Lorain Bowling Hall of Fame member Joan Johnson dies
Joan T. Johnson 73 of Lorain died January 7 2007 after a long cancer battle. She worked 18 years at Nordson Corp Amherst as an accounting clerk retiring in 1996 and served as a Lorain bowling official and youth coach. Survivors include daughter Jennifer Randall and son Shawn Johnson with several sisters and brothers. A memorial service is planned at Gluyna Shimo Hromada Funeral Chapel with Mass at St Peter Church. Donations may be made to the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame or St Joseph Catholic Church Homeless Shelter.
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Joan T. Johnson
Dimacchia
Lorain
New Life Hospice Center
St. Joseph
Nordson Corp
Amherst
Rebian Recreation
Lorain Women's Bowling Association
Greater Lorain
James M. Mayes Sr. 72 of Pittsfield Township dies after long illness
James M. Mayes Sr., 72, of Pittsfield Township, died Sunday January 7 2007 at his son’s home after a long illness. He was born in Cleveland and lived in Parma Elyria before moving to Pittsfield Township in 2002. He worked as a crew chief for American Airlines at Cleveland Hopkins Airport retiring in 1978 after 25 years. Survivors include sons James M. Mayes Jr. and William C. Mayes and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Diane T. Mayes and siblings. Friends may call 5 to 7 pm Tuesday at Dicken Funeral Home Elyria. Graveside service 1 36 am Wednesday at Pittsfield East Cemetery with Rev. James J. Reymann officiating.
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James M. Mayes Sr
Pittsfield Township
Cleveland
Parma
Elyria
American Airlines
Cleveland Hopkins International
James M. Mayes Jr
William C. Mayes
Diane T. Mayes
Dorothy K Kowalewski obituary in Lorain Ohio church service
Dorothy K Striker Kowalewski 81 of Lorain died July 7 2007 after a short illness. She was a Lorain High School graduate and retired secretary from York International. survived by husband Jerome Kowalewski a daughter Candice A Gubeno a son Russell J Shirkey seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Services at Dombrowski Humphrey Riddle Funeral Home with mass at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Interment Resthaven Memory Gardens Avon. Online condolences at the funeral home site.
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Dorothy K. Kowalewski
Lorain
Jane
Community Health Partners
Lorain High School
York International
Fruehaus Co
Jerome Kowalewski
Candice A. Gubeno
New London
Russell J. Shirkey
Steve and
Sophie
Nee Kozlowski
Richard
Donald
Steve J
Dombrowski-Humphrey-Riddle Funeral Home
Oberlin Ave
Funeral Home
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
15Th St
Robert J. Glepko
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Avon
Memorial for Lester E Hawkins in North Ridgeville
Lester E Hawkins 59 of North Ridgeville died January 6 2006 at home after a 27 year residence there He was born in Uniontown PA a 1967 Collinwood High School graduate and Vietnam era US Army veteran He worked in food service at Continental Airlines Cleveland Hopkins Airport USS Kobe Steel Lorain and Erieview Metals Cleveland The survivor list includes his wife Linda Shawn Hawkins sister Betty Lou Yakopovich brothers Wilbur and James Hawkins and his parents A memorial service is set for 4 p m Wednesday at Liston Funeral Home North Ridgeville with VFW Post 9871 members providing full military honors.
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Lester H. Hawkins
North Ridgeville
Uniontown
Collinwood High School
Cleveland
Vietnam
Food Service
Continental Airlines
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
USS Kobe Steel
Lorain
Erieview Metals
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Las Vegas
Reno
Linda M
Ziska
Shawn Hawkins
Columbus
Betty Lou Yakopovich
Sandusky
Wilbur
James Hawkins
Russell
Betty
Nee Beal) Hawkins
Liston Funeral Home
Center Ridge Road
Jack Uber
Funeral service for Frank B. Sorrell in Elyria area
Frank B. Sorrell age 85 of LaGrange died January 6 2007 after a short illness at Ohio Extended Care Lorain. Friends may call 10 30 to 11 30 a m Wednesday at Bauer Laubenthal Funeral Home Chestnut Ridge Road and state Route 57 Elyria.
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Frank B. Sorrell
LaGrange
Ohio
Lorain
Bauer- Laubenthal
Chestnut Ridge Road
Elyria
Pearl M Deeks obituary notice in North Ridgeville
Pearl M Fassinger Deeks age 90 of North Ridgeville died January 7 2007 after a short illness at EMH Regional Medical Center Elyria. Liston Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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Pearl M. Deeks
Lorain Woman Tracey Cavin Dies After Long Illness
Tracey M. Cavin 38 of Lorain died Saturday January 6 2007 at Community Health Partners after a long illness. Brown Robinson Funeral Home Lorain is handling arrangements.
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Tracey Marvell Cavin
Lorain
Community Health Partners
Brown-Robinson Funeral Home
Memorial notices move to Classifieds section
Tributes and memorial notices will now appear with the Classifieds, with page location listed in the Page One index. Today they appear on Page D5.
Gene Hall 74 Elyria logging entrepreneur dies after cancer fight
Gene Hall age 74 of Elyria died January 6 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a decade long cancer battle. He operated a logging and timber business with his brother for 18 years retiring in 1995. Survived by Theresa Hall wife, sons Larry and Terry, daughters Monika and Sandra, 13 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, brothers Marion Pat and Charlie, half sister Kelly Charter. Dicken Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Carl Eugene
Gene” Hall
Elyria
Emh Regional Medical Center
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Theresa Olga
Nee Heindlmeier) Hall
Larry Eugene Hall
Terry Dean Hall
Peru
Ind
Monika Elisabeth Morrow
Sandra Ann Keith
Crestwood
Marion
Pat” Hall
Charlie Hall
Amherst
Kelly Charter
Jesse A
Anna S
Nee Hicks
Hubert
Arnold
Dicken Funeral Home
Alexander X Hamilton Stillborn in Elyria
Alexander X. Hamilton son of Jesse L. Hamilton and Kimberly Bowman of Elyria was stillborn January 8 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center. Survived by half brother Frank N. Hamilton and half sister Charisma N. Hamilton both of Elyria and by paternal and maternal grandparents plus aunts and many cousins. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Busch Funeral Home Elyria with burial at Brookdale Cemetery Elyria.
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Alexander X. Hamilton
Jesse L. Hamilton
Kimberly B. Bowman
Elyria
Emh Regional Medical Center
Frank N. Hamilton
Charisma N. Hamilton
Richard and
Bonnie Hamilton
James
Christine Bowman
Busch Funeral Home
Second St
Chuck Leininger
Elyria, Baptist Church
Brookdale Cemetery
Priest challenges mandatory celibacy in Catholic Church
Former seminary president Rev. Donald Cozzens argues celibacy burdens the church amid priest shortages. He distinguishes between celibacy as a freely chosen charism and as a mandatory requirement, urging review while noting recent Vatican reaffirmations.
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University Heightsa
Donald Cozzens
Cozzens
Fish
Seminarians
Richard John Neuhaus
First Things
Neuhaus
Georgetown
University
Center For Applied Research
Sam
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Jesuit School
St. Mary Seminary
John Paul I
Vatican
Benedict XVI
Judge speaks against the death penalty in 6th Circuit
Veteran federal appeals judge Boyce F. Martin Jr., longtime 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals member, voices blunt opposition to the death penalty. His dissent cited as blistering by Capital Defense Weekly, signaling potential Supreme Court scrutiny of lethal injection and capital cases. Martin, born 1935 in Boston, served in the Army JAG Corps and ascended from Kentucky courts to the federal bench.
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Cincinnati
Boyce Martin
Jimmy Carter
Capital Defense Weekly
US. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Martin
Death Penalty Information Center
Appeals Court
U.S. Army Judge Advocate General
Louisville
Jefferson Circuit Court
Kentucky Court of Appeals
6Th
Supreme Court
6Th Circuit
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
9Th Circuit
Taft Grants Clemency to Two Drug Offenders
On his final day in office Governor Bob Taft pardoned Andrew Smith 26 of Franklin County and Michael Moore 50 of Preble County who had completed prison terms for drug offenses after Parole Board recommendation. Taft left 66 clemency requests untouched amid transitions potential racial bias notes from earlier Celeste actions.
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Columbus
Bob Taft
Andrew Smith
Franklin County
Michael Moore
Preble County
Ohio Parole Board
Taft
John Spirko
Jerome Henderson
Richard Celeste
Boy charged with stealing deputy’s car in Cincinnati
A 13-year-old boy faces motor vehicle theft, receiving stolen property and obstructing official business charges after stealing a deputy’s personal car in Over-the-Rhine. Deputies pursued the vehicle, the suspect crashed, and was captured after a foot chase. He is held in a juvenile detention center. The youth had prior theft and drug offenses last year.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County Justice Center
Over-the-Rhine
Deputies Fired Over Delayed Arrest in Family Tragedy
Fayette County Sheriff Vernon Stanforth fired four deputies after an internal probe found they failed to act on the arrest of former auxiliary deputy John Bailey. Bailey later killed his wife Lori and himself, in a separate incident. Bailey sister Deputy Patricia Bailey was dismissed. Deputies Ernest Jackson Jr Terry Olsen Jr and John Hyer face dereliction of duty charges. Trial set for February in Fayette County Common Pleas Court.
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Washington Court House
Fayette County
Vernon Stanforth
Stanforth
Patricia Bailey
Ernest Jackson Jr
Terry Olsen Jr
John Hyer
Bailey
Jackson
Olsen
John Bailey
Lori
Westlake Fire Kills Couple as Detectors Fail
Two people, a 57-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman, died in a Sunday Westlake house fire. Investigators said detectors did not function and the cause is unknown. teens nearby tried to help by banging on windows as firefighters fought the blaze for 45 minutes. The victims' names were withheld pending relatives' notification.
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Westlake
John
Kish
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Alice Hamilton
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Tracey M. Cavin
Carl E. Hall
Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr
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