Deaths in Elyria area include George A. Russell dies
George A. Russell 80 of 2400 Vermilion Rd Vermilion former hardware store owner died in Lorain Community Hospital after a several week illness. He chaired Vermilion City Planning Commission 1962 1968 and helped initiate the new city building code and update the zoning ordinance. He also led Brownhelm Township Zoning Board 1955 1960 and served on the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission executive committee and zoning commission. Born North Fairfield May 20 1894 he moved to Vermilion 26 years ago and operated Central Hardware Co. The obituary lists many civic roles and survivors.
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George A. Russell
Vermilion Rd
Vermilion
Lorain
Vermilion City
Miss Maedelle Seigle Dies at 66 in Oberlin Home
Maedelle E Seigle 66 of Spencer Road Oberlin died last night at Carters Nurs iers Home after a long illness. She was born in Elyria a retired secretary. Funeral Sunday at 4 pm Norton Funeral Home Wellington with Rev Keith Parton officiating. Burial Knobwood Cemetery Cleveland.
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Maedelle E. Seigle
Spencer Rd
Spencer
Carter
Nursiers
Oberlin
Seigle
Elyria
Norton Funeral Home
Wellington
Keith Parton
Knobwood Cemetery
Cleveland
Obituaries Consolidate Multiple Local Deaths in Ohio
Mary L THOMAS 86 of Kennedy Plaza 1730 Broadway Lorain survived by daughter Kathrin Recopero visitation Friday 2 to 4 at Reidy Scanlan Funeral Rome. Funeral Saturday 9:30 AM at the funeral home then Mass 1 PM St Joseph Church burial Calvary Cemetery. Amber Mt. HarcW Ruth Eape M0126 fam St Westwood Mobilr Home Park Amherst buried at Garland Funeral Home Amherst Friday 2 to 7 with service 1 PM at Foursquare Gripe Cemetery. Denver W. JEWELL 57 of 148 Crownhidi Ave Amberat survived by husband James A and sons Thomas D and Sandra mother two brothers four sisters. Burial details at Garland Funeral Home Amherst Friday 2 to 7 then later PM Byrd inven Cemetery.
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Edward F. Feeney
Washington Ave
Veterans Administration Hospital
Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
New Bedford
Mass
Elyria
Feeney
St. Mary Church
Knights of Columbus
Disabled American Veterans
The
Eagles Lodge
Jeremiah
Margaret Cainen
Mary Smith
Boston
Saunders
Park St
Church of the Holy Name
St. Mary Cemetery
Joseph
Mary L
Kennedy Plaza
Broadway
Lorain
Kathrin Recopero
Reidy- Scanlan
Rome
Lora
Funeral
St Joseph Church
Calvary Cemetery
Jewell
Denver W
Margaret G.i
Crownhidi Ave
Amberat
James A
Thomas D_ Saughter
Sandra
Miss Elena Rotar dies at 73 in Amherst Ohio
Miss Elena Rotar 73 of 175 N Lake St Amherst a native of Germany died yesterday afternoon at Lorain Community Hospital after a long illness at Amherst Manor Nursing Home She formerly worked at National Carbon Co Cleveland and had no survivors A graveside service was set for 1 30 p m today at Crownhill Cemetery Amherst with Hempel Funeral Home Amherst in charge
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Thomas B. Johnson
RD 1
Brighton
Weber
Wellington
Nova
Harry
Mildred) Harwood
New London
Harold
Georgia) Berg
Oberlin
Eugene
John
Edith McQuate
Nova Cemetery
Cowling-Truman Funeral Home of
Elena Rotar
Lake St
Amherst
Germany
Lorain Community Hospital
Amherst Manor
Miss Rotar
National Carbon Co
Cleveland
Crownhill Cemetery
Hempel Funeral Home
Amherst Incharge
Sokol seeks at large council seat in Elyria race
Democrat John J. Sokol representing the fifth ward filed petitions for an at large council seat. A 32 year old machine shop foreman at U S Steel Lorain Works, he has served two terms on ward council and sits on public safety and environment and solid waste and transportation committees. He is an Elyria native, Army veteran, and lives with his wife Jeannie and two children at 803 East Ave.
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Elyria
John J. Sokol
Fifth
Lorain County Board of Elections
Sokol
Council
Public Safety
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission
U.S. Steel
Lorain
Motorist charged in crash on Rt. 57
Elyria police charged William S. Easterly, 38, of 305 Lodi St., with driving while intoxicated after a head on collision on Rt. 57 near East Broad Street. He reportedly drove on the wrong side of the highway and turned onto Rt. 57 from East Broad Street. No injuries were reported.
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Elyria
William S. Easterly
Lodi St
Easterly
East Broad Street
Tools stolen from mobile home park office
Burglars pried open a side door at Colonial Oaks Mobile Home Park on South Middle Avenue and stole more than $1,000 in tools from the Garage area. A calculator valued at $256 and $65 in cash were also taken. Police report the use of a wheelbarrow in the theft.
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Middle Avenue Mobile Home Park
Elyria
Colonial Oaks
Wagner Park Sold by Bank in Elyria
Wagner Brothers Park on West Bridge Street sold to Murbach Realty Co for 6100 as approved by Larain County Probate Judge Harold S. Ewing at the Elyria Savings and Trust National Bank trustee. Park valued 1974 21 93 000 and proceeds to improve Ely Park. Sale tied to Murbach Coal adjacent property.
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Wagner Brothers Park
West Bridge Street
Murbach Realty Co
Larain County
Harold S. Ewing
Elyria Savings and Trust National Bank
Wagner Brothers
Wagner
West Bridge
Ely Park
Murbach Coal and Supply Co
Lorain appoints D L Zaworski as health commissioner
Lorain names Dr D L Zaworski 74 a full time city health commissioner at a special board meeting. He succeeds Dr M Amiri who served eight and a half years and will earn 25000 dollars annually for a two year term. A feline genet found in Africa resembles a cross between a mongoose and a Labby cat.
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Lorain
D. L. Zaworski
Lorain City
Board of Health
Zaworski
Jani
M. Amiri
Africa
State to repay board for training Lorain booth workers
Lorain County's Board of Elections will be reimbursed by the state for 10,536 spent on training 2,038 booth workers for the November selection. The request, totaling 455,506, covers training notices, transportation of two voting machines, and other costs under a law enacted last year. Other counties listed include Medina 3,952 Erie 2,483 and Huron 2,306.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Board of Elections
Ted W. Brown
State Controlling Board
Medina County
Erie County
Huron County
Water shut off set for Elyria area during bridge work
City officials announced a temporary water shut off due to the Third Street bridge construction near Elyria. Water service will be off from 7:30 am to noon in the 500 and 600 blocks of Third Street including Tanler Park, and on West River Street from West Third Street to Woodland Avenue.
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Elyria
Third Street
Tanler Park
West River Street
West Third
Woodland Avenue
Sportsman's Bar to Close After Local Option Vote
The Sportsman's Bar, a longtime hangout near Bendix-Westinghouse in Elyria, must close by Feb 1 following a local option election. Voters in precincts 7D and 7C approved wine and beer sales, but the bar was in a dry district due to redistricting. Owner and manager express surprise and plan to relocate. seven employees affected.
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Elyria Bendix-Westinghouse
Sportsman's
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Joani Rigg
Rigg
Man and wife injured in one-car crash on Turnpike
NORWALK Ohio A New York couple 80 and 70 were injured in a 1230 am one car crash on the Ohio Turnpike two miles west of Norwalk when a blown tire split the vehicle across the median. They were admitted to Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital in favorable condition for forehead cuts and x rays to check for other injuries.
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Norwalk
New York
Here
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Carl Bell Sr
Ann
St. Albans
Castalia Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
Bell
Turnpike
Wanted man calls police and denies guilt
Lorain police traced a call from Homer Tucker who denied involvement in several armed robberies. Police held a man believed to be Harold Andrews in Cleveland for the Revco Meister Road robbery on Jan. 13. Tucker claimed Michael Daniels was falsely implicated, and police suspected both Tucker and an associate known as Gee may be in Cleveland.
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Lorain
Homer Tucker
Harold Andrews
Cleveland
Revco
Meister Road
Michael Danels
Tucker
Daniels
Malinovsky
Gee
Homeowners Move To Form Area Association Over Park Expansion
North Ridgeville Willow Park Homes residents formed a committee of at least 12 to draft bylaws for a homeowners association within three weeks. They oppose Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park expansion from 130 to 150 trailers near Willow Park, claiming it would downgrade property values. Committee members include residents from Debbie Gail Gina Miller and Nicole Drives and O Henry Circle.
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North Ridgeville
Willow Park Homes
Shirley Beverly
Debbie
Beverly
John Covert
Debbie Dr
Willow Lane
Pitts Boulevard
Gail
Gina
Miller
Nicole
O'Henry Circle
Pine Ridge
Lorain Hospital Debate Challenge Sparks Questions
LORAIN A petition leader, Mrs. Lillian Pilarsh, seeks a public debate with hospital attorney David Herzer over Lorain Community Hospital. Herzer refuses, saying a debate would not resolve concerns about city ownership, bond use, and the hospital’s nonprofit status amid ongoing protests.
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Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Lillian Pilarsh
City Council
David Herzer
Herzer
Lorain City
Pilarsh
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Donations to Cherie's Reward Fund Update
Latest donations to Cherie's Reward Fund list contributors led by Richard and Margaret Sadler plus John Helen Matthew Martin Margie and Richie Sadler. Anonymous gifts of 11 and 5 and 15 dollars appear along with names Ernest and Pauline Birch Vernon and Lerry Aspey and others. Addresses and local entities are noted including New London School and The Service Boh Co Elyria.
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Richard
Margaret Sadler
John
Helen
Matthew
Martin
Margie
Richie Sadler
Ernest
Pauline Birch
Hollywood
Fla
Vernon
Lerry Aspey
Sullivan
Kimberly Impiceiit
New London School
Charles
Eleanor Falkner
Alternat Rudge
Elsria
Mildred Clever
Pasadena Ave
Elyria
Boh Co
Keep Co
Police and Fire Log Summary From Carlisle Township Area
Police log notes multiple incidents including 6 am one car crash near Kiplon Ackel Road Carlisle Township with no injuries. 5 pm two car crash at Routes 18 and 3 in Carlide Tosmeen with no injuries. 6:30 pm shoplifters custody at Cowles Department Store 1012 East Royalion Rd Eaton Township. 3 lhasa false alarm Eyres Hegh School Sixth St 9:07 am break in at Bors Sirdar neighborhood. 9 am break in at William Stevenson residence 224 Morgan Ave items stolen valuing 100 dollars television 15. Police report 3:00 pm two car crash Telegraph Ran Murray Ridge Road no injuries. Fire call to St Macy's School 287 Fourth St for accidental arrival of a fire alarm.
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Oino
Carlisle Township
Rts
Carlide Tosmeen
Loran County
Sherit
Depmtiss
Cowles
East
Royalion Rd
Eaton Township
Lhasa
Eyres Hegh School
Amy
Bors
Sirdar
William Stevenson
Morgan Ave
Acoder
Murray Ridge Road
Feremen
St Macy's School
Furth St
LCCC weighs gas saving ideas amid energy crunch
Lorain County Community College trustees discussed energy conservation at a monthly meeting. A report by Thomas Bowen and Stephen Springer shows gas use down 19 percent in 1974 versus 1973 with potential savings of $10 794 if rates had not risen.
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Lorain County Community College
Thomas D Bowen
LCOC
Stephen Springer
Bowen
Woman robbed of 450 dollars in North Ridgeville
Debra Matuska 19 of North Ridgeville reported to Elyria police that a man and two others robbed her of 450 dollars at Roosevelt School in the Woodford Irondale area as she met an Elyria man to view a used car. A karate stick was carried by one of the suspects.
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North Ridgeville
Elyria
Debra Matuska
Center Ridge Rd
Roosevelt School
Woodford
Irondale
Lorain Man Shoots Self in Mouth At Home
A 65 year old Lorain resident, Anthony Kieta of 114 W. 30th St, was found in a first floor bedroom after shooting himself in the mouth yesterday afternoon. Police reported a .32 caliber revolver lay beside him and the bullet passed through the mouth and lodged in the forehead. The incident occurred while he tended his ailing mother, Anna, 86, with a nurse present.
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Lorain
W. 30Th Street
St. Joseph Hospital
Anthony Kieta
W. 30Th St
Sammie Porter
Kieta
Anna
Jurors left in the dark during Elyria trial
Eight jurors were briefly left in darkness during Judge Stephen R. Nagy's Elyria Municipal Court trial when a fuse blew. The outage paused proceedings until a custodian replaced the fuse, with fuse boxes located elsewhere in the Broad Street building. The outage marked a second incident during a trial, the first occurring amid a case involving three county jail escapees.
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Stephen R. Nagy
Elyria Municipal Court
Elyria Municipal
Broad Street
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George Russell
James H. Simpson Sr
Gladys Virginia Simpson
Christina Parkway
Lakeland
Oberlin Public Schools
Elyria Public Schools
Simpson
Cooperative Teacher Education Department
Oberlin College
Chicago
Ill
Florida
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Delta Kappa Gamma
Musical Arts Society
James Jr
Brecksville
Coval
Shirley) Jerauld
Roger
Helen) Zorn
Lexington
Ralph
Virginia
Ruth
Yorba Linda
Calif
James H
Robert
American Legion Post
Ely
Vermilion Ymca General Fund
Paul Moraco
Amy Moraco
North Mill St
Wellington Community Hospital
Paul
John Vaught
Medina
Jeffery
Harold Roland
Rocky River
Paul Jr
North Olmsted
David
Robert Opper
Jewell Service
Margaret G. Jewell
Crowehill Ave
Foursquare Gospel Charch
Banal
Crownhill
Thomas
Schmal
Fuseral Name, Inc
John J
Lady Genet
Election Board
By Linda Hengstler
John Malinovsky
Debbie Drive
Gail Drive
Mobile Living, Inc
Cherie
Etyria
UW Edaevtsy
LCCC
LOCC
Columbia Gas Co
Omar Olson
Melbert D. McGlaughlin
Bagley Rd
Eee
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