Death notices from Elyria Lorain area prompt prayers and services
George Roka 57 of 249 Pasadena Ave Elyria died today at 7 30 a m in Golden Acres Nursing Home Amherst after a short illness. He was born in Southeast and worked at Kasper Foundry. Survived by two brothers Peter Elyria and Louis Oregon. Funeral details at Reichlin Funeral Home. Other notices include George B Shaffer 22 Avon and Leo A Balmert Lorain obituary details and multiple Lorain Norwalk area deaths with dates and burial plans.
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George Roka
Pasadena Ave
Elyria
Golden Acres
Amherst
Southeast
Roka
Kasper Foundry
St. Mary Church
Holy Name Society
Peter
Louis
Oregon
Reichlin
St. Mary Cemetery
Pan
George B. Shaffer
California
Apts
Brookpark Road
Cleveland
Burmeister
Avon
Kenneth Bibbee
Lake Shore Methodist Church
Shaffer
Joanne Workman
Lakewood
West Side
The
Household Finance Co
Myra Shaffer
Workman
Janet Biana
Robert
Lorain
Leo A. Balmert
Schwartz, Spence and Boyer
St. Anthony Church
Calvary Cemetery
Mr. Balmert
Alexander Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Mercer County
Balmert
Lorain Works
United States Steel Corp
Ann
Robert of
Leo Allan George
Reidy-Scanlan
St. George Eastern Orthodox
Elmwood
Fort Knox
Pfc
George
Garfield Blvd
Vietnam
Friends
Radovan Malkovich
Julie Rachel Ravis
Alexander S. Ravis Jr
Brenner Dr
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Alexander III
Alexander J. Ravis Sr
John Karnai
Steve Kerekes
Julia Ravis
Mary Hellinger
Steve Horvath
John R. Bevin
Norwalk
Harold S. Allen
South Norwalk Road
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Whitehouse
Allen
Norwalk Furniture Co
Teamsters Local 20
Toledo
Cassie
Kay) Allen
Donald
Charlotte) Peterson
Ronald
Donna) Mingus
James
Beverly) Walford
Patricia) Shupe
Harold R
Alamogordo
N-M
Kenneth
Masassas
Faylene
Kubach Smith Funeral
P. J Garcia
Restlawn Cemetery
Huron
Elizabeth Emmerich
Charlotte Cleaver
Hamilton Ave
Lorain Community Hospital
Emmerich
Brownhelm
Jehovah’s Witnesses
William
Albert
Elmer
Caroline) Rumsey
Grand Island
N.Y
Carmen Jennings
Tonawanda
Willam
Margaret) Koch
Victor
Elma) DeLor
Sandusky
Theresa Lattimore
Hempel
Russell Stipanovich
Brownhelm Cemetery
Johanna Zortz
East 31St St
Yugoslavia
United States
Zortz
East Helena
Mont
SS Cyril and Methodius Church
Immaculate Conception Lodge 6&1
American Fraternal Union No. 6
Altar and Rosary Society
John L
Ely
Aloysius Rupar
Valloyd L. Shibley
Waverly Pl
Shibley
T.J. Hume Co
Evelyn M. Shibley
Darlyn Skodny
Alfonso
Judith) Steffani
Val Joyd C
U.S. Navy
Keith Lance
Navy
Warren Lance
Frank
Ruby) Kowalik
Alfred
Reichlin-Cooley
Raymond Peters
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Milan Collision Injures Elyrian In 2 Car Crash
A 19 year old Elyrian was injured when a Milan man escaped injury in a two car accident near Milan at 2 p m yesterday. William Posey 41820 Lawrence Court was reported in satisfactory condition at Norwalk Fisher Titus Hospital. Posey is said to have been eastbound and passing Louis Dorr 75 of Milan when Dorr began a left turn onto River Road causing the sideswipe that sent both cars off the road. Dorr s car struck a power pole breaking it Posey s car struck a road sign and a power pole s guy wire. The crash remains under investigation.
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Milan
Elyrian
Here
William Posey
Lawrence Court
Norwalk Fisher-Titus Hospital
Rt. 113
Sandusky
Card of Thanks for Wheeler J Denking
The family of the late Wheeler J Denking expresses sincere thanks for the many expressions of sympathy during illness and death. Special thanks to Fulton Funeral Home Rev Odor and Rev Shenck the choir donors of food Standard Screw Co employees and Madaline Jenkins family members and grandchildren.
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Wheeler J Denking
Fulton Funeral Home
Odor
Shenck
Standard Screw Co
Madaline Jenkins
Madaline
Wellington girl injured in single car crash
A 17 year old Wellington girl Diane DeVies suffered a severe cut requiring 42 stitches after her head struck the windshield in a one car crash that injured Betty Gott. Police said inexperience and snow contributed to the accident when the car struck a tree near Maygar Street. Both girls were treated at Southern Lorain County Hospital and no charges will be filed.
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Wellington
Lorain County Hospital
Diane DeVies
Hawley Road
Betty Gott
Prospect St
Maygar St
Gott
Rudy Neumann
Lorain Woman Injured Twice In One Day
A 61 year old Lorain resident, Margar et Bremer, suffered a house fire at 1709 Hamilton Ave caused by careless smoking, with $2,500 in building damage and $1,500 in contents loss. Hours later she slipped at St Joseph Church and broke a hip, taken by Rescue Squad to St Joseph Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Margaret Bremer
Hamilton Ave
Coroner rules Vermilion girl death accidental
SANDUSKY The death Friday of 2 year old Dawn Walker of Vermilion was ruled accidental by Erie County Coroner Joseph Bruder. Dawn was struck by a Penn Central train at 11 11 a.m. at the Decatur Street crossing while being pulled on a sled by her mother Yvonne Walker. The child fell and was struck as she rose to move away from the oncoming train, the engineer Barton G Osoggdi testified. No neglect by the mother was found.
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Toledo
Bruder
Elyria Man Struck By Car In Evening Incident
Elyria man Cleveland Williams aged 54 was struck while crossing Lake Avenue at Adelbert Street by a northbound car driven by David Rakich 54 of Lorain. Williams suffered a broken right leg and internal injuries and was listed in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lake Avenue
Sheriff's Deputies
Cleveland Williams
Warden Ave
Adelbert Street
Lake
David Rakich
Cambridge Ave
Lorain
French use gold as future protection in France
In Paris, gold is seen as a safeguard against uncertainty with middle class French owners hoarding coins and ingots. U.S. law bans Americans from buying or selling gold, while in France the market remains open. Embassies warn that Americans trading gold risk penalties and passport renewal for return to the United States. Investment firms also avoid handling American gold orders.
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Paris
UPI
Fort Knox
U.S
France
United States
America
Bache & Co
Nationwide Forecast Sees Scattered Showers Then Snow Inland
The national forecast shows scattered showers along the Pacific coast tonight shifting to snow inland in the upper Rockies. Light flurries may appear near the Great Lakes. Elsewhere, conditions remain mostly fair with a gradual north central warming.
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Pacific
Rockies
Great Lakes
Ohio Weather Outlook With Light Snow Flurries
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and slightly milder conditions with a few snow flurries mainly today. Highs in the lower 20s and lows in the teens. Tomorrow turns partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the mid to upper 20s. Wednesday looks cloudier and warmer with variable winds mostly west at under 20 mph.
Five Day Buckeye State Weather Preview
The forecast shows below normal temperatures through Saturday with highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s in the north and mid 30s in the south. Lows will be in the mid teens north and near 20 south. Temperatures rise tomorrow and Wednesday then fall again Thursday onward. Snow is expected Wednesday with flurries Thursday and continuing into the weekend, mainly in the northeast.
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al Umu
Buckeye
Northwest Storm Strikes Northwest With Heavy Snow and Winds
Severe storm hits the Northwest with two to four inches of new snow in parts of Washington and Oregon. Roads close, chains required in northern Idaho. Pacific coast gale warnings stretch to Point Sur as Brookings Oregon records over an inch of rain in six hours. Cleanup includes rescuing snowbound elderly couple in Wisconsin and widespread cold in the Midwest.
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Northwest
Midwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Pacific
Middle California
Point Sur
Monterey Bay
Oregon Coast
Brookings, Ore
Tron County
Wis
Bangor
LaCrosse
Great Lakes
New England States
Arizona
South Atlantic Coast
Williston
N.D
Key West
Fla
Elyria Kiwanis installs new officers led by Carlton Hall
Newly installed officers take charge of the Elyria Kiwanis Club. Carlton Hall of 383 Kenyon Ave becomes president, succeeding R Wade Joseph of 889 Salem Ave who becomes past president. Harle G McNally 264 Vassar Ave is first vice president, Walter Lundberg 1040 Foster Ave is second vice president, John Hottenrott 2007 Grafton Road is treasurer, and Rick Zarbaugh 187 Brookvalley Drive is secretary.
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Elyria Kiwanis Club
Carlton Hall
Kenyon Ave
Hall
R. Wade Joseph
Salem Ave
Harle G. McNally
Vassar Ave
Walter Lundberg
Foster Ave
John Hottenrott
Grafton Road
Rick Za
Cleveland Man Held After East Side Shooting Death
A 54 year-old man is in police custody in Cleveland for questioning in the death of Selma Frost, age 30, who was killed during an argument at his brother in law's East Side home. The suspect says he tried to mediate before Frost drew a knife and pursued him.
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Cleveland
Selma Frost
Frost
East Side
Area births at Elyria Memorial
Saturday and Sunday birth announcements list several newborns and families in the area. Entries name the parents and addresses in Grafton North Ridgeville Elyria Oberlin and nearby areas with mentions of the newborns a daughter to Mr and Mrs Samuel Poad a son to Mr and Mrs Bernard Linden a son to Mr and Mrs Anthony Rago a son to Mr and Mrs Frank Chirakos a son to Mr and Mrs Daniel Edgar and other relatives including Roscoe White and Richard Applebee.
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Elyria Memorial
Samuel Poad
Edgewood
Grafton
Clarence Long
Floraline Dr
North Ridgeville
Richard Applebee
Elyria
Bernard Linden
Middle Ave
Gordon Kuss
Bell Ave
Ernest Roberts
Locust St
Oberlin
Anthony Rago
Barton Rd
Ronald Kitchen
Cornell Blvd
Frank Chirakos
Jay Dr
Daniel Edgar
Aurensen
Roscoe White
West Ridge Rd
Local Birth Announcements From Amherst Hospital
A series of birth notices records newborn sons for families in Lorain St Joseph Sheffield Lake and nearby areas. Names include Griffith Smith Rupert Schremp Runewicz Evans Molnar with addresses in Lorain St Joseph Sheffield Lake and nearby localities.
Mississippi man first human heart transplant dies
Malcom Whitten aged 48, the state’s first human to human heart transplant recipient, died at 5 16 a m at a University of Mississippi medical center. Pneumonia caused death after a brain hemorrhage from the Jan 6 operation. Surgeon Dr James D Hardy led the five hour procedure. The donor was Robert Bride, 47, who died of a stroke at University Hospital the night before the transplant.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
Mississippi Delta
Malcolm Whitten
University of MI
Whitten
James D. Hardy
Medical Center
Hardy
Robert Bride
University Hospital
Rotary Club to Hear Visiting Exchange Student
Pamela Johnson of Te Puke New Zealand will lecture at Elyria Rotary Club noon meeting at the YMCA as part of the First Congregational Church student exchange program. Her father runs a local garage and she stays with the Duke Eliott home while attending Elyria High School. The Kiwanis Club hosts Rev Bela P Bacso lieutenant governor for his first official Elyvia visit and outlines 1969 plans at noon at the YMCA.
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Pamela Johnson
Te Puke
New Zealand
Elyria High School
First Congregational Church
Elyria Rotary Club
YMCA
Miss Johnson
Duke Eliott
Bela P. Bacso
Elyvia Kiwanis Club
Castings worth $600 reported taken
A skid and a half of unmachined castings valued at $600 were stolen from the Aber Corp Engineered Products Division plant yesterday afternoon. A man in a red van with a white stripe along its side was seen near the rear, possibly with an accomplice, bending the van’s front license plate before driving off through the South Logan Street gate. Police reported the theft after police checks found missing castings.
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Aber Corp. Engineered Products
Logan Street
Delicatessen Robbery Reported in Lorain
Police say two or three youths robbed Dettores Delicatessen on East 34th Street and Pearl Avenue at 9 16 p m Saturday. Edith Dettores 57 told officers a revolver was shown and cash was taken from the register while a third youth watched outside.
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Lorain
Dettores
Edith Dettores
East 34Th Street
Pearl Avenue
Fire log notes multiple blazes around town
At 12 55 am a boiler at the YMCA 25 Court St overheated and burned asbestos on the outside while a nearby cardboard box ignited. A car seat fire occurred on Lake Avenue at 9 04 pm. A doorway left open at 00 Washington Ave allowed a spark to ignite paper and debris. Kids with matches started a couch fire at 110 Euclid St at 2 38 pm. An overheated grid at 521 Foster Ave ignited grease causing kitchen smoke damage.
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YMCA
Court St
Lake Avenue
Washington Ave
Euclid St
Foster Ave
Shooting victims in Lorain show improvement
Three victims from a Lorain shooting involving two police officers remain hospitalized with injuries. Walter Layne, 49, and Pil Michael Yuhas, 25, are in intensive care while Ptl. David Rakich, 24, has moved from guarded to fair and is out of ICU. Police suspect Layne acted during a domestic dispute and nine charges are filed.
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Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Walter Layne
Michael Yuhas
Yuhas
Layne
Oberlin Road
Elyria
Ptl
David Rakich
West 30Th Street
Falbo Avenue
Louis Rosa
Rakich
James Parobek
Lorain Education Board Seeks 1969 President Tonight
Lorain school board, reduced to four members after resignations, plans to elect a president and vice president for 1969. Milton J. Tomasek and Ralph Brooks, the 1968 president and vice president, are the leading nominees as the board fights possible deadlock and awaits full five-member strength.
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Education Board In
Lorain
Board of Education
Charles Pillis
Ellis
Milton J. Tomasek
Tomasek
Ralph Brooks
Vandals strike Eastern Heights School outage
Vandals damaged Eastern Heights School at 528 Garford Ave during the weekend. Police say entry was gained by breaking a library window. They wrecked the kitchen and first aid room, ransacked conference room and principal’s office, tore down a vending machine, and stole about $6 from its coin box.
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Eastern Heights
Garford Ave
Elyria
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Sudro-Curtis
Funeral Home, Inc
Greater Elyria and
Harvey C. Curtis
Ernest W. Scheuffler
By William Sunderland
Ohio
United Press International
Kiwanis
Amherst Hospital
Harold Griffith
West Erie Ave
Carol Smith
Lakeview Ave
Francis Schremp
East Dr
Sheffield Lake
John Runewicz
Gayle Dr
Stephen Evans
Edward Molnar
West 30Th St
Mississippi
Service Club
Eading
Heights
AllWerter's
Middle Avenue
Elyria High
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