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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1983
Page
2
Elyria and Lorain area obituaries report Jean I Kurtz 59 of Elyria and Rose Pajak 69 of Lorain dying with multiple survivors. Clara Lusk 75 of Lorain and Evelyn Carpenter 51 of North Ridgeville also noted with family ties and funeral arrangements. Services set at Parker and Son. John J Gluvna. John R Devin and Church of the Open Door with burials in local cemeteries.
William Nemeth 62, erstwhile Oberlin and Grafton resident, died of a heart attack while elk hunting in Gardiner Montana. A Navy pilot in WWII, he worked 32 years for Prudential and led Montana groups including Kiwanis and the Montana Fish and Game Association. Survived by wife Alma Louise and several children and relatives, services set in Missoula. Harriett Klooz dies at Golden Acres Nursing Home Amherst. Brian Pocock stillborn in Norwalk. Graveside services at Sand Hill Cemetery Castalia with Heaston Gerber Funeral Home in charge.
Marjorie C Ridenour survived by William R her husband and daughters Mary Margaret Buell Rita A Maruschak Jill E Ridenour and Bla M Ridenour. Friends may call at Reidy Scanlan Funeral Home Lorain today 2 4 and 7 9 pm. Services and Mass follow at St Stanislaus Church with DAV rites.
Donald aged 27 of Amherst died recently. Survived by parents Charles and Joyce, sister Kathryn, brothers Michael and David. Friends may call Garland Funeral Home Amherst today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services Tuesday at 1 p.m. Burial Crownhill Cemetery Amherst.
Kenneth J. Munyan aged 85 of Norwalk died Sunday at Twilight Gardens. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Heuston Gerber Funeral Home. Otto G. Widdifield aged 87 of New London died Sunday at home after a life in Ruggles and New London areas. He was a farmer and longtime postal carrier, member of Ruggles Church and Floral Lodge No 260, with survivors including his wife Elizabeth and sister Evajeane Huffman. Masonic and Eastern Star services are planned, with burial at Ruggles Memorial. Contributions may be made to the Ruggles Church.
An armed robber escaped with about $100 from the Convenient Food Store at 900 E Broad St. Saturday night. The clerk had her back turned when the gunman entered at 11:40 p.m. and demanded cash from the register. No injuries were reported.
Eaton Township firefighters fought two fires over the weekend. The first at Ray Deubel’s log cabin home caused about 45 000 in damage including 20 000 to the house and 25 000 to antiques. The second fire at Rex Schindler’s rental on West Royalton Road caused 2 000 to the house and 1 500 to contents, blamed on a defective fireplace.
Elisa Barbour, 21, Oberlin College sophomore, will surrender to federal marshals in Boston for a 30 day prison sentence after being convicted with 17 others for a January 1981 sit in protesting draft registration at Boston’s Main Post Office.
Walter G. Robinson aged 35 of 91 Maple Street Oberlin was listed in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after his vehicle veered off Lorain Boulevard near Foster Avenue and struck a utility pole in the early hours Sunday. His passenger Laura Boos 31 also of 91 Maple Street Oberlin was treated for minor injuries.
Elyria Catholic Fairview and North Olmsted high school students contribute works to Cleveland State University's art exhibit on display through March 11. A related lecture titled Teaching Children to Draw will be given by Dr. Brent Wilson of Penn State University at noon Tuesday in the CSU Gallery.
HGM Hilltop Realtors places food collection boxes in 27 Greater Cleveland offices to aid Lorain and Cuyahoga counties. Donations include non-perishable foods and money or gift certificates for perishables. Lorain gifts go to the County Cupboard. Cuyahoga gifts to the Greater Cleveland Inter-Church Council.
Kristin Peterson is new president of the Elyria YWCA Board of Directors with officers Cyndi Lugentheal, Freddie Springfield, Helen Bishop, Terri Radosevich and Charlene Meissner. The group urges donations to feed the hungry, with each dollar buying three dollars in food, funded by bulk purchases and nonprofit partners.
Medicine Shoppe International, a Missouri based chain, plans to open a store in Elyria on Feb 21. The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy at 403 Cleveland St will differ from other drug stores as only prescription and related services will be offered.
A 20 year old man, Kurt Bradley, is jailed on $7500 bond after being charged with felonious assault in a stabbing of Leslie Schafer, 32, of Vermilion, during an argument over a minor traffic accident outside the Coach Lite Inn in Amherst. Schafer is in critical condition at St Joseph Hospital Lorain.
The Military Order of the Purple Heart will elect officers at its next meeting on March 2 at 8 p.m. The gathering will be at the American Legion Hall on Gulf Road. The group, open to wounded veterans, drew 12 members this month, enough for a charter. Annual dues are $10. Call Charles Pritt at 329-5353 for details.
A man described as about six feet tall in his twenties robbed Bob's Donuts at 1833 Broadway Saturday night. He demanded cash from the male clerk and stole $40 plus the cash drawer before fleeing south on Broadway. The weapon was a large silver handgun matching suspects in recent robberies, including a prior holdup at Central Telephone Co. on 203 W Ninth St. last Wednesday.
More than 80 percent of all car accidents occur within forty miles of origin and at short trips.
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