Ridgeville man killed in Mississippi car truck crash
David R. Gerding 28 of 37814 Sugar Ridge Rd North Ridgeville was killed at 2 50 a m four miles north of Indianola Mississippi on Highway 49W when his car was struck by a half ton truck He was pronounced dead on arrival at Sunflower County Hospital A tool and die maker employed at Modern Tool and Die Co in Cleveland the past five years he served in Navy 1965 1969 and Vietnam He was married to Kathy nee Trimmel five years survived by his wife his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Gerding three brothers Kenneth Elytia Dennis and Jeffrey two sisters Linda Matus Avon Lake and Nancy at home plus grandmothers Mrs Albert Friedenauer Westlake and Mrs Blanche Gerding Lorain Visitation at Bogner Funeral Home North Ridgeville Monday 7 9 p m and 2 4 and 7 9 p m Wake service Monday 8 p m Services Tuesday 10 a m at St Peter Church burial St Peter Cemetery
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North Ridgeville
David R. Gerding
Sugar Ridge Rd
Indianola
Miss
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol
Sunflower County Hospital
Gerding
Modern Tool and Die Co
Cleveland
Mississippi
North Ridgeville High School
Vietnam
St. Peter Church
Lorain County Community College
Kathy
Nee Trimmel
Ralph Gerding
Kenneth
Elytia
Dennis
Jeffrey
Gerald
Linda) Matus
Avon Lake
Nancy
Albert Friedenauer
Westlake
Blanche Gerding
Lorain
Bogner
William J. Kitt
St. Peter Cemetery
Som
Westerville
Eaton
Elyria
Vivian
Joseph L
Amherst
Edward A
Navy
Charleston
5.C
Laurence
San Diego
Calif
Katherine Foglage
Betty Los Angales
Dorothy Stoltz
Wil Friends Wiil
Russell D. Fulton
Grafton
Darrell Farney
Church of the Open Door
Richard Martinek dies Amherst first City Solicitor
Richard John Martinek 62? died at Allen Memorial Hospital Oberlin. He was Amherst Village Solicitor from 1958 to 1961 and served Amherst in several terms. A 1938 Lorain High School graduate, Notre Dame 1947 and Notre Dame Law 1952, he practiced law 23 years. Surviving wife Anyce L. and children. Visitation in Reichli0 Funeral Home Elyria with services at St Joseph Church. Burial at St Joseph Cemetery Amherst. Memorials to Allen Memorial Hospital.
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Attormey Richard John Martinek
Amherst
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
North Woodhill Dr
Vermilion-on-the- Lake
Lorain County
Ohio State Bar Associations
Lorain High School
University of Notre Dame
Wetre Dame School of Law
Mr. Martinek
Lorain
St. Joseph Church
Knights of Columbus
Elmer Johnson
American Legion
VFW
Nisi-Prius
The
American Trial Lawyers
Final arguments in Novotny grand theft case set for Tuesday
Lorain builder Michael Dennis Novotny faces four counts of grand theft related to defunct building ventures. Trial began last Tuesday and was recessed for final arguments and jury instructions before deliberations by a 12-member panel.
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Michael Dennis Novotny
Lorain
Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Novotny
Liberty Bell replica tours Lorain County bicentennial
A full sized Liberty Bell replica began a year long bicentennial tour of Lorain County with stops in Bay Village Avon Sheffield Lake Lorain and Avon Lake. Owner Chester Frederick dressed as Ben Franklin and showed the bell to local children during a stop at Westview School in Avon Lake. The bell, cast in France, will tour county schools before being placed in Frederick's Resthaven cemetery.
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Lorain County
Bay Village
Avon
Sheffield Lake
Lorain
Avon Lake
Westview School
Chester Frederick
John McClenahan
Dave McClenahan
Electric Blvd
Lisa Kinsner
Jack Kinsner
Duff Dr
Frederick
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Ben Franklin
France
Frederick's
Jeff Bishop
Seven Arrested in Lorain Welfare Fraud Indictments
Seven area residents were arrested on grand jury secret indictments in Lorain County on charges of welfare fraud and related falsification. Sandra Cruz of 2704 Reid Ave Lorain faced fraudulently obtaining poor relief funds and falsification. Others named include Barbara Board Delores Aponte Mentoria Dixon Marilyn Oliver Reena Taylor Tina Arnold and Marilyn Oliver with various charges.
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Lorain County
Sandra Cruz
Reid Ave
Lorain
Middle Ave
Apt
Mentoria Dixon
W. 22Nd St
Marilyn Oliver
Pratt Blvd
Reena Taylor
Garden St
Delores Aponte
Lexington Ave
Tina Arnold
Ada Ave
Lorainite Injured as Car Slid on Icy Roads
Lorain woman Virgie Hall, 21, was injured when the car she rode in slid on icy Green Road and ditched on Rt. 113 about 2:40 a.m. She was treated at Lorain Community Hospital for facial cuts. driver Ronald Rogers, 23, Elyria, and another passenger were unhurt. A friend drove Hall to the hospital.
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Florence
Virgie Hall
31St St
Lorain Community Hospital
Erie County Sheriff's
Ronald Rogers
Fleming Ave
Elyria
Rogers
Green Road
Rt. 113
Deaths and services for Mrs. Edward A. Wilson Amherst Lorain
Obituary notices flag two deaths in Ohio: Mrs Marie Wilson 51 of Toledo died at home of natural causes. Funeral Monday 1 p.m. at Garland Amherst with Rev Robert Barrett officiating. burial Evergreen Cemetery South Amherst. Survivors: Edward A. Wilson husband 33 years, son Edward Jr Vermilion, daughter Beverly Jo Avon Lake, four grandchildren, brothers Otis Gambill Amherst Jessie Gambill Minford, Asa deceased. Visitation today 9 p.m. to 9 p.m., tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Also John Kerstner 87 of Lorain died after brief illness at St Joseph Hospital. Ex-U.S. Steel Lorain-Cuyahoga Works employee, retired 22 years. Born in Hunle, member of St Ladislaus Church and Hungarian Society. Survivors: daughter Ethel Frank Northfield, two brothers Long Beach and Oakland, two grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Visitation Lorain Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home today 7-9 p.m., tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services Monday 10:30 a.m. at funeral home and 11 a.m. at St Ladislaus Church. Burial Calvary Cemetery Lorain. Rev Alex Demetzky to officiate.
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Edward A. (Marie) Wilson
Glenwood Ave
Toledo
Garland Funeral Home
Amherst
Robert Barrett
Faith Baptist Church
Evergreen Comal South
Edward A
Edward Jr
Vermilion
Beverly Jo
Avon
John Kerstner
Elyria Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
U.S. Steel Corp
Frank
Ethel
Northfield
Long Beach
Calif
Oakland
Reidy-Scanlan
Tamorrey
St. Ladislaus Chrch
Alex Demetzky
Calvary Cemetery
Hospitals raise room rates amid malpractice and salary costs
Area hospitals cite soaring malpractice insurance costs high salaries and inflation as key factors in higher daily room charges. Since January rates rose at Elyria Memorial St Joseph Lorain Community Fisher-Titus Bay View by up to 19 per day. Southwest General and Wellington Community also raised rates. Amherst and Allen Memorial show limited or no recent increases.
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Elyria Memorial
St. Joseph
Lorain
Lorain Community
Fisher-Titus Memorial
Norwalk
Bay View
Bay Village
Southwest General Hospital
Berea
Welling Community Hospital
Amherst Hospital
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Progress in Berea teachers strike reported
Berea Education Association president Herb Sprowls said informal talks with Superintendent J R Andrisek bring progress toward resuming negotiations. No formal talks set this weekend. talks began after teachers lowered demands from 9500 to 9475 for starting pay. The district and BEA differ on the total package cost, with 1 million versus 2 million cited. About 600 teachers statewide walked out, and school closures may extend into Tuesday if no agreement is reached.
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BEREA
Herb Sprowls
Berea Education Association
BEA
Board of Education
Sprowls
J.R. Andrisek
Andrisek
Audrey Schmitt
Middleburg Heights
Brook Park
Bi ‘Ownship
Olmsted Falls
Martin Luther King Jr
Robbery targets Elyria housewife near A and P Store
About $150 purse taken from Jackie J. Fisher 29 as she walked to her car at an Oberlin Road food store. After cashing her husband’s pay and buying groceries, a man grabbed the purse and dragged her several feet before fleeing toward the rear of the A and P Store, deputies reported.
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Elyria
Oberlin Road
Jackie J. Fisher
Oberlin Rd
Lorain County
City adjusts garbage pickup for Martin Luther King Day
The city moves the five day collection period to Tuesday through Saturday as employees observe MLK Day. Residents with Monday pickups will have their trash collected on Tuesday. Safety Service Director Dale C. Kellogg announced the schedule shift.
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Safety Service
Dale C. Kellogg
Oberlin market robbed by masked trio at 10:55 p.m.
Oberlin police report Convenient Food Mart at 129 South Main Street robbed by two men wearing ski masks. One suspect carried a revolver and fled in a green 1988 car driven by a third man. Amount stolen undetermined, investigation continuing.
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Oberlin
S. Main St
Avon Lake High School Bomb Threat Evacuated Briefly
A false bomb threat to Avon Lake High School prompted an evacuation for a short period while police and fire units searched the building. The caller warned of a bomb set to explode at 1 p.m. The call was not traced and investigators continue.
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Avon Lake
Avonue High School
Stll
Wounded holdup suspect improves after shootout
Lorain County deputies wounded a robbery suspect, Connie Oliver, 36, who slipped on ice near the Convenient Food Mart at 1401 East Ave. He was removed from ICU to fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital. A second suspect fled into a field and remains at large as deputies and detectives pursue him. About $100 believed taken was mostly recovered near the field. Two boys nearby were not injured as they dove to ground during the exchange.
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Lorain County
Oliver
Convenient Food Mart
East Ave
James Kertz
Mertz
Lorain police probe 3 hold ups
Lorain police investigated three unrelated armed robberies yesterday and today. At Nick's Citgo on Pearl Road and Route 254 a clerk was struck and $200 stolen. A 90 year old man on West 29th Street woke to two gunmen who demanded a debt and stole a $600 stereo. At Mangines Bar on Colorado Avenue two men with guns forced a bartender to fill a bag with cash and change, about $170 taken.
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Lorain
W. 19Th St
Colorado Ave
Ivan Loranzono, Jr
E. 34Th St
Nick
Citgo Station
Pearl Rd
Rt. 254
Mangines Bar
Couple Charged In Child Injury Case In Lorain
Theresa Rowan and Michael Robinette, both of 2504 E 29th St, arrested and charged with child endangering after their three year old daughter Amanda suffered a fractured skull. They posted 2000 bond after arraignment in Lorain Municipal Court. Police say Amanda fell while under Robinette’s supervision and while the couple gave varying explanations. The incident involved prior hospital treatment and subsequent custody by grandparents.
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Lorain
Theresa Rowan
Michael Robinette
29Th St
Amanda Rowan
Robinette
Catholic high schools in Cleveland Diocese invite applications
Catholic high schools in the Cleveland Diocese including Elyria Catholic High School will start accepting applications for 1976 77. Applications will be distributed in Catholic grade school classrooms to eighth graders and others may contact their chosen high school. Current enrollment across thirty high schools is 20 983 with capacity for about 6 000 freshmen.
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Cleveland
Elyria Catholic High School
Russia Township Woman Arrested on Sealed Indictment
A Russia Township woman, Janet Hil of Ohiowa Motel Rt. 20, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Lorain County Sheriffs deputies on a stand very secret indictment charging her with receiving stolenty and forgery and was taken to county jail.
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Russia Township
Janet Hil
Ohiowa
Rt. 20
Lorain County
Sherne
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Richard Jr
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George O'Dell
Sarah O'Dell
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Fred Zimmerman
Hickory Hills
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Warner
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Mr. Kerstner
Hunle
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Young Men's Hungarian Society
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Soranzane
Karl Linder
W. 29Th St
Fied
Linder
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Russia
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