A H Abookire Dies Former Elyria Grocer
Anthony H. Abookire 93 of 5337 Plorinda Ave Arcadia California died in a hospital in Arcadia Monday. He and his wife Marie owned a grocery on Middle Avenue from 1923 to 1948. Born in Beirut he came to Elyria in 1919 and once ran Elyria's first Army surplus store. He lived in California since 1974 and belonged to Washington Avenue Christian Church. He was featured in a 1961 Chronicle Telegram story after six weeks touring his native country.
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Elyria
Anthony H. Abookire
Plorinda Ave
Arcadia
Calif
Marie
Middle Avenue
Beirut
Lebanon
West Broad Street
California
Abookire
Washington Avenue
Obituaries from Lorain area families two deaths and services
Multiple notices report the deaths of Mrs. Helen S. Sonick 68 of Lakeview Plaza Lorain and Mrs. Mary A. Noveske 70 of 139 Grafton Rd Graf ton with details on survivors, funeral arrangements and burial, plus obituary for Christian Carl Arndt 87 of Amherst. Services set at Wainwright Funeral Home and Hempel Funeral Home with local church involvement noted.
Lorraine Aros longtime Chronicle Telegram columnist dies
Funeral services for Lorraine Aros of 421 Day Dr Lorain will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Schwartz Spence and Boyer Funeral Home with Rev Robert Happer officiating She wrote Lets Talk About Dogs for Sundays from July 1972 and died Monday morning at St Vincent Charity Hospital Cleveland She had been a patient since December 17 The obituary notes her dog obedience work since 1958 and her AKC degrees with four standard poodles and her roles with local kennel clubs and 4 H her survivors include Julius her husband. Memorial gifts may go to Lorain Public Library or Domonkas Public Library Sheffield Lake
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Mary A. Noveske
Grafton Rd
Grafton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
East River St
Elyria
Noveske
Bereg
Assumption Church
Frank
William
Frances Nikonowicz
Sheffield
Eleanor Davis
Cleveland
Joseph Kantosky
LaGrange
Walter
Chester
Henry Kantosky
Pauline Husk
Eleanor Mashinske
Fulton Funeral Home
Mitchell Cieslik
St. Mary Cemetery
Lorraine Aros
Lorain
Schwartz, Spence
Western Reserve Kennel Club
Cleveland Convention Center
St. Louis
Lora
Aros
Jocko
Monsieur Jacques
Frank Mayville
Lorain Family
Elyria Ywca
Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cemetery
Lorain Public Library
Domonkas Public Library
Sheffield Lake
Police Probe Lorain School Arson at Larkmoor
Police investigate arson at Larkmoor School in Lorain where a classroom suffered minor damage. Custodian Edward F. Murray found a burned table as he replaced vandalized windows, with a broken window cited as the entry point for the fire.
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Lorain
Larkmoor
Edward F. Murray
Death notices for Archie Weston and Carl F. Zilch
Archie ML Weston of 807 West Ave is survived by wife Ella daughters Mel Janet Gamertsfelder and Judith Miller son Kenneth Robert and one sister. Services and Masonic rites are planned in Elyria and Ridgehill Cemetery. Carl F Zilch 82 of 310 Seventh St Larain is survived by sister Helen Arndt. Funeral arrangements are set in Amherst and Brownhelm Cemetery Vermilion.
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Weston Archie ML
West Ave
Ella
Mel
Janet Gamertsfelder
Judith Miller
Kenneth Robert
Wainwright Funeral
Elyria
Bunal
Ridgehill Memorial Park
Biyna Bhuken
Nazarene
ZILCH
Carl F
Seventh St
Larain
Helen Arndt
Garland Funeral Home
Amherst
Pico
Brownhelm Cems
In Memoriam Mary and Craig in loving memory
In memory of Mary and Craig who died years ago on January 14, 1969. Friends and family remember their lives with keepsakes and prayers. The note lists relatives Luke Craig, John Craig, Isabel Leek, Swiger and others. The message expresses faith, loss, and enduring love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary & Craig
Ty Heatther
Luke & John Craig
Vermilion council backs bid to challenge tax reciprocity
Vermilion Ward 3 councilman Hobart Johnson sought Wellington support to challenge the loss of income tax reciprocity among area cities. He argues bedroom communities suffer and questions current state law while noting Wellington’s tax is non reciprocal and workers in Oberlin add to non reciprocal flows.
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Wellington
Boston
Wellington Village
Vermilion
Hobart Johnson
Johnson
Columbus
David and
Goliath
Oberlin
North Ridgeville protests Rural Water increase plan
North Ridgeville city council approved part of the Rural Lorain County Water Authority rate hike. It set minimum monthly payment at 2920 dollars and adopted specific tier charges for 7.5 million and 15 million gallons. The water authority will decide next. The council also revised meeting bylaws to 7:30 p.m. start times and streamline procedures.
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North Ridgeville
Lorain County
Council
Water Authority
Armbruster
Elden Anderson
Rural Water Authority
Cleveland
Elyria
Lorain
Carje
Firelands scouts plan roundtable at Northwood Junior High
The Southeast District of Firelands Area Boy Scouts will hold its roundtable at Northwood Junior High School Wednesday at 7 p.m. Plans for this year's Scoutorama will be announced and films of the 1977 Boy Scout Jamboree and the Philmont Reservation in New Mexico will be shown. All scoutmasters cubmasters den leaders and committee members are urged to attend.
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Firelands Area
Boy Scouts
Northwood
New Mexico
Trustees deny variance for Ebosh tool and die firm
LaGrange trustees refused a hardship variance for Lester and Mildred Ebosh to run a tool and die business on Indian Hollow Road in a residential agricultural zone. The appeals board found insufficient hardship evidence and noted pollution risk as contrary to public interest, while Ebosh plans court action alleging discrimination.
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Lagrange
Lester
Mildred Ebosh
Indian Hollow Road
Eboshes
Holtkamp
Ebosh
Richard Jackson
Black River D
Jackson
Boy killed as car skids in private driveway
Two year old Sean Coffman died after a car slid out of control at Acadian Lake Apartments on Sheldon Road. He was pronounced dead at Southwest General Hospital at 4 45 p m. The 18 year old driver remained unnamed as police investigated ice on the steep driveway and declined to release charges.
Oberlin to study FHA loan for water tower repairs
Oberlin council will review financing options for repairs to the deteriorating water tower or building a new one. A long term, low interest FHA loan may cover costs and refinance $836,000 water debt, reducing annual payments from $119,000 to about $87,000 over four years, avoiding rate hikes.
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Oberlin
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
David Sonner
Sonner
Unclear incidents reported across multiple small thefts and accidents
A sequence of local incidents includes a back yard theft of an aluminum boat at 805 Langson Ave, shoplifting at Artie, a prescription bottle theft, tarp and chain theft from a trailer at 111 Marseilles Ave, two watches stolen from a truck on Shear Street, and several fall injuries. Also noted are two separate one vehicle accidents on Burns Road and Barna Road near Abbe Road with minor injuries.
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Frank Sams
Langson Ave
Artie
Iain Smith Homme
Chark St
James Newton
Marseilles Ave
Roysaver
W. Bagley Road
Olmated Falls
Shear Street
East Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Hubert Harder
Fowl Road
Burns Road
Abbe Road
Barna Road
Fire damages estimated at five thousand dollars
Pittsfield fire early today caused about 5000 dollars in damage to the home of Mr and Mrs Steve Bragg on Route 303 west of Route 58 Fire Chief Tony Marley said Mrs Bragg awoke at about 1 am to a crackling sound and found the attic on fire The blaze was likely caused by an overheated vent pipe The new house had been occupied only a few months
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Pittsfield
Steve Bragg
Rt. 58
Tony Marley
Marley
Hartford Tollbridge Carol Singer Delights Gate
For three Christmas seasons a Hartford man paid his toll while serenading the tollgate with carols in a courteous, festive display that charmed nearby drivers and toll workers alike.
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Hartford
Lorain Births List Shows Three New Arrivals
A daughter was born Jan. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Dana Horner of 134 Edgewood Street. A son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fackler of 4947 Clearview Drive. Another son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Marrale of 707 West 28th Street, Lorain.
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Dana Horner
Edgewood St
Alan
Charles Fackler
Clearview Dr
Lorain
Timothy Marrale
West 28Rd St
Judge orders 2 defendants held to jury
Elyria Municipal Court Judge James Horn ordered two defendants held to the grand jury Friday. Frank Herrera, 2932 Cromwell Dr., charged with jail escape on Jan. 6, bail set at 3500 cash. attempted to chip masonry around a window. Larry Yuhas, 28, 645 Broad St., Elyria, charged with three forged prescriptions from Nov. 28 and 29, bail set at 2500 under 10 percent rule on two counts and 2500 personal on the third.
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Elyria
James Horn
Frank Herrera
Cromwell Dr
Lorain County
Herrera
Common Pleas Court
Larry Yuhas
Broad St
Ambulance owner injured on icy Walnut Street
John Majoras of Majoras Ambulance Service slipped on an icy driveway while wheeling a patient to a waiting ambulance in the 500 block of Walnut Street. He injured his ankle and expected to miss a week of activity. A man on the victim’s steps also slipped and called the ambulance.
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Majoras
John Majoras
Walnut Street
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A. H. Abookire
Elyria Grocer
Mrs
Harry Sonick
Helen S
Toth) Sonick
Lakeview Plaza
Henrietta Township
Amherst Hospital
Harry
Bud) Sonick
Wese
United Nations
Patrick
Helen
Sofia
Temple City
Joe
Gloria
Re. J. Kenneth Evans
Calvary Cemetery
Frank Noveske
Christian C. Arndt
Christian Carl Arndt
Tenney Ave
Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital
Mr. Arndt
Nordson Corp
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Mildred E
Philip J. Bohlken
Crownhill Cemetery
Anthony Abcokire
Aros. Services
Cochrane Infant
Micky) Cochrane
North Fairfield
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Norwalk
Restlawn Memorial Park
Huron
Chester E. Jr
Leonard Chaffee
Galloway Jones Jr
Sandusky
Willard Cochrane Sr
Wakeman
George Newcomer
Calloway Jones Sr
Edith Cochrane
Tallmadge
Joseph Briggs
Lancaster
Heaston-Gerber Funeral Home
Benedict Ave
Paul Slavik Sr
Treadway Blvd
St. Joseph Hospital
Mr. Slavik
Czechoslovakia
St. Agnes Church
Michael
Belevidere
John
Gary
Ind
Paul
Demotte
Joseph
Phoenix
Ariz
Walter A. Frey
Lorain School
Memoriam
Saaly
Anti Wien
Marlene Waikiss
Grant Nelson Bruce
God
Alaye
Sweet Grant
Grace Walker
Bonnie Husk
Kenny B
Walker Nelson Walker
Bruce Walker
Curtis Scheuffter
Yd Ermbalmer
Harvey C. Curtis
Erest
W. Scheuffter
Ridgeville
Pattlewald
C-T
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Olive Avenue
Richard Carje
Gilbert Cornish
Firelands Scouts
Eleanor Gnandt
Board
Robert Holtkamp
Lan
Elyria Police and Fire Departments
Elyria Memorial
Solomon Lodge
Wainwright Funeral Home
Chest Ridge Rd
Ohio
Dante E
Rerke W.M
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