Former Cuyahoga engineer Albert Porter dies at 74
Albert S. Porter long served as Cuyahoga County Engineer and died at 74 in Hillcrest Hospital after a weeklong stay. He faced a 1977 theft in office conviction and earlier bridged controversy over Olmsted Falls Plum Creek bridge, leaving public life after 1976. He was a WWII Navy veteran and OSU graduate, resident of Pepper Pike, survived by wife Genevieve, daughter Carol, and brothers Philip W. Porter and others.
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Cuyahoga
Albert Porter
Albert S. Porter
Cuyahoga County
Hillcrest Hospital
Porter
Hillcrest
Plum Creek Bridge
Olmsted Falls
Ronald Stackhouse
Plum Creek
Cleveland
Navy
Bureau of Ships and Yards
Ohio State University
Lakewood High School
Pepper Pike
Genevieve
Carol
Sans Lee
Alan
Philip W. Porter
Linda Claypool 11 dies in Elyria Memorial
Linda G. Claypool eleven of 1497 W Royalton Road Graf ton died in Elyria Memorial following unspecified illness. Funeral details to be announced.
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Linda Claypool
Linda G. Claypool
W. Royalton Ra
Grafton
Elyria Memorial
Obituary notices from Lorain area many services listed
A long list of obituaries and funeral notices from Lorain and surrounding towns. Charles W. Yandell, Walter W. Potter, Joseph J. Szivan, Helen Dohanyos, Donald Bell, Elmer Elmer, Linda Claypool, Frank Saras, James Potts, Samuel Williams, Lillian Simkinson and other locals are named with ages, addresses, survivors, and funeral home details. Services dates and burial sites are given for each, with multiple funeral homes and cemeteries involved.
Two Ohio women, Sophia Croll and Matilda Arndt, die in area counties
Mrs. Sophia Croll 92 of Merrillville Ind died Sunday after a long illness at Broadway Methodist Hospital. Born in Berlin Heights she lived in Gary over 55 years and was an Oberlin graduate. Surviving sons include Donald H Lombard Jr Warren Merrillville Robert and Thomas Hobart. 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Burial at Riverside Cemetery after services in Berlin Heights. Also Matilda L Schmittgen Arndt 91 formerly of 39384 Butternut Ridge Rd Elyria died Sunday in Good Samaritan Nursing Home. She was a Grace Lutheran Church member with Ladies Aid and Women’s Missionary Society. Surviving sons Wayne M Lester L and Ernest J Schmittgen all Elyria. 11 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. sister Agnes Baum North Olmsted. Services Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church in Elyria with burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Memorials to Grace Lutheran Church suggested.
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Ruth Benoit
Everly Scarborough
Janet Warner
Donald J
Robert C
Curtis-Seheuffler
King Solomon Masonic Lodge
Boriai
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Elmer E
East 31St St
Lorain
Dame
Roland
Carter
Funeral Home
Elmwood Cemetery
James R. Potts
Butternut Ridge
Oberlin
Amherst Hospital
Potts
Plains
Ohio
Amherst
Ford Assembly
Bessie
James
John
Richard
Michael
Clayton
Diane) Phillips
Ft. Knox
Kenneth
Brenda) Spatz
Helen Potts
Kovach
Grafton
Charles
Gerald
Jean) Naylor
Herbert
Linda) Borman
Marblehead
Barbara) Healy
Hempel
David Loser
Victory Baptist Temple
Brownhelm Cemetery
Vermilion
College Heights
Ada Rice
Sebring
Fla
Curtis-Scheuffler
Jim Gordon
Sophia Croll
Merrillville
Ind
Broadway Methodist Hospital
Sun City
Calif
Elizabeth Southworth
Willoughby
Warren
Hinman
Berlin Heights
Alex Dander
Matilda L. Schmittgen Arndt
Butternut Ridge Rd
Good Samaritan
Arndt
Stoney Ridge
Grace Lutheran Church
The
Ladies Aid
Women’s Missionary Society
Wayne M
Lester L
Ernest. J. Schmittgen
Elyria
Agnes Baum
North Olmsted
Henry E. Schmitigen
John F. Arndt
Harold Dicken
Slovenian parishathor Agnes Jancar dies at 89 in Lorain
Agnes Jancar 89 a Lorain resident for 65 years died this morning at her daughter's home following a lengthy illness She was born in Yugoslavia came to the United States in 1913 and was active in SS Cyril and Methodius Church and Slovenian groups Surviving are sons Frank and Rudolph daughters Agnes and Alvina nine other relatives Funeral and parish services set with burial in Calvary Cemetery Lorain Also Zenna Watts 67 of North Ridgeville died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a month illness She leaves a daughter Esther Clifton Patterson five grandchildren and five great grandchildren and several siblings Burial at Fields Cemetery following services by Faith Baptist Temple
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Reichlin
Elyria
Ray Carpenter
Faith Baptist Temple
North Ridgeville
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Avon
Agnes Jancar
Lorain
William
Agnes) Bucher
Yugoslavia
United States
Jancar
SS. Cyril and Methodius Church of
Slovenian Women’s Union No
St. Aloysius Lodge
S.N.P.J. Lodge
Frank J
Bethesda
Rudolph
Bucher
Milo
Alvina
Uehlein
Sheffield Lake
Frank
Emil Douala Funeral Home
Altar and Rosary Society
Slovenian Women’s Union
Paul Krajnik
SS. Cyril and Methodius Church
Calvary Cemetery
Zenna Alice Watts
Chestnut Ridge Rad
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Fish Trap
Charlestown
W. Va
Esther Clifton Patterson
Maryville
Tenn
Grover Bishop
Clarence
St. Petersburg
Fla
John
Pikeville
Hubert
Elsie
Florida
Maggie
California
Maydle
Idaho
Faith
Lorraine
Vernon Ray Watts
Bogner Funeral Home
Fields Cemetery
Realtors raise 900 for heart association in Lorain County
The Lorain County Board of Realtors collected 900 for the Northeast Ohio Affiliate of the American Heart Association. The funds came from the Pheasant Run six point two mile marathon held in June. Proceeds support heart association activities and education in Lorain County.
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Lorain County
Fire at Southeast Side Home Causes 5000 Damage
An estimated 5000 damage from a south east side blaze Sunday night left Clinton Stone’s wood frame bi level home at 1808 S Abbe Rd with 4500 building loss and 500 contents loss. Officials say an electrical short caused the fire which spread up the exterior wall to the roof and no injuries occurred. Insurance covered both building and contents.
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Clinton Stone
S. Abbe Rd
Real estate broker quips on inflated prices
A real estate broker comments that prices are high not because houses lack value but because the money itself isn’t worth the same. He jokes that buyers face inflated costs as the market bids up properties.
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Bowses
FBI Probes UAW Local 1250 Funds at Ford Brook Park Plant
FBI in Cleveland investigates United Auto Workers Local 1250 tied to Ford Brook Park with focus on possible misuse of union funds and civil rights violations. Charles Boyce alleges luxury car for local president Thurman Payne and a kidnapping claim. Payne denies charges and provides documents. The four officers posted $15,000 bond after Berea Municipal Court arraignments. agent says probe not about kidnapping claim.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
United Auto Workers’ Local 1250
Ford Motor Co
Brook Park
FBI
Joseph Griffin
Cleveland
Thurman Payne
Boyce
Payne
Berea
Griffin
Elyria patrolmen injured in crash
Two Elyria patrolmen suffered minor injuries when their parked cruiser was struck in a chain collision on Route 57. Ptl. Robert Lesher and Ptl. Noel Perez sustained neck and leg injuries, while a third person, Michael Sherk, was unhurt in the cruiser. John Dauper, driver of the other car, had a minor facial cut and was cited for following too closely and DUI.
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Elyria
Robert Lesher
Noel Perez
Michael Sherk
Clifton Blvd
Lakewood
John Dauper
28Th St
Lorain
Sherk
Cauper
Man charged after car hits two girls on Electric Boulevard
A Lakewood man Ronald Marcentile, 23, was charged with drunk driving, failure to control and driving left of center after his car struck two girls walking on Electric Boulevard, injuring one critically. The victims Robin Dietz, 15, and Katharine Stanich, 13, were taken to St Joseph's Hospital. Dietz remained in serious condition. Stanich was treated and released. Marcentile posted $600 bond awaiting court.
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Avon Lake
Lakewood
Electric Boulevard
Ronald Marcentile
Robin Dietz
Forest St
Katherine Stanich
Beck Rd
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Stanich
Miss Dietz
Leer
Beck Roads
Marcentile
Multiple minor traffic accidents and incidents reported across town
A sequence of brief notes records two car crashes with no injuries on Griswold Road Oxford Avenue Cleveland Street Tillotson Street East Avenue and Warren Avenue plus a burglary on School Street and theft at Hills Department Store. Fire crews responded to a water leak at 130 Cedar Street and to a false fire alarm at Ive Plating. A car battery was stolen from a home on Foster Avenue and a bag containing 68 was taken near Ridge Road. Minor injuries noted in a few crashes. other entries indicate no injuries.
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Griswold Road
Oxford Avenue
Aum
John Dudush
Foster Ave
Cleveland Street
Griswold Head
Tillotson Street
Cedar St
East Avenue
Seventh Street
Burghary
Gilbert A. Coates
Huron St
East Hiver Street
Clark Street
Middle Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Deborah Allen
School St
Cleveland
Olive Streets
Rain Street
Ive
Abbe Road
Noele L Witamer
Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
Hills Separtment
Warren Avenue
Lorain Boulevard
Third Street
West Avenue
Lumber and
Clark Streets
Exsworthworth Street
Eart Court
Carl Messer
Delaware Ave
West Broad Steel
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Linda G.claypool
Charles W. Yandell
St. Joseph Hospital
Reidy- Scanlan Funeral Home
Potter Walter W
66Th St
N. Pinellas Park
Mary P
Vern E
Charles T. Keyser
Dorothy Radebaugh
Donna Blaisdell
Szivan Joseph J
North
Woodhill
Joseph, Jr
JoAnne Kudla
Mary Jo Pustai
Garland Funeral
Amsherst
Calgary
Brush
Linda
Tolliver D. Claypool
Sonja
Sam McKinney
West Union
Frank Sams
Frank Saras
Dale Ave
Griffith Blacktop Co
Naval Reserve
Sams
Ramona
Elytia
Johnnie
Paul
Ralph
Samuel Williams
Willard
Willard Hospital
City of
Annie Williams
Russell
Ruth) DeMarco
Robert
Mary) Craighead
Jack
Rossie) Thompson
Esther) Collins
Ollie
Columbus
Luther
Marion
Louis
Second Baptist Church
James Williams
Eltmwood Cemetery
Lillian Simkinson
Losey
River St
Blyria
Cheboygan
Mich
Simkinson
Curtis Scheuffler
Greater Elyria and
Chuck Love
Miami Ave
Love
Gene Krebs
Mrs. Warren Croll
Frank Jancar
Zenna
Alice Watts
Heart Fund
Charles Boyce
Dauper
Warden Avenue
Elfria Police and Fire Departments
A.m
Acciden
Saterday Low East Ave
Savoy and Deery
Scott F. Serazin
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