Redbone James Elyria resident dies after short illness
Clifford Lee Redbone James 52 of Elyria formerly Wheelwright Ky died January 1 2007 at New Life Hospice Lorain after a brief illness. He worked as an over the road truck driver for J B Hunt for 12 years and previously at U S Steel Lorain. He was a member of True Vine Primitive Baptist Church and New Image Sports Team. Burial at Westwood Cemetery Oberlin. Carter Funeral Homes Elyria in charge.
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Clifford Lee
Redbone” James
Elyria
New Life Hospice
Lorain
Virgin
Wheelwright, Ky
James
Wheelwright High School
Lindsay Wilson Junior College
J.B. Hunt Corp
U.S. Steel
True, Vine Primitive Baptist Church
New Image Sports Team
Onika
Stanford
Jasmine Stanford
Chicago
Dorothy James
Kalanese Oden
Gre
Gory James
Great Lake
Mich
Jerome James
Arthur Preston James
Dan and
Elnora Adams
Hubert
Susie James
True Vine Primitive Baptist Church
18Th St
James Fureron
Westwood Cemetery
Oberlin
Carter Funeral Homes Inc
Yahoo.com
Dolores Bierek 72 Elyria RN remembered for service and nursing
Dolores J. Bierek 72 of Elyria died unexpectedly January 1 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center. A 1955 nursing graduate she served as a pediatric nurse at EMH and earlier as an office nurse for Dr Ben Myers for 28 years. She belonged to St. Agnes Church and its Altar and Rosary Society and volunteered with parish nursing and the Red Cross in the 1960s. Burial at St. Mary Cemetery. memorials to St Agnes Church.
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Dolores J. Bierek
Elyria
EMH Regional Medical Center
M.B. Johnson School of Nursing
Ms. Bierek
Ben Myers
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Altar and Rosary Society
United Polish Club Ladies Austiliary
William D Gannon 72 of New London dies after long illness
William D. Gannon, 72, of New London died January 8 2007 at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired Free Will Baptist minister and served multiple churches in the Greater Cleveland area. Survived by wife Cora son Ted daughter Robin and three granddaughters. Visitation 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Park chapel North Olmsted with funeral 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Gostal Funeral Service handled arrangements.
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William D. Gannon
New London
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Belfry
Sheffield Lake
Wellington Free Will Baptist Church
West Ridge Baptist Church
Greater Cleveland
Cora
Fletcher
Ted Gannon
Robin Wolan
Thomas
Cora Gannon
James Gannon
Sunset Memorial Park
Columbia Road
North Olmsted
Sunset Chapel
Gostal Funeral Service
Mrs Helen Steirer 95 Medina resident dies
Helen L Steirer 95 of Medina died Jan 2 2007 at Hospice of Medina County She resided in Medina County since 1939 a homemaker and caregiver for 20 years Survivors include sons Victor George Andrew eight grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren Friends may call at Bauer Funeral Home Valley City A Mass will be held at St Martin of Tours Valley City Burial at St Martin Church Cemetery Valley City
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Helen L. Steirer
Medina
Medina County
Bukin
Yugoslavia
Steirer
St. Martin of Tours
Valley City
St. Francis Xavier Church
Victor Steirer
George
Lodi
Andrew Steirer
North Ridgeville
Joseph Steirer
Lorenz and
Helen Bayer
Andrew Bayer
Bauer Funeral Home
Columbia Road
Station Road
Lorain Woman Kim Ochrin 45 Dies After Long Illness
Viola Kim Ochrin nee Poole of Lorain dies after a long illness. She was a 1979 Lorain High School graduate and longtime volunteer at Broadway Assembly Church. Survived by husband Timothy and children Juston Poole and Kya Lee Kepic, plus siblings and grandchildren. services at Devin Funeral Home with Rev. Matt Jones officiating. Burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
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Viola
Kim” Ochrin
Poole
Lorain
Sharon
Ochrin
Timothy Ochrin
Juston Poole
Kya Lee Kepic
Flora Poole
Fairchance
Micah Sutton
Edward Poole
Mechanicsville
Chuck
John Kodysh, 78, North Ridgeville Resident Dies
John Jack Kodysh, 78, of North Ridgeville died January 3, 2007 at his home after a long illness. Arrangements are pending with David Bogner Family Funeral Home in North Ridgeville.
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John Jack” Kodysh
North Ridgeville
David Bogner
Memorial notices move to Classifieds section
Tributes and memorial notices are now published in the Classifieds area with page location shown in the Page One index. Today they appear on Page E3.
Catherine Capers obituary from Lorain area
Catherine Shug Capers 68 of Lorain died Jan 1 2007 after a short illness. She moved from Whitfield Alabama to Elyria in the late 1960s and resided with her sister in Lorain. She was active in New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church and formerly with The Call Out Church of the Almighty God and Mount Valley AME Church. Survivors include sisters Bertha Noble Lois Folmar Gertrude Cooper brothers Willie and Ellis Capers stepsisters and a stepbrother. Friends may call Friday 11 am to noon at New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church. Funeral follows with Rev Tyrone Holley officiating. Burial Elmwood Cemetery. Brown Robinson Funeral Home Lorain handles arrangements.
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American Red Cross
Barbara Bruder
Avon Lake
Casmir
Berniece
Nee Boreske) Bierek
Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home
Chestnut Ridge Road
Elyria
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Lake Ave
Albert Krupp
St. Mary Cemetery
St. Agnes Church
Catherine “Shug” Capers
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Whitfield
Ala
Ms. Capers
New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
Call Out Church of the Almighty God
Mount Valley A.M.E. Church
Bertha Lee Noble
Lois Louise Folmar
Gertrude Ruth Cooper
Willie Hollis
Ellis Ed Capers
Shirley Ann Allen
Wanda Jarene Capers
Annie Pearl Jones
Rosemary Capers
Jeffery Lynn Capers
Samuel
Brunette Bernice
Nee Mann
Capers
Rosie
Nee Taylor) Capers
Joe Wallace Capers
Reid Ave
Tyrone Holley
Elmwood Cemetery
Brown-Robinson Funeral Home
Margaret Katkic 82 of Austin formerly Amherst dies
Margaret M Katkic nee Doresinecz 82 of Austin Texas and formerly Amherst died Jan 3 2007 after a long illness She was born in Elyria and belonged to St Vitas Church Lorain Jolly 60s Slovak Club Florida Also attended St Agnes Elyria Survivors include daughters Jean Sklar Barbara Katkie and son Edward Katkie Services are set at Bauer Laubenthal with a Mass at St Agnes Elyria The American Parkinson Disease Association is listed for memorial gifts
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Margaret M. Katkic
Doresinecz
Austin
Texas
Amherst
St. Mary of Woods
Avon
Elyria
Katkic
St. Vitas Church
Lorain
Jolly 60S
Slovak Club
Florida
St. Agnes Church
Jean Sklar
North Ridgeville
Barbara Katkie
Edward A. Katkie
Bertha May Presgraves 82 dies after long illness
Bertha May Presgraves nee McVicker 82 of Columbia Station died Tuesday January 2 2007 after a long illness. She lived in Freeport Cleveland Olmsted Falls and Columbia Station and was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing reading puzzles and houseplants. Survivors include four sons a step daughter and a stepson numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services 6 pm to 8 pm Friday at David Bogner Family Funeral Home North Ridgeville with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Byesville.
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Bertha May Presgraves
McVicker
Columbia Station
Southern Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center
Jackson Township
Freeport
Cleveland
Olmsted Falls
Deanna Kerley
Doyle R. Jones
Parma Heights
Raymond McVicker
Adena
Carl McVicker
London
Maxine Robinson
Cambridge
Doyle Jones
Bill Presgraves
William
Anna
Nee Bunting) McVicker
Moina McCully
David Bogner
Center Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
Bob Machovec
Columbia Station United Methodist Church
Lorain Woman 88 Dies After Long Illness
Mary Julian Hampton of Lorain is dead at 88 after a long illness. Born in Owensboro Kentucky she lived in Kentucky before moving to Lorain in the 1940s later relocating to Fayetteville Arkansas and returning to Lorain in 1998. Survivors include son James Hampton Lorain daughter Ann Stover Fayetteville Ark two grandchildren and sister Margaret Powell Winterhaven Fla. Private services were held with arrangements by Reidy Scanlan Chambers Funeral Home Lorain.
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Mary Julian Hampton
Lorain
Lake Point
Owensboro
Kentucky
Fayetteville
Ark
Julian Hampton
James Hampton
Ann Stover
Margaret Powell
Winterhaven
Fla
Steven
Myrtle
Nee Mick) Gallagher
John Gallagher
Reidy-Scanlan-Chambers Funeral Home
Ethel Cisman 89 Lorain Nurse and Church Charter Member
Ethel Dorothy Cisman nee Thompson 89 of Lorain died Jan 3 2007 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home. Born in Cleveland she lived in Grafton before moving to Lorain in 1969 a nursing graduate and practical nurse charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church Grafton. Survived by Gaylord G Cisman Amherst Patricia Smith Vermilion five grandchildren three great grandchildren brother Fred G Behm husband Richard J Cisman and parents Warren G and Jessie D Thompson. Funeral arrangements by Walter A Frey Lorain.
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Ethel Dorothy Cisman
Thompson
Lorain
Anchor Lodge
Cleveland
Grafton
Cisman
MB Johnson School of Nursing
Elyria
Trinity Lutheran Church
Gaylord G. Cisman
Amherst
Patricia Smith
Fred G. Behm
Richard Jacob Cisman
Richard W. Cisman
Gordon G. Thompson
Warren G
Jessie Dora (Nee Schmidt) Thompson
American Cancer Society
North Ridge Road
Walter A. Frey
Foreclosure misunderstanding nets church on sheriff sale
Compassion Missionary Baptist Church claims a tax exemption filing error triggered the January sheriff sale. Attorney Patrick Riley says the church has paid back taxes on minister James Williams' home and will resolve most back taxes on the church property at 520 West 22nd Street once exemption papers are filed, leaving about $27 000 due.
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Elyria
Compassion Missionary Baptist Church
Patrick Riley
James Williams
22Nd St. Riley
Riley
Former Sheffield official pleads guilty to unauthorized use of city funds
Melanie McDougal, former secretary to Sheffield Mayor Darlene Ondercin, admitted unauthorized use of city property. In a deal prosecutors dropped theft in office and forgery charges. County Common Pleas Judge Raymond Ewers sentenced her to one year of good behavior and a $250 fine.
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Elyria
Sheffield
Darlene Ondercin
Melanie McDougal
County Common Pleas
Raymond Ewers
Village clerk pleads to theft and mirroring cover up
The secretary admits stealing $100 from the village clerk’s account and notes she also borrowed $30 from the Mayor’s Court fund but repaid it. She will serve three months in jail if no further legal issues arise in the coming year after being fired for account problems.
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McDougal
Governor signs curriculum bill as Taft's last act
Governor Taft signed the Ohio Core curriculum bill at Fairmoor Elementary School in Columbus, marking the last formal act of his term. The measure, backed by Republican sponsors Senator Randy Gardner and Representative Arlene Setzer, sets graduating class 2014 courses and college entry standards.
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The
Associated Press
Columbus
Bob Taft
Ohio
Taft
Fairmoor Ele
Mentary School
Randy Gardner
Bowling Green
Arlene Setzer
Vandalia
Gene Harris
Ohio State University
Karen Halbrook
Two Elyria School Employees Suspended Over Phone Misuse
Elyria Schools suspended two employees in December pending a union hearing after investigators found they used district cell phones for non work calls. Superintendent Paul Rigda said the issue wasted man hours though there was no evidence of wrongdoing beyond the calls and no criminal charges are planned.
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Rigda
Hargreaves
Reaves
Reaser
Erie Elementary
Burglary and theft incidents reported across city blocks
A series of incidents listed include burglaries at 9:31 a.m. on Middle Ava and 12:09 p.m. at 700 block Howard St with valuables taken, car break-ins on Warwick Lane and Antonette St, a pellet gun attack at McKinley School, and a reported domestic violence case involving Michael Clifford. Additional entries note vehicle theft attempts, vandalism, and a DUI arrest.
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Black Chasé St
McKinley School
Black Howard St
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Orville
Carolyn
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Amherst Township
Devinfuneralhome.com
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Jack’ Kodysh
Catherine ‘Shug’ Capers
Edward V. Kaikic
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Betty Gardner
Chestnut Ridge
American Parkinson Disease Association
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Greenwood Cemetery
Byesville
Mary Julian-Hampton
Steve Manheim
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Paul Rigda
Ava
Middle Ave
University Ave
Michael Clifford
Seneca Avenue
Lowell Street
Ronnie Wright
Irondale St
Warwick Lane
Antonette St
Car Keyad
West River Rioad
Golden Corral
Guit Road
Gir
Euclid
29Th St
Washington Ava
King George Apartments
Colorado Ave
Don’s Marathon Gas
Packard Dr
W. Eighth St
Provenza Law Office
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Meister Road
Apple
Pola Ave
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