Area deaths Ralph Murbach dies at 99 longtime civic leader
Ralph Murbach, 99, chairman of the board of Murbach Coal and Supply Co. in Elyria, died this morning at The Elyria Home after a long illness. A Elyria native and active in civic life, he graduated from Adelbert College in 1910 and led the family business from 1929 to 1964, later serving as board chairman. He was a longtime member of First Congregational Church and leaves a son, three daughters, 13 grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren. Burial will be at Brookdale Cemetery. memorials to Elyria or donor’s choice.
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Murbach Coal and Supply Co
Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Connie Davis
Elyria High School
Adelbert College
Case Western Reserve University
John
Great Lakes
National Bank of
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Community Chest
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Ann) Schmittgen
Eric
Molly) Chapman
Toledo
Lyman
Madge) Wells
Kalamazoo
Mich
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Dorothy A. Martin
Kevin
Michael
Ethel Zebb
New London
Gladys Lewis
Naples
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Reichlin-Roberts
St. Jude Church
Joseph Callahan
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Elizabeth Faye Coffin
Wellington
Scio
Ohio
Paul
Klaus
Paula) Toennesmann
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Obituary Notices for Aldrich Briner and Local Figures
Dewey S. Aldrich 88 a retired farmer and Holstein breeder from LaGrange died after an apparent heart attack at Elyria Memorial Hospital. He was active in Masons, Eastern Star, Lions, Farm Bureau, Grange, and local clubs with four sons and nine grandchildren surviving. Edgar L. Briner 65 of Elyria died after a heart attack. he was a school custodian, Army veteran, and husband of Clara Joan with five sons, three daughters, and 11 grandchildren. Burial plans set in Peru and Elyria with services by local funeral homes.
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Dewey S. Aldrich
LaGrange
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Grafton Township
Grafton
Cleveland
Order of Eastern Star
Lyndon Chapter
LaGrange Lions
Lorain County Farm Bureau Co-op
Old Glory Grange
Aldrich
Lorain County Farm Bureau Federation and Council
Senior Citizens’ Club
Wayne
Bradenton
Fla
Don
Merle
Dutch
Visalia
Calif
Robert
Bessie
Nee Schwartz
Blackburn-Fulton Funeral Home
Edgar L. Briner
Elyriia
Peru
Ind
Edison School
Elyria
VFW
American Legion
Clara Joan
Robert Briner
Donald Briner
Terry Briner
Harold Briner
Randall Jones
Barbara McDonald
Jana Briner
Sherry Kimmel
Joseph
Harold
American Cancer Society
American Heart Assn
Dicken Funeral Home
1987 C T Spelling Bee district sites and dates set
The Chronicle-Telegram announces the 1987 spelling bee schedule with East District on Feb 27 at North Olmsted Middle School, South District on Mar 6 at Langston Middle in Oberlin, and North District on Mar 13 at Vermilion High School. Regional final is Apr 10 at Northwood Junior High Elyria.
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Chronicle-Telegram
North Olmsted Middle School
Langston Middle School
Oberlin
Vermilion High School
Elyria
Northwood
Northwood Junior High
Avon Lake
Bay Village
Berea
Brook Park
Fairview Park
Middlebury Heights
North Olmsted
Olmsted Falls
Rocky River
Westlake
Columbia Station
Grafton
LaGrange
New London
North Ridgeville
Wellington
Amherst
Avon
Berlin Heights
Henrietta
Lorain
Sheffield- Sheffield Lake
South Amherst
Vermilion
Wakeman
Washington, D.C
Scripps Howard
Deaths: Helen McGuire and Dorothy Martin in Elyria region
Helen McGuire 79 longtime Elyria lawyer died in Bradenton Florida after a long illness while visiting her sister. Dorothy A. Martin 68 Elyria resident died at home after a life of church and community involvement. Burial and funeral arrangements announced locally.
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Helen McGuire
Elyria
Bradenton
Fla
Laudenthal-DeCarlo Funeral Home
Elyria resident named chair of Golden Acres levy drive
Molly Young of Elyria chairs the Elyria area committee to back a 1.15 mill levy for Golden Acres Home in Amherst. The measure, on the February 3 special election ballot, would raise over 2 million annually to keep the nursing facility open. Residents are low income or homeless, and absentee ballots are available through the Lorain County Board of Elections. Young also serves on local foundation and civic boards.
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Elyria
Molly Young
Elyria Area
Golden Acres Home
Lorain County
Amherst
Young
Golden Acres
OC president urges help for Soviet Jews
Oberlin College President S Frederick Starr urged aid for more than 2 million Soviet Jews at a Cleveland forum sponsored by the American Jewish Congress. He asked attendees to mail postcards to Soviet Procurator General Aleksandr Reknikov to press for freeing prisoners of conscience and allowing emigration.
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Cleveland
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Oberlin College
S. Frederick Starr
Starr
American Jewish Congress
Aleksandr Reknikov
Coroner rules death by own action in Wakeman bathtub
Huron County coroner Dr. William B. Holman says Margaret A. Merrill died from electrocution after an electric heater was placed in the bathtub by the victim. Two gunshot wounds to the left chest and a death time between 3 and 4 p.m. Wednesday are noted. her husband found her body in the Wakeman home tub.
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Clarksfield
Huron County
Margaret A. Merrill
Wakeman
William B. Holman
Merrill
Bay man arrested on morals charge at Midway Mall
Elyria police arrested 22 year old Stephen A. Clark of Bay Village on ten counts of criminal mischief and one count of public indecency after an alleged act in Higbee's at Higbee's department store. He faces arraignment in Elyria Municipal Court. merchandise valued over 200 dollars was damaged.
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Elyria
Bay Village
Midway Mall
Stephen A. Clark
Lake Rd
Higbee’s
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