rev Lynn Schlessman officiating Burial in Monongahela Cemetery Monongahela. Malloy Memorial Services Cleveland assisting.
Suspects from Barton and Cheeseman drove the truck with a false wall concealing 37 bales of marijuana, police said. The Bustamantes arrived January 26 for the delivery. hotel rooms at Amherst Travelodge yielded $12,000 in cash, plus $186,000 in cash and $7,000 in jewelry. All six defendants are set for pre-trials at 8:30 am February 16 in Judge Thomas W. Jonas's Common Pleas courtroom.
Members of the Black River Property Association plan to attend a 6 p.m. Lorain Port Authority meeting at Spitzer Plaza Hotel to protest the downtown park project. They cite concerns about entrances and boat ramps, per Doug Hill of Hill's Office Supplies.
Former Mayor Alex Olejko cited by Rivera as raising concern whether Prudoff drove a city car to attend his mother’s funeral. Mihok says Prudoff knew Stove Works probes were off limits without approval, while Nicoloff reports Prudoff is seen driving after hours. Prudoff defends car use as city business and shows incomplete land-deal records.
Lioux warns that McGough proposal to reveal juror identities may infringe constitutional rights. The Chronicle-Telegram editorialized on secret juror identities, while McGough defends the plan and promises to name jurors who consent. Lioux argues secrecy aids jury selection and transparency of community context matters.
Courtney Sweeney, president of the Junior Class at Elyria West High School, was misidentified in a story Saturday about a protest at the school.
Elyria Ohio police say Marc Richards 38 of East Avenue required multiple stitches after a longtime friend attacked him with a straight razor at his home over church plans. Richards declined to name the assailant, who arrived Sunday afternoon to invite him to attend services.
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