Area deaths in Elyria region claim several locals
Obituaries report Starr K. Woodruff 57 of LaGrange and Berea dies after a heart attack in Elyria Memorial Hospital. Other notices list Laura Swinehart 59 Elyria, Donald Lilly 29 Lorain in sorrow, and Tiwa Lilly with family details. Funeral arrangements and memorials follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starr K. Woodruff
LaGrange and
Berea
Woodruff Insurance Agency
Elyria Memorial Hospital
LaGrange
Charles Zacharias
Death notices for Hackney Harold P and Sexton Raymond F
Harold P Hackney 70 of West 22nd Street Lorain died. Survived by wife Dorothy daughters Mrs Marcelle Flowers and Mrs Claudia Carter son James and two brothers. Friends at Brown Funeral Home Lorain Friday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Service Saturday 2 pm New Morning Star Primitive Baptist Church, Elmwood Cemetery burial. Raymond F Sexton 65 of Avon Belden Road Grafton died. Survived by wife Zelma sons Daniel David Norman daughters Mrs Linda Hunter Mrs Sharon Stipe Mrs Debbie Bivins Mrs Judy Dempsey Mrs Katring Geiswile. Friends at Fulton Funeral Home Grafton Friday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Service Saturday 1:30 pm funeral home, burial Butternut Ridge Cemetery Gratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange High School
Baldwin Wallace College
National Alumni Association
Baldwin Wallace
Woodruff
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Berea Kiwanis Club
Berea United Methodist Church
Independent Insurance Agents
Lorain County
Marian
Holmes
Sans
Larry
Hackney
Harold P
BL West
St. Lorain
Dorothy
Marcelle Flowers
Claudia Carter
James
Brown Funeral
Lorain
Sergioea
New Morning Star Primitive Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Sexton
Raymond F
Avon Belden Rd
Grafton
Zelma
Daniel
David
Norman
Linda Hunter
Sharon Stipe
Debbie Bivins
Judy Dempsey
Katring Geiswile
Fulton Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Butternut Hidge
Gratton
Doctors Face Forced Moves As Elyria Memorial Trims Programs
Twenty physicians at Elyria Memorial Hospital confront mandatory transfers after Congress actions curb foreign trainee programs and the AMA downsizes internships. Seventeen will relocate to larger-city residencies while others, including Jayashankan from India, Enriquez of the Philippines and Uy, seek new postings in Cleveland New York or Chicago, expressing sadness at leaving a valued, familylike learning environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Enriquez
Rodolfo Uy
J.K. Jayashankan
Elyria Memorial Hospital
The
American Medical Association
Elyria Memorial
Avon Lake area mourns child and several elders in two days
Obituaries detail the deaths of Cheryl Lynn McCartin 9 of Avon after a two week illness with services at Burmeister Avon Lake Funeral Home and Sunset Memorial Park. Also noted are Edward D. Haumann 70 of Lorain and Orval G. Gregory 73 of Glenville WV with lengthy service and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Sias
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Cheryl Lynn McCartin
Avon
Fairview General Hospital
Edward D. Haumann
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Orval G. Gregory
No. 7
River St
Glenville
W. Va
Elyria
Calhoun General Hospital
Grantsville
Evalee
Big bust of hash turns out to be oregano in Wellington
Wellington police halted Alan W. Clark 21 of Ashland for a traffic stop amid a claim of hashish. Chief Coop er noted the odor and Clark spent a night in jail before tests revealed oregano. He faces Oberlin Municipal Court on the original traffic charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Alan W. Clark
Ashland
Ptl
Kevin Lafferty
Lafferty
W. Jay Cooper
Clark
Oberlin
Head-on Crash Injures Elyria Woman
A 58-year-old Elyria woman, Olga D. Frank, was listed in fair condition after a head-on collision on Gulf Road. The accident occurred when a car driven by 24-year-old Steve Scott crossed left of center on a curve at 2005 Gulf Road, striking Frank’s vehicle. Scott sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Gulf Road
Olga D. Frank
Steve Scott
Pole Ave
Lorain
Scott
Kellogg Day 98 to appear on WUAB Lorain Conversations
Kellogg Day the 98 year old Elyrian author of 97 Years and a Day will appear on WUAB Channel 43 Lorain Conversations hosted by Alice Weston. The segments air at 10 a.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg Day
Elyrian
WUAB
Channel 43
Lorain
Alice Weston
Engel Field to Close March 1 Leaving Area Pilots Hurting
Engel Field Avon will shut down March 1 after Bosworth Corp. and 25 pilots vacate 4400 Lear Nagle Road, leaving about 40 pilots from Avon North Olmsted North Ridgeville Bay Village and Westlake without a local airfield. Landowners plan to reclaim the parcel with no immediate redevelopment plans while FAA studies relocate Teleprompter antenna plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AVON
Engel Field
Lear Nagle Road
Bosworth Corp
Carl Herring
The
Gund Co
Lorain County
George Slaman
Bay Village
Bosworth Corporation
FAA
Teleprompter of
Mills Road
Rob Russell
Teleprompter
North Ridgeville
Russell
Vermilion Driver Dies After Cliff Plunge Into River
Maureen K. Odorizzi 22 of Vermilion died Thursday when her pickup struck a guard rail, went airborne over a cliff, struck two trees, and landed in the Vermilion River near Mill Hollow. Odorizzi, born in Vermilion, was a St Mary Church parishioner. She left a husband Louis and a son Paul, with her parents, siblings, and in-laws in Vermilion and Lorain. The 1970 El Camino was driven west on North Ridge Road at 515 pm. authorities say speed and vehicle loss of control led to the crash. The accident remains under investigation. Funeral arrangements are handled by Fisher Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura L. Swinehart
Huron St
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
McMinnville
Tenn
Swinehart
AmVets Club
Norman C
Gladys Maury
James Alley
Ernest Alley
Garden City
Michigan
Charles Alley
Charlottesville
S.C
John Alley
South Carolina
Norman Swinehart
Lorain
Robert Swinehart
Huntington
Wilbert Padgett
Curtis- Scheuffler Funeral Home
Funeral
Donald Adams
First Methodist Church of
Brookdale Cemetery
Donald R. Lilly
Lorain County
William Kishman
Lilly
Vietnam
Lorain - Cuyahoga Works
U.S. Steel Corp
Beckly
W. Va
Lora
Admiral King High School
Twila
Nee Howell
Michael
Brian
Arnold Lilly
Coal City
John
Nelson
Carl
Mary Belle) Fain
North Olmsted
Vermilion River
Mill Hollow
Maureen K. Odorizzi
W. River Road
Elyria Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
Lorain Community Hospital
Vermilion Rescue Squad
Odorizzi
Nee Russell
Vermilion
St. Mary Church
Louis
Paul
William Russell
Eugene Haettich
Tim
Dan
Jim
James
Barbara) McGuirk
Sharon) Kumpf
Kenneth
Judith) Perkins
Roy
Peggy) Squires
Patricia Johnson
Fisher Funeral Home
Lawsuit filed over fatal cliff accident involving youths
Judith O'Hara, as administrator of Marlie O'Hara's estate, seeks 1.25 million dollars in common pleas court. The 18 year old died Aug 13 near Vermilion and North Ridge Roads after fleeing a camp incident with Michael Walsh and Thomas Griffith. Defendants include Walsh, Griffith, the Elyria YMCA, and the Lorain County Metropolitan Park Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Judith O'Hara
Orchard Ave
Lorain
Marlie O'Hara
Mill Hollow
Vermilion
North Ridge Roads
Marlie
Michael Walsh
Clement Dr. Lorain
Thomas Griffith
Clifton Ave
Elyria
Cleveland Plaza to End Hotel Services
The Cleveland Plaza at Euclid and E 32nd Street will close as a full service hotel May 1 after a $1.5 million purchase from AmeriTrust. Developer Carl Milstein plans a $20 million conversion to an office building with about 50 luxury suites, while retaining banquet hall, restaurant, and meeting rooms. 132 full time staff to lose 45, plus 48 on banquet days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Plaza
Statler
Euclid
E. 32Th Street
Ameri- Trust Corp
Carl Milstein
Milstein
Hotel
Elyria Memorial birth notices Feb 13 14
A son to Mr and Mrs Timothy Mericle 220 Fast 15th St. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Jon Sockel 400 Concord Dr Lorain Feb 14 a son to David Green 364 Hickory Run LaGrange and Mrs John Stelnicki 259 Marseilles Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Mericle
Fast 15Th St
Thomas Hinton
Rosewood Dr
Jon Sockel
Concord Dr
Lorain
David Green
Hickory Run
LaGrange
John Stelnicki
Marseilles Ave
Fund continues for Waldecker after tragedies
Residents rally for James Waldecker after a fire that killed his wife and two children at their Pheasant Run Village home in LaGrange Township on January 30. A downtown can drive has collected 204 dollars. a fund at Elyria Savings and Trust in Grafton branch holds donations, while Lutheran West High School students contributed 80 dollars by charging admission at a basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Waldecker
LaGrange
Grafton
Rodney Armstrong
Waldecker
Elyria Savings and Trust
Lutheran West High School
Lorain Driver Hurts After Hitting Pole on Leavitt Road
A 33 year old Lorain man Jerald Osler is in critical condition at Lorain Community Hospital after his car struck an Ohio Edison pole on Leavitt Road shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday. Police cited loss of control as the cause and noted a separate three car crash at the same location about 9 p.m. today with incomplete reports available this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Ohio Edison
Leavitt Road
Jerald Osler
Shaffer Drive
Credit union to be closed for President's Day
Lorain United States Corp Lorain Worker Employees Credit Bureau Inc will be closed Monday in observance of President's Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
United States Corp. Lorain Worker Employeees Credit Bureau, Inc
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Starr Woodruff
Carole A. Zacharias
Nash Road
Collins
Halcyon Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Alex Dandar
Congregational United Church
Frienis
John R. Devin
Edith A Whalen
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Mae Booth Durin
Jesse FP Whalen
Memoriam
Oscar Palm
Ruth Palmer Erma
Dick Hynes
Hoy Demby
Bernice Milner
Harry Lewis JR
Sarmitele
Michale
Rose Szabo
Tonka
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home, Inc
Greater Elyria
Purrerett
Emberna Warvary C. Courts
Ernest W
Jayashantan
India
Belfast
Ireland
Here
Miss Enriquez
Philippines
California
New York
Chicago
JE. Jayashankan
Cheryl
Murray Ridge School
Avon Lake
Michael McCartin
Shawn
Patrick
Allen Ritter
Brook Park
Myrtle Webster
Burmeister
Sunset Memorial Park
Neil O'Conner
Murray Ridge Center
Haumann
Ford Motor Co
Revere
Mass
Mary
Charles E
Frederick
Nora) Young
William
Providence
R.L
Francis
Worcester
Joseph
Mary) Atkinson
Grace) Hartnett
Malden
Walter A. Frey
John Kline
Calvary Cemetery
Joseph C. Sabo
Erie St
Curtis - Scheuffler Funeral Home Is
Mr. Gregory
Gilmer County
West Virginia
Raymond
Allen
Leon
Randy
Gene
Janice) Clouser
Charles
Phyllis) Marks
Steve
Pamela) Wilhelm
Owen
Delores) Fisher
Sue Phillips
Glenvillie
Donald
Sandra) Clevenger
Normantown
Lula Mae Gregory
June Packard
Parkersburg
Edith) Phares
Harald
Nellie) Snyder
Alvin
Louise) Blake
Coolville
Ohio
Oliva) Eckhart
Ray
Freda) Wildman
Clarksburg
Hale
Woodrow
Spurgeon Mortuary
Cedarville Cemetery
Cedarville
John Mikos
Herring
Nelson Summit
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