Richard L Wilgor dies. restored antiques mark life
Richard L. Wilgor 64 of Wellington died Sunday at Ashland Samaritan Hospital after a heart attack. A veteran of the Korean Conflict, he worked at Lehman Cartage Co. in Cleveland, retiring in 1990, and restored antique cars and tractors for clubs and fairs. He is survived by wife Gloria, sons Michael Douglas Jeffrey Gregory, sisters and seven grandchildren. Services 11 am Wednesday at Norton Funeral Home. Burial Camden Cemetery. John Bodkin 79 of Lorain dies after long illness. He worked in GM Brook Park stock department, retired 1975 with 20 years service. He is survived by wife Mary E. and children. Friends visit Monday and Tuesday. Burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park Amherst Township.
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Richard “Dick” L. Wilgor
Wellington
Ashland Samaritan Hospital
Cleveland
Lehman Cartage Co
Wilgor
LaGrange Engine Club
Norton Funeral Home
S. Main
Funeral Home
Camden Cemetery
General Motors
Brook Park
Hempel
Longtime Ohio nurse dies after long illness in Upper Sandusky
Mary B. Forsyth 2 of Upper Sandusky died Saturday at Wyan Dot Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in England she came to the United States in 1924 and lived in the Clarksfield area for 20 years before moving to Upper Sandusky in 1996. She worked as a nurse's aide at Norwalk Memorial Home and later as a packer at Fanny Farmer Candy Co. Survived by son Fred R. of Huntington Texas grandchildren Cindy Smalley Barb Forsyth stepgranddaughter Susan Tucker stepgrandson Howard Bench and several great and step great grandchildren. She was predeceased by husband Fred H. Forsyth in 1985 and by several siblings. Visitation 2–4 and 6–8 p.m. Tuesday at Gerber Funeral Home Wakeman. Service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Rev. Reuben Dunckel officiating. Burial Clarksfield Methodist Cemetery. Memorials to donor’s charity.
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Mary B. Forsyth
Upper Sandusky
Wyandot Memorial Hospital
England
United States
Clarksfield
Norwalk Memorial Home
Fanny Farmer Candy Co
Fred R
Huntington
Texas
Cindy Smalley
Barb Forsyth
Susan Tucker
Howard Bench
Phyllis la Britton
McKeesport
Maude Carper
North Versailles
Thomas Pope
Madison
Lillian Kendrick
Carlston
Fred H. Forsyth
Joseph and
Mary Pope
Samual, Joseph, William and
Saul Pope
Gerber
Cooper St
Wakeman
Reuben Dunckel
New London Alliance Church
Clarksfield Methodist Cemetery
Clarksfield Township
Death notices from Elyria and Lorain area
Anthony Larizza 74 Elyria survived by wife Carmel a daughter Katherine. Services at Laubenthal DeCarlo Funeral Home 257 Washington Ave Elyria. Smalley Glenda Ruth 65 Elyria survived by daughter Janet Dubois sons Richard Robert and two brothers. Grafton funeral home visitation 7-9 pm tonight and 11 am Tuesday burial Nesbett Cemetery. Julia Thomas 98 Lorain survived by sons Louis James David Eddie daughter Rose Lee Edwards two sisters. Visitation 7-9 pm at Brown Funeral Home 27th St and Broadway Lorain. Service 1 pm Tuesday Friendship Baptist Church Lorain burial Woodow Cemetery. Gilbert Williams 63 Lorain survived by wife Marie son Randall Ross three sisters two brothers. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 pm today Curts Scheuffler Busch Chapel Elyria. Service 1 am Tuesday Murray Ridge Church of God Elyria burial Brookdale Cemetery with American Legion Post 30Lorain honors.
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Larizza Anthony
Elya
Carmela
Katherine
Laubenthal-DeCarlo Funeral Home
Washington Ave
Elyria
St Mary Catholic Church
Elyria Buria
St. Mary's Cemetery
Elyris
Smalley
Glenda Ruth
Janet Dubois
Richard
Robert
Blackburn Funeral Home
Grafton
Nesbett
Grafton Township
Thomas Julia
Lorain
Louis
James
David
Eddie
Rose Lee Edwards
Brown Funeral Home
27Th Street
Broadway
Friendship Baptist Church
Howood
Williams Gilbert
Marie
Randall Ross
Curts-Scheuffler-Busch Family
Second St. Elyria
Murray Ridge Church of God
Elyna
Brookdale Cemetery
American Legion Post
Obituary for John Frank Zbydnowski 75
John Frank Zbydnowski 75 survived by sons Ronald and Robert daughters Cathy Jackson and Barbara Zbydnowski four sisters and two brothers. Friends may call 9 to 10:30 am Tuesday at St Patrick Church Wellington. Mass at 10:30 am. Burial in St Marys Cemetery Elyria. Cowling Funeral Home Oberlin handling arrangements.
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Zbydnowski
John Frank
Ronald
Robert
Cathy Jackson
Barbara Zbydnowski
St Patrick Catholic Church
Wellington
Bunn
St Mary's Cemetery
Elyria
Cowling Funeral Home
Oberfin
Obituary Notice for Loretta I VanAntwerp
Loretta I VanAntwerp 92 of Elyria died after a short illness at Center Ridge Nursing Home North Ridgeville Born in Norwalk she lived in Elyria since 1927 She worked for Bendix Westinghouse managed a Fannie Farmer candy store and worked for C H Merthe Co in Elyria Survived by son Robert C Willis and daughter Betty Huston 16 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren sister Katherine Wallace plus former husbands Charlene King and Donald Huston Services set at Curtis Scheuffler Busch Funeral Chapel with wake Tuesday and Mass Wednesday at St Mary Church Burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park Amherst Township
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Loretta I. VanAntwerp
Elyria
Center Ridge
North Ridgeville
Norwalk
Bendix Westinghouse
Fannie Farmer
C.H. Merthe Co
St. Mary Catholic Church
Robert C. Willis
Bonita Springs
Fla
Betty Huston
Katherine Wallace
Willard
Ohio
Jacob J. van Antwerp
Louie Willis
Charlene King
Donald Huston
Curtis- Scheuffler-Busch Family
Second St. Elyria
St. Mary Church
Joseph Weigand
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Amherst Township
Obituary notices for Dickman McCray Meyers and Clark
Robert J Dickman 12 Bay Village died after long illness at Bay Middle School he is survived by parents John and Andrea siblings and grandparents visitation at Jenkins Funeral Chapel and memorial at Bay Presbyterian Church Memorials to Robert J Dickman Fund. Bill Whitney McCray 77 Tyler Texas died after long illness born Elyria lived elsewhere WWI veteran with family survivors many relatives services pending. Virginia G Meyers 85 Wake man died after stroke survivors include daughters and son and grandchildren visitation at Garland Misencik Funeral Home services at 1 pm Wednesday burial Elmwood Cemetery. Eleanor M Clark 79 Oberlin died after short illness memorial service at Firelands Retirement Center Norton Funeral Home Wellington arranged.
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Robert J. Dickman
Bay Village
Bay Middle School
John
Andrea
Christopher
Samantha
James
Jacqueline Rebel
Clayton
Veronica Dickman
Jenkins Funeral Chapel
Dover Center Rd
Westlake
Bay Presbyterian Church
Columbia and
Lake Roads
Chapter One Bank
Ohio
William ‘Bill’ Whitney McCray
Tyler
Texas
Elyria
California
Florida
Army Air Force
McCray
Marcella
Patricia Jeanne Fogarty
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Michael
Scott
Buena Vista
Virginia G. Meyers
Wakeman
Lorain Community Hospital
Johnstown
Lorain
Christine Alexander
Amherst
Edith Papas
Paul P
Avon
LeRoy Cavanaugh
Nora Miller
Eleanor M. Clark
Oberlin
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Firelands Retirement Center
South Pleasant St
Norton Funeral Home
Wellington
Obituary for John Frank Zbydnowski of Oberlin
John Frank Zbydnowski 75 owned a body shop in Oberlin and later worked with his son Ron in the shop. He died Saturday at Allen Memorial Hospital Oberlin born in Oberlin. Survived by sons Ronald and Robert daughters Cathy Jackson and Barbara four grandchildren sisters and brothers. Visitation 9:30 to 10:30 am Tuesday at St Patrick Catholic Church Wellington with Mass at 10:30 am. Burial in St Marys Cemetery Elyria. Cowling Funeral Home Oberlin in charge.
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Oberlin
Zbydnowski
Ron
Ronald
Robert
Lakewood
Cathy Jackson
Elyria
Barbara Zbydnowski
Dorothy Adams
Florida
Ceciel Zgrabik
Helen Romanowski
Cleveland
Wanda Jorce
North Ridgeville
Joseph
Charles
Dorothy
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Wellington
James Reymann
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Cowling Funeral Home
Brady bill becomes law in Ohio amid new background checks
Ohio’s BCI will handle background checks for handgun purchases under the Brady law, adding 120 000 to 150 000 calls in 1994. The measure requires a five day wait and a $15 check per dealer, with privacy limits delaying broader vetting of applicants.
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Brady Bill
Ohio
Columbus
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
National Rifle Association
James Brady
Ronald Reagan
Brady
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General's Office
BCI
London
Judy Barbao
Lorain group urges harsher penalties for domestic violence
Zeidner on the Lorain County Domestic Violence Task Force discusses misalignment of law with violence cycles and the impact on children. She notes a six month jail maximum for first offenses and $1000 fines, and highlights recent cases involving Argena Captain and her ex boyfriend Billings. Calls for March 11 meeting with judges and shares survivor success stories and program contacts.
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Zeidner
Lorain County
Argena Captain
Lorain
Steven R. Billings
Billings
West 19Th Street
Broadway Avenue
Grassroots Leader Kilroy to Train Lorain County Activists
Kilroy, a 1974 college organizer and 1978 Cleveland-Marshall Law graduate, shifts from private practice to public service with the Grassroots Leadership Development Program in Lorain County. He will run workshops on fund raising, event planning, media outreach, and press writing, training 80 residents over two years and offering up to 500 dollars in project grants. He aims to empower neighborhoods to solve housing, education, and government issues while preparing for his eventual obsolescence as the program sustains itself.
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Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Kilroy
Toledo
Fann Labor Organizing Committee
Cleveland
United Labor Agency
Old Brooklyn
Westside
Lorain County
Euclid
Sean
Candace
Escaped prisoner turns himself in in Elyria
A prisoner who escaped last week, Vincent Rose 30 of State Route 301 Elyria, surrendered to Lorain County jail on Wednesday nearly five days after he walked away. He is charged with escape after leaving jail to go to his job despite a 50 day sentence for driving under suspension.
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Elyria
Vincent Rose
Lorain County
Rose
Corrections on Oberlin minority hiring figures and Lally murder note
The Sunday Oberlin story misdated a minority hiring statistic. In 1978 minorities held 24.7 percent of city jobs. Also, the Civil Service Commission will meet with consultants in March to learn how other cities hire minorities for police and fire departments. A Saturday Elyria murder report asserting Ronald Lally was married was corrected by a family member who said he was not. Police provided the
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Oberlin
Civil Service Commission
Ronald Lally
Elyria
Kindergarten Registration at Co-Op Parent Fair
Wellington parents may register children for the 1994 95 school year from 10 a m to 3 p m March 5 at the Co Op Parent Fair in Westwood Elementary Parents should bring a copy of the child s birth certificate immunization records social security number and custody papers if applicable.
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Wellington
Westwood Elementary
Bridge project to close area road in Amherst Twp
A portion of Middle Ridge Road will be closed for about six weeks to replace a one lane sandstone arch bridge with reinforced concrete abutments and a 28 foot wide concrete span. Detour signs will be posted.
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Amherst
Middle Ridge Road
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