Durkee die is 83 on Durkee road tied to family name
Maurice P Durkee 83 of Grafton died at home after a long illness. Born in Elyria he lived most of his life on Durkee Road and was the oldest Durkee resident on the road. A 1924 Elyria High School graduate he joined Delta Theta Sigma at Ohio State. He worked in multiple cities before starting Durkee Dairy and later ran a hunting lodge in Atlanta Michigan. After retirement he worked as an engineer at Grafton State Farm.
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Maurice P. Durkee
Grafton
Elyria
Durkee Road
Durkee
Elyria High School
Ohio State University
Delta Theta Sigma Fraternity
Cleveland
Amherst woman Helen Campbell 93 dies after long illness
Helen Marie Campbell nee Braun of Amherst dies at 93 following a long illness. She lived on Forest Street most of her life and spent her final years at Golden Acres Home. Survived by a nephew Gerald Braun and other nieces and nephews. husband Orval M. Campbell preceded in death in 1983. Services Thursday at 1 p m at Hempel Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph R. Foster officiating. Burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
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Elliott
Greenville Breakfast Club
National Rifle Association
Gregory
North Ridgeville
John
Carmen) Tiel
Ansonia
Ohio
Helen
Miller-Baird Funeral Home
Greenville
Douglas Clepper
Royal Oak Memorial Park
John J. Gluvna
Lorain
Elinor Brown
Bauer- Laubenthal-Wainwright Funeral Home
Chestnut Ridge
Elyria
VFW Post 1079
Helen Marie Campbell
Amherst Golden Agers Club
Bendix Retirement Club
Campbell
Gerald Braun
Amherst
Orval M
Hempel Funeral Home
Joseph R. Foster
St. Peter United Church of Christ, Amherst
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Hazel M Lendrum 97 Norwalk resident dies after long illness
Hazel M Lendrum age 97 of Norwalk died Sunday after a long illness. Born in Cheyenne Wyoming she lived in Norwalk since 1930s. She worked at Plum Brook Ordance Depot during WWII and led Norwalk Vault Co for years. She was a St Paul Episcopal Church member and longtime Norwalk Elks Tuesday Golf League participant. She is survived by four sons including Tom of Huron six grandchildren and a great grandchild and sisters Helen Crandall of Denver and Adele Hensman of Cheyenne. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Norwalk with services at St Paul Episcopal Church conducted by Rev Charles Watt. Memorials to St Paul or charity of donor's choice. Arrangements by Heuston Gerber Funeral Home Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Cheyenne
Wyo
Plum Brook Ordnance Depot
Norwalk Vault Company
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Elks Club
Huron
Helen Crandall
Denver
Colo
John
Adele) Hensman
Clyde R. Davis
Alexander “Red” Lendrum
Clyde R. Davis Jr
John Astle
Charles Watt
Woodlawn Cemetery
Heuston-Gerber Funeral Home
Joe Silver dies at 66 after long Broadway, TV run
Joe Silver, a versatile character actor with a Broadway career almost five decades long from Tobacco Road to Legs Diamond, died of cancer at 66. He debuted on Broadway in 1942 and appeared in Gypsy and The Zulu and the Zayda, among others, earning a Tony nomination for Lenny. He also starred on early TV panels from What's It Worth to Fay and acted in films such as Switching Channels and Rhinoceros. His last stage role was Arnold Rothstein in Legs Diamond, which closed Feb 19.
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New York
Joe Silver
Tobacco Road
Legs Diamond
Silver
Lenny
Lenny Bruce
Red Buttons
Lee Grant
NBC
Daddy Kravite
Arnold Rothstein
Peter Allen
Births listed for multiple families in Elyria region
A daughter born to Harold and Kara Bailey at 544 Irving Park Sheffield Lake, a daughter to Herman and Betty Phillips at 180 College Park Elyria, a daughter to Isa Flores and Jeff Popovich at 3129 Colorado Ave Lorain, a son to Jay and Terry Loesch at 856 Wilder Ave Elyria, and a son to Mark and Katherin Gibson at 10764 Indian Hollow Elyria on February 23 to 24.
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Harold
Kara Bailey
Irving Park
Sheffeld Lake
Herman
Betty Phillips
College Park
Elyria
Isa Flores
Jeff Popovich
Colorado Ave
Lorain
Jay
Terry Loesch
Wilder Ave
Fes
Mark
Katherin Gibson
Indian Hollow
March to arrive as February ends with cold snap
February brought below normal precipitation and below normal temperatures in Lorain County. The warmest day reached 60 degrees on Feb 1, with a low of 7 on Feb 9, and 1.4 inches of rain plus 4.5 inches of snow. March is forecast to start cold with mostly cloudy skies and mid 20s highs, though past March storms loom.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Diederich
Lorain County
Diederich Sai
National Weather Service
Cleveland Hopkins
Man pleads guilty in rape and kidnapping case
Oberlin man William Eric Jones pleaded guilty in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to the rape robbery and kidnapping of an 18 year old gas station attendant and the related assault of a 19 year old Oberlin College student. Judge Lynett McGough sentenced him to 8 to 25 years.
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Elyria
Oberlin
Oberlin College
William Eric Jones
Maple St
Lorain County
Jones
McGough
Avon Lake youth struck by car on Grove Street
An 11 year old Avon Lake boy Adam Mitchell of Forest Blvd was treated at Lorain Community Hospital after being struck by a car driven by 32 year old Fredrick J. Smith of Elyria on Grove Street Monday morning. Police say the car slid on ice. no charges filed and investigation continues.
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Avon Lake
Lorain Community Hospital
Adam Mitchell
Forest Blvd
Grove Street
Fredrick J. Smith
Prospect Street
Elyria
Free Clinic in Lorain Honors Volunteers on Third Anniversary
Lorain County Free Clinic marked its third anniversary by recognizing 389 volunteers and supporters who run the facility in the basement of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church Pearl Avenue and 34rd Street Lorain. Dr Paul Birney says most patients are employed but under 30 hours weekly and lack insurance. The clinic serves adults not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Free Clinic
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pearl Avenue
34Rd Street
Paul Birney
Retiree struggle as medical costs strain Lorain seniors
A Lorain County retiree explains that medical bills press hard on seniors living on Social Security. The Lorain County Medical Society lists about 35 local doctors who accept Medicare as full payment to aid those unable to cover extra charges. The Dudziaks, paying $67.50 monthly for an AARP policy, see Medicare cover 80 percent and the policy 20 percent, leaving little savings and a mortgage.
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Lorain County
Dudziaks
Social Security Administration
Lorain County Medical Society
Dudziak
American Association of Retired People
AARP
Bendik Honored for Civic Work in Elyria Year 1955 1963
Bendik and his wife Charito received civic honors in Elyria including Bendik being named Young Man of the Year in 1955 by the Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce and Charito named First Lady of Elyria by Beta Sigma Phi in 1963. They plan to travel but will remain in Elyria at their Wesleyan Court home.
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Elyria
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