Death notices and obituaries from Elyria and Lorain area
Obituaries report Kathleen Holmes and Mary Kovar deaths from gunshot and illness with services at St Patrick and Wellington churches. Notes include survivors, funeral plans, and calling hours. Also reported are Lorain City Council wage talks with firemen and non uniform workers before March 1, and multiple obituaries from Medina and Lorain with funeral details and burial sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Belle Archer
Fayette P. Grose
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Lorain
Ridge Hill
Memorial Park Cemetery
Oberlin amends controversial affirmative action plan
Oberlin city council revised a contested affirmative action amendment on Monday night. The Benzing change to aim for at least 35 percent minority employees was replaced by a plan applying the 35 percent goal to the total work force immediately, with annual reporting and expanded minority protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Marshall Whitehead
David Benzing
Benzing
Thomas Dalton
Dalton
Whitehead
Equal Employment Opportunity Office
Whithead
Council
Dewey Ganzer
Wadsworth man seeks 100-bed nursing home in Elyria
A Wadsworth man, Robert Leatherman, 48, filed a preliminary MHPC application to build a 100-bed, 1.5 million dollar nursing home on five acres in Elyria. Planned for an H shaped facility with two wings, the project awaits MHPC review and final State Health Department approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth
Elyria
Robert Leatherman
Metropolitan Health Planning Corporation
Leatherman
MHPC
Lorain
Cuyahoga
Medina, Lake
Geauga
MEPC
Dorothy Regas
State Department of Health
Columbia Township
Dept. of Health
John Ackerman
Columbus
CB coffee break aids cancer victim in Elyria
Four CB clubs plan a noon to midnight coffee break on March 11 at Carlisle Grange Hall Route 20 to raise funds for Damon Stanley 40 of 430 East River St hospitalized frequently for two years. Organizer Alberta Toth leads Aid CB Club Q-5 Local Good 12s and Help CB Club with club presidents and publicity head Nancy Martin Yankee Gardener. Prizes include a 50 watt amplifier a Mobile CB and a base station Zachary President’s. Tickets from club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Grange Hall
Damon Stanley
East River St
Ford Motor Co
Elyria
Sue Leach
Cancer Society
Stanleys
Danny
Chris
Alberta Toth
Lady Bluebird
Aid CB Club
Q-5
Help CB Club
Clarence Lane
Angel
Bill Ross
Charles Hales Jr
Eddie Setliff
Nancy Martin
Yankee Gardener
Mother Delivers Baby Before Dieing After Fatal Crash
In Mount Clemens Michigan a husband speeding to the hospital at 70 mph ran a red light and collided with another car. His wife Barbara Eckler 35 died 90 minutes after delivery by caesarean section at St Josephs Hospital. The newborn girl from the Eckler marriage is reported in stable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemens
Mich
UPI
James Eckler
Barbara
Eckler
Plastics firm seeks loan for Avon Lake plant move
Thogus Products Co of Cleveland asks Lorain County Economic Development Corp to issue 750000 in mortgage revenue bonds to build a new plastic injection molding facility on Pinewood Drive in Avon Lake industrial park. The firm, employing 25 to 35 with a $500000 payroll, posted about $2.5 million in sales last year. The commissioners are reviewing the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thogus Products Co
Cleveland
Lorain County Economic Development Corp
Pinewood Drive
Avon Lake
Corn Festival Committee to Meet Tonight in North Ridgeville
The Corn Festival committee will convene at 7:30 p.m. at Liz Simmons home 35895 Laurel Circle due to an energy shortage affecting City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ridgeville
Liz Simmons
Laurel Circle
City Hall
Talat Elyria Memorial Births February Listings
Birth notices from Elyria Memorial report a series of newborns announced through mid February. Families named include TOMASHESKI RUIZ BORTHRUE MES SICK CARPENTER SMITH JOHNSON SCHROEDER KUHNS and PRISSER with addresses in Green Way Drive Nightingale Crescent Bath Street Beebe Avenue East Avenue Jaycox Road Courtland Street Minis Circle.
Extra Chorus Line performance at Hanna Theatre Sunday
Cleveland extra show of A Chorus Line at Hanna Theatre at 3 p.m. benefits Actors Fund of America. The benefit tradition since 1928 includes free cast and crew performances. Tickets available at East Fourteenth Street box office 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Hanna Theatre
Actors Fund of America
New York
du Boise Heyward
Porgy and
Bess
East Fourteenth Street
Johannesen to Perform at CIM Cleveland Institute of Music
Pianist Grant Johannesen will perform at the Cleveland Institute of Music on March 1 at 8 p.m. in University Circle, joining violinist David Cerone and cellist Stephen Geber. The free concert features Schumann Trio in D minor, Op. 63, Roussel Sonatine, Ravel Menuet sur le nom d Haydn, Debussy L Isle Joyeuse, and Grieg Sonata in C minor, Op. 45. Cerone chairs the institute's string department and Geber is principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Institute of Music
Grant Johannesen
East Bivd
University Circle
Johannesen
David Cerone
Stephen Geber
Schimann
Roussells
Ravel
Haydn
Burglars Take Cash From Sacred Heart Church Credit Union
Burglars broke into Sacred Heart Church credit union Sunday night and stole an undetermined amount from the safe. Police found an extra $200 missing from church offices. The thieves dragged the safe into a restroom and used a pick to open it before fleeing. An audit is underway to determine the total missing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Sacred Heart Church Credit Union
Welcome Wagon hosts coffee for newcomers
The North Ridgeville Welcome Wagon Club invites newcomers to a morning gathering at 9 30 a m Friday hosted by Mrs James Lestock at 6068 Avon Belden Road. New residents are urged to attend the informal social event in a neighborhood effort to connect.
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North Ridgeville
Motor Maids: Women Cyclists Take to the Road
Northern Ohio director Sandy Leibolt leads Motor Maids of America, a 500-member group of diverse women who promote cycling’s good image. She lists duties, gear, and values while noting conventions, charity work, and cross country meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Sandy Leibelt
New London Avenue
Northern
Ohio
Motor Maids of America
Motorcycle Organization
Leibolt
Richard
Sandy Leibolt Ritchie
Ritchie
Sandy
United States
Wyoming
Motor Maids
Developer appeals ruling in gas company breach case
Frank Dettore of 35590 Center Ridge Rd North Ridgeville filed a notice of appeal from a Common Pleas Court ruling in favor of Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc Dettore seeks 2 million dollars alleging breach of contract over gas service to his mobile home park at 10425 Middle Ave The company says it could not supply gas due to a freeze order by the Ohio Public Utilities Commission
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dettore
Center Ridge Rd
North Ridgeville
Common Pleas
Floyd D. Harris
Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc
Dettore
Columbia Gas
Middle Ave
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Avon Lake zoning appeal over nonconforming repair shop
John Minotti of 32457 Lake Rd Avon Lake filed an appeal challenging a Common Pleas ruling that Avon Lake can enforce residential zoning on his auto repair business. Minotti argues the shop operated before zoning and retains nonconforming use. The city says the business has been dormant over a year and lost that status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Minotti
Lake Rd
Avon Lake
Common Pleas
Floyd D.harris
Minotti
Keystone students win art awards at Midway Mall show
Keystone High School juniors Sandy Warner Marty Mohr and Marla Roth earned honors in the scholastic art exhibit at Midway Mall. Sandy and Marty received top awards and their works will be sent to New York for national judging. The exhibition, free to the public, is in front of Penney's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Keystone High
Midway Mall
Sandy Warner
Marty Mohr
Marla Roth
Sandy
Marty
New York
Penney’s
Elyria School Board Plans Wage Talks in Exec Session
Elyria school board will meet in executive session Wednesday at 7 a.m. to discuss upcoming negotiations with unions for teaching and non teaching employees. No business will be conducted in public during the meeting at the city schools administration center 40710 Griswold Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
City Schools’ Administration
Griswold Ra
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Jack Holmes
Kathleen M. Holmes
Mesko
Sheffield Lake
St. Joseph Hospital
Jack
George Mesko
Winifred Walsh
Dennis Rice
Patricia Rice
St. Patrick Church
Rocky River Dr
Holy Cross Cemetery
McGorray Funeral Home
Detroit Ave
Joseph Kovar
Mary A. Kovar
E. Herrick Ave
Wellington
Elyria Memorial Hospital
St. Patrick Guild
Joseph F
Joseph
James
Louise Glavich
Mary Theresa Demaris
West Los Angeles
Calif
Stanley Glavich
Andrew Glavich
Henry Glavich
Bradenton
Fla
James Reymann
Greenwood Cemetery
Norton Funeral Home
Jack Cornell
Whitman Blvd
Craig Alan Cornell
Frank
Bell Ave
Rose Nce Varga
Song
Steve
Curts-Scheuffler
Magyar United Church of Christ
Ridgelawn
Harrell Henry F
Hank
St. Lorain
Patricia Seals
Erma Marshall
Peay Martin
Chester
Robert
Casz
Carl
Lillian Metera
Julia Sito
Marlene Kilmec
Rita Smigel
Dombrowski
Princip
Sosephine
Baumhart Road
Amherst
Anton
Willoughby
Willowick
Albert
Steffie Greszler
Esther Greszler
Mary Benedict
Cowling Funeral Home
Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Calvary Cemetery
Berain
Nicholas Orseno
Henry Mellert
Kathleen L. Orseno
Lakeside Ave
Orseno
Uhrichsville
Delaware Avenue Methodist Church
Nicholas
Alterly Amherst
Ames
Walter A. Frey
Walter L. Weston
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Gertie Z. Mellert
Ryan Rd
Medina
Mellert
Medina Beekeepers Association
Delores
Laura Griesinger
Fred
Hosoes Jenry
Jack Wiltheiss
York Township
Mark E. Archer
Memoriam
Dallas E Manning
Pebruai IG
Jose Toys
Sally
Greater Gyria
Glen Miller
Corn Festival Committee
Talat
Elyria Memorial
Daniel Tomasheski
Greenway
Jose Ruiz
Nightingale
Penny Borthrue
Cathy Mes.sick
Bath St
David Carpenter
Beebe Ave
Mary Smith
Jaycox Rd
North Ridle
T. Arthur Johnson
East Ave
Jeffrey Schroeder
Woodland Ave
Richard Kuhns
Courtland St
John Prisser
Minis Circle
CIM
Hannibal
Steam Boat Springs
Colorado
Ohio State Fairground
Leibelt
Keystone
Lorain County
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