Death notices from Lorain area area
Obituaries list multiple Lorain residents with long illness and natural causes. Names include Frank Puca, Burl Otis, Woodford Johnson, Joseph Kruppa, Maurice Broach, Madalean Predmore and others. Deaths span Lorain and nearby towns with services at local funeral homes and churches, burial in Elmwood Calvary or Greenlawn cemeteries. wills, survivors, and visitation details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford Johnson
Reeves Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Tuskegee
Ala
Pallet Box Co
Amherst
Mary
William
Edward
Ethel Winbern
Hattie Johnson
Estelle Moore
Birmingham
James
Leham
Brown Funeral Home
New Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Willie Gardner
Elmwood Cemetery
Madalean Predmore
Willard
Willard Municipal Hospital
McQuate - Secor
Plymouth
Edwin Brandt
Trinity Lutheran Church
Greenlawn Cemetery
Lorain County Treasurer Cleared After Audit Findings
Lorain County Treasurer J. Grant Keys received a clean bill of health from State Examiner Earl R. Coffield for the period November 1 1972 to June 30 1977. No recovery findings were reported though recommendations urged tighter procedures and record keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
J. Grant Keys
Earl R. Coffield
Coffield
Assistant fire chief's car damaged in collision
Elyria police say Assistant Chief Donald E. Norman 47 and Fred C. Goltz 61 escaped injury when Norman's fire department car collided with Goltz's vehicle at Rt. 57 and Abbe Road en route to a fire call around 2 p.m. Monday. Goltz was charged with failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Fire Department
Rt. 57
Abbe Road
Donald E. Norman
Fred C. Goltz
Ackley Road
Parma
Elyria
Bonair Ave
Norman
Goltz
Sheffield mayor blasts council on failed ordinances
Mayor John Romoser accused Councilman Cleo Ridenour of blocking two ordinances. One would hire Johnson and Anderson Assoc. for village engineering, the other would authorize state resurfacing of Harris Road with state aid 70 percent, about 70000 dollars, village share about 22000. Ridenour disputed the charges, noting he is only one of six votes and pressed for exact costs and timelines. The council later approved a police dispatch contract raising fees and Romoser urged a hard look at widening Colorado Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
John Romoser
Cleo Ridenour
Johnson and Anderson Assoc
Romoser
Harris Road
Ridenour
Michigan
Police and Fire Reports From Local Streets and Burglaries
A dense list of traffic incidents thefts and fires across town and townships. The record names victims addresses and times with multiple two vehicle accidents burglaries and thefts reported at various businesses homes and streets including East Broad Street Abbe Road and Ridge Road and notes fire department responses to car fires and a chemical waste fire with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qui-N Ey
Lowell St
D. W
Caryana
Oberlin Road
Frenont, Son
Tde Avenue
Stanford Avenue
Inj
Richard E. Hughes
Furnace St
Cleveland Street
Magget Bari
Lincoln St
Oberlin
Hilliard Road
Gulf Road
Abbe Road
Livermore Street
Park Avenue
Keayen Avenue
Walter L. Green
Gates Ave
Middle Ave
Furnace Street
Mitchell's Bar-B-Q
West Ave
William Phelps
Boston Ave
Donny R. Laver
Eagle Circle
Cittizen
Columbus Street
Sumner Street
Clark Street
Lake and Foster Avenues
Middle Avenue
Fifteenth Street
East Avenue
Fourth Street
Richard Schoch
Livermore St
Rey
Lake and
West Avenues
Broad Street
Cedar Street
Huchard E. Carner
Columbus St
Piremen
Walter Powell
Franklin Ave
Gold Curele
Midway Mall
525
Bell Tw
Eaton Township
Robert Hoss and Sons, Inc
Giles Road
Carl Bradford
Brighton
Nethong
Middle Ridge Road
Amherst
Quarry Road
Garfield Road
Russia Township
North Ridge Road
City approves resurfacing plan for downtown streets
Municipal utilities committee authorized a $21,850 contribution toward an $87,400 resurfacing project funding idle stretches on Cleveland Street and several downtown routes. Work to begin in spring includes East Avenue Second to Third, Second Street East to Cedar, Cedar Second to East Broad, East Broad Cedar to East Bridge and East Bridge to East River. A $4,700 electronic distance meter was approved for the city engineer. Easter party closures on Second Street March 25 were also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Street
Perry Court
Council
Municipal Utilities Committee
Thomas Radican
Ohio Department of Transporation
ODOT
East Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Second Street
Cedar
East Broad
East Bridge
East River
Lonny Shippy
Marguerite E. Bowman
Lorain Holds Owner Responsible for Displaced Dogs
Judge Floyd D Harris ruled the city has no obligation to care for 26 dogs displaced by urban renewal. Ruth Cranage, owner, fought to prevent their destruction while the dogs were boarded at local facilities. A court injunction prevents destruction until March 10, then the dogs may go to the county pound if not redeemed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loran
Floyd D. Harris
Ruth Cranage
Fourth St
Miss Cranage
County Dog Pound
Amherst Animal Hospital
Fed
Avon Animal and Bird Clinic
Judges Fine and Jail Three Motorists in Elyria Court
Judge James P. Horn fined and jailed three motorists in Elyria Municipal Court for motor vehicle and alcohol charges. Armond Bonney of Oakwood Drive and Larry Samples of Carlisle Avenue pleaded no contest to driving while under the influence, each receiving $500 fines, 60 days in jail, and six months license suspensions. Roy Mason of Smith Road was convicted of reduced charges, with a $350 fine, no jail time, and a six month license suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Municipal Court
Armond Bonney
Oakwood Dr
Larry Samples
Carlisle Ave
James P. Horn
Roy Mason
Smith Road
Brook Park
Horn
Oberlin drops contingency fund in record 5.6 million budget
City Manager Thomas Dalton told the council that Oberlin will not include a contingency fund in its 5.6 million budget due to tight finances. The budget has eroded from a 1975 high of more than 100,000 to 22,088 last year, with emergencies handled after council approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Thomas Dalton
Dalton
Council
Tooney
Trash at curb by 7 a.m. urged in sanitation notice
Supt. Jack T. Byam urged residents to place trash at curb by 7 a.m. on pickup days to avoid reruns and delays. He stressed proper wrapping of garbage as crews report unwrapped waste. Separately, an Elyria man injured his hands at Luxaire Inc and a U.S. Steel Lorain Works hot iron dump created a smoky puff near Ashland Oil. City crews spread salt and cinders as warm weather and thaw loom. A Milan Wakeman man, Dennis P. Marks, 20, was in satisfactory condition after a snowmobile crash west of Milan near Lovers Lane bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Puca
Oroszy Ave
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
112Th Field Artillery
New Guinea
Phillippines
Lorain - Cuyahoga Works
US. Steel Corp
Trenton
N.J
Puca
Corain
St. John United Church of Christ
Myrta
Lawrence
Vermilion
Janet
Andrew
Luigi
Carl
Leavittown
Anthony
Yardley
Fannie Puca
Carmela Spirits
Theresa Madak
Reichlin - Cooley
United Church of Christ
Donald Yackle
Elmwood Cemetery
Jack T. Byam
Byam
Elyria
Luxaire, Inc
Filbert St
Donnie Wright
Oberlin Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Wright
Lorain Works
U.S Steel
Black River
Ashland
U.S. Steel
Marguerite E. Bowman
Milan
Wakeman
Here
Dennis P. Marks
Sandusky Providence Hospital
Erie County
Valerie Trimm
Hazelwood Dr
Lovers Lane Road
Huron River
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Bunalyo Elmwood Cemetery
Stofan Andrew
South
Nancy Low
Fachard
Paul
Cowling
Westwood Cemetery
Strickler
David
Pamera Ann
Root Rd
Friends
Emil Douala Funcea
St Anthony Church
Calvary Cemetery
Burl Otis
Omaha Ave
Lake Providence
U.S. Steel Corp
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
Rosie Otis
Charlie Otis
Richard Forest
Lake Village
Ark
Willie Mae Granderson
Lottie Bell Williams
William Bacon
Fairfield Baptist Church
Kruppa Services
Joseph A. Kruppa
John R. Devin
Holy Trinity Church
George B. Lawrence
Mr. Kruppa
Koehring - Thew Co
Czechoslovakia
Holy Name Society
St. John Baptist Lodge
Golden Agers
American Slovak Club
Golden Age Pensioners Club
Joseph
Cleveland
Josephine Field
Raymond
Pauline) Schwepp
Maurice W. Broach
Marlo Ave
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Mildred Holmes Broach
Mansfield
Mary Eppler
Fort Lauderdale
Frances McQuate
Pauline Shankwiler
Heys
Eugene Beckley
Ashland County Memorial Park
William Predmore
Given OK
Memoriam
Lowell E
Shrek
Yontus
Torgat
Mom & Dad
Alice
Anna K Tittle
James Tittle
Barbara
Kenneth Eberling
Kenny
Donna
Lisa Eberlin
Lawthel
Walter Zebb
Dorothy Marbin
John Ee See
Bessie Richmond
Sam
Irene
Paula
Lynn
Curtis Scheaffier
Greater Hyra and
Elyria Police and Fire Departments
Tillotson Street
Patricia Dow
Melvyn Lane
Ciizen
Burr Oak Circle
Inglewood Place
Henry Leinect
Lakeview Drive
Carlisle
Sanford Prudofy
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Glen Miller
Man
Brain County
Fierld
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