Elyria area deaths claim several locals across region
A string of obituaries details deaths in Elyria and surrounding towns. Lawrence Bloom, 72, a retired pharmacist and former Phillips Drug Store owner, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Cassie Williams, 76, of Printer Kentucky, died at New London Hospital from a heart attack while visiting her son Stallard Williams on Prospect Road. Frank Casmir Sobotka, 49, of Elyria, died after a long illness at Elyria Memorial Hospital, with services scheduled at Holy Cross Church. Curtis Lawrence Rouge BC of 18 Hellor survived by daughters and a sister, with visitation and funeral details. Louise Raccio, 82, Lorain resident for 61 years, died at St Joseph Hospital after a long illness, with funeral services planned. Infant Lawson graveside services were held today in Chatam Cemetery for the stillborn child of Mr and Mrs Thomas Lawson. Rose Lucy Dubert, 7, former New London resident, died in Oberlin Welcome Nursing Home after a long illness, with funeral arrangements through local funeral homes.
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Lawrence Bloom
Stafford Dr
Phillips Drug Store
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Bloom
Phillips
Frank Casmir Sopotka
Fifth St
Mr. Sobotka
Cleveland
Elyria
Zigmund
Glennie Sadowski
Stanley
Chester Sobotka
Bittner-DeCarlo
Holy Cross Church
Walter P. Dobasz
St. Mary Cemetery
Curtis Lawrence Rouge BC
Hell
Alice Luther
Mary Tanner
Curtis-Scheutiler Funeral Home
Hursal
Spencer Cemetery
Rose Lucy Dubert
New London
Welcome
Oberlin
Grafton
W.E. Gremore
Lois Gremore
Lena Fame
Galion
Eastman Funeral Home
Tod
Kenneth Hans
Grove Street Cemetery
Obituary notices for Roos Lewis and Menel in Lorain area
Paul J Roos 59 of 5036 Larchmont Dr Vermilion formerly of Lorain died yesterday in Lorain Community Hospital after a four month illness. He was a test coordinator for the Lorain Division of Roehring Co and a member of multiple Masonic orders and local civic groups. Surviving are his wife Harriet a son and a sister. Visitation at Reichlin Cooley Funeral Home Lorain with Masonic services and burial scheduled. Mrs June Lewis 65 of 826 Cooley Rd Grafton formerly of Cleveland died yesterday at Elyria Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. She lived in Cleveland area 55 years and was a retired East Cleveland Schools employee. Survivors include a son two daughters and nine grandchildren. Visitation at Russell D Fulton Funeral Home Grafton with services tentative for Monday. Joseph P Menel 82 of RD 1 New London formerly of North Ridgeville and North Eaton died this morning at Wellington Community Hospital. Funeral home Bogner North Ridgeville in charge.
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Broad Street
Ohio Northern University
Pharmaceutical Association
Thelma E
Nice Shorty
Joanne Kendle
Norma Thatcher
Elyria
Sallie Lee
Los Angeles
Calif
Morris Bloom
Mansfield
Curtis-Schouffler
Thomas Curtis
Sunset Peaseiat Park
North Olms
Stafford Dr
Paul J. Roos
Larchmont
Vermilion
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Lorain Moose Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Airplane Owners and Pilots Association
Lorain County
Donald Jr. Lammers
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
June Lewis
Cooley Rd
Grafton
Cleveland
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lewis
Charles Bantumas
Czechoslovakia
Nancy Variell
Russell D. Fulton
Joseph P. Menel
New London
North Ridgeville
North Eaton
Wellington
Bogner
Walter Abram 71 Valley City resident dies in Brunswick
Walter Abram 71 longtime Valley City resident and retired farmer died yesterday at Pearlview Nursing Home Brunswick after a four year illness. He was a member of St Paul Lutheran Church survived by wife Ann preceded in death three daughters Helen Andrukat Dorothy Silk Leona Blair eight grandchildren five brothers funeral by Bauer Valley City with services at St Paul Lutheran Church Monday at 2 p.m. burial in church cemetery.
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Walter Abram
Valley City
Pearlview
Brunswick
Abram
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Ann
Harry
Helen) Andrukat
John
Dorothy) Silk
Leona Blair
Phoenix
Ariz
Fred
Twinsburg
Edward
Medina
Arthur
Sullivan
Leonard
William
Bauer Funeral Home
Rudolph Sandmann
Coroner rules in hunter's death Charles Mishelek of Cleveland
Lorain County Coroner's office determined that 55 year old Charles Mishelek died of natural causes after his body was found alongside his vehicle on Cowley Road Eaton Township. He had been hunting and was pronounced dead on arrival at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements fall to A. J. Tomon Funeral Home Cleveland.
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Lorain County Coroner's Office
Charles Mishelek
19Th St
Cleveland
Mishelek
Cowley Road
Eaton Township
Lorain County Sheriff's Office
Elyria Memorial Hospital
A. J. Tomon
Pearl Rd
Purse Snatching on Temple Court Reported
A 57-year-old Grafton woman had her purse containing $50 taken in a strong-arm robbery about 7 last night on Temple Court near the Elk's parking lot. Marcella Crago, 34, Edgewood Drive, was approached for directions to the police station, shoved to the pavement, and the thief fled south. No injuries were reported.
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Grafton
Temple Court
Elk’s
Marcella Crago
Edgewood Dr
Nixon plans rollback on propane and oil prices
Washington reports the Nixon administration plans to roll back propane prices and allow a possible reduction in new oil prices though details on timing or extent are unclear. Federal Energy Office chief William Simon said a significant propane price cut is expected, while awaiting Congress authority to regulate oil from small stripper wells. He signaled possible gasoline rationing if winter fuel supplies run tight.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Federal Energy
William K. Simon
Simon
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Federal Energy Office
Congress
Subcommittee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Nixon
Wildcat strike hits Cleveland Steel Products plant
Pickets shut entrances at 125 Bennett St as Local 218 AFL-CIO launched an unauthorized walkout beginning about 7 30 p m yesterday over furloughs of 20 workers without prior notice. Plant employs about 345. union says all are on strike though company notes many would have been off today. Talks ongoing between union and company officials with no comment from management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Cleveland Steel Products Corp
Bennett St
Afl-Cio
Lou Urholz
Lorain man faces two more felony charges after shooting
Lorain resident Richard Alor, 32, of Marshall Ave, was shot by police last Saturday after reportedly pointing a shotgun at officers. He faced two additional felony counts, possession of hallucinogenic drugs for sale and possession of narcotics for sale, each potentially 20 to 40 years. Alor’s condition improved to fair at Lorain St Joseph Hospital. An arraignment date was not yet set.
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Lorain
Richard Alor
Marshall Ave
Alor
Alon Alov
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Aloi
Tower
Falbo Avenue
Lorain pair arrested after street disturbance at bar
A 29 year old Elyria woman and a 23 year old Lorain man were jailed after a disturbance on East 28th Street. Witnesses said a man beat a woman outside a store while police restrained both, with charges including disorderly conduct, assault on an officer, and resisting arrest. Names withheld pending charges.
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Lorain
Elyria
E. 28Th Street
E. 28 St
Texas mass murders trial decision due next week
Elmer Wayne Henley awaits a ruling on whether his police statements will be barred at his trial. Pretrial testimony disclosed he admitted killing at least six youths and described bodies buried in a Houston boat shed, a wooded East Texas area, and a High Island beach. Police say the killings stem from a man leading a homosexual ring that tormented 27 teens over three years.
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Houston
Tex
Elmer Wayne Henley
Texas
Tenes
Henley
Dean A. Corll
Corll
High Island
Blood Gift Now Tied to New French Driver Licenses
Paris officials consider a National Assembly bill requiring motorists to donate blood to qualify for a driver's license. The measure also flags organ donation for transplant in the event of a fatal crash, aimed at addressing low blood supplies amid rising highway accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
National Assembly
Multiple Local Incidents Reported Through Daytime
A series of public safety notes list incidents in Lorain County and surrounding areas. Break-in at 237 Bath Street. several two car collisions at Abbe Road and Rt 67, Rt 303 and Indian Hollow Road, Milan Elvria Road and NS 113, Elvria Avenue and Lincoln Street, Rt 58 and Griggs Road, and 1000 block of West Avenue with no injuries. A vandalism incident damaged a car in Grafton. Colin Birch treated for a head cut after avoidance of a parked truck.
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Mildred Kershaw
Bath St
Abbe Road
David D. Dooley
Grafton
Island Road
Lorain County
Colin Birch
Eastern Heights Blvd
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Rt. 303
Indian Hollow Road
Milan-Elvria Road
NS 113
Elvria Avene
Lincoln Street
Rt. 58
Griggs Road
West Avenue
Oberlin ACLU aims to form regional legal committee
The Oberlin Chapter of the ACLU seeks to form a legal committee to cover Lorain, Erie and Ashland counties. About 50 area lawyers are invited to a Wednesday 8 pm meeting at Hooday Inn Highway 7 in Elyria to discuss organizing roughly 10 volunteer lawyers to handle cases.
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Oberlin
American Civil Liberties Union
Lorain
Ene
Ashland
Oberlin Aclu
Hooday Ten
Rt. 7
Elyria
ACLU
Cleveland
Harvey Gittler
Benson Wolman
Ohio
Howard Besser
Ohw
Besser
Cleveland State University
U.S
U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
William McCray
John Haynes
Michael Boylan
Gultler
Hohdiy Inn
Avon Lake man arrested on hallucinogen sale charge
Charles Walezesky of 164 Oakwood Avon Lake was arrested at his home by two Lorain detectives at about 2 a.m. on a charge of illegal sale of a hallucinogen. The arrest stems from an August incident in which he allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover agent. The charge carries a possible 20 to 40 year sentence. He is detained in city jail awaiting arraignment scheduled for today.
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Lorain
Charles Walezesky
Oakwood
Avon Lake
Valezesky
Father files suit for son's injury in Lorain Court
Kenneth Nightengale of Vermilion filed a 25 000 suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court alleging his nine year old son Scott suffered a crippling fracture of his left little finger while playing with a neighbor's Wheel a Roo toy in the Stokleys yard on July 6 1972. Negligence is charged.
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Lorain Count
Common Pleas
Yesteray
Nightengale
Scott
Two Area Liquor Permits Suspended in Ohio
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control suspended two area tavern permits. The Cheese House at 3509 Liberty Ave Vermilion received a 28 day C-12 permit suspension from Feb 11 to Mar 1 for sales to minors. La Chateau Inn at 43961 Norwalk Rd Oberlin faces a 35 day D-2 permit suspension from Feb 17 to Mar 24 for illegal sales.
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Liberty Ave
Vermilion
Norwalk Rd
Oberlin
Matos Market Robbery In Lorain Reports $500 Theft
In Lorain an unidentified man slipped behind the Matos Market counter on Pearl Avenue at about 12 20 p m and stole more than $500 from a cash drawer. Employee Jose Gonzales 51 reported the incident as police seek suspects.
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Lorain
Matos
Pearl Ave
Jose Gonzales
Gonzales
Wages drive Coca Cola strike in Elyria plant
Eighteen Elyria Coca Cola Bottling Co. employees, all Teamsters, walked out over wages and the need for a helper to haul heavy cases at the Lake Avenue plant. No talks were reported, and plant officials could not be reached. Separately, Robert L. Zilch, 63, of 316 Furnace St., was charged with DWI after a two car crash at Middle Avenue and Sixth Street. He also faced charges of driving with a suspended license and driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Elyria Coca Cola Bottling Co
Ieinen
Cleveland
Elyria
Lake Ave
Lorain County
Robert L. Zilch
Furnace St
Middle Avenue
Sixth Street
Zilch
Ife
Taylor to fill vacancy at EMH
Donald R. Taylor of Reading Pennsylvania is appointed assistant administrator at Elmira Memorial Hospital, filling the vacancy from James G. Fran's resignation last August. He previously served at Community General Hospital Reading since 1972 and holds a BS from Eastern Mennonite College and an MS in Hygiene from Pittsburgh.
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Donald R. Taylor
Reading
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Taylor
James G. Fran
Community General Hospital
Chauncey B. Smythe
EMI Bard of Trustees
Malvern
Eastern Mennonite College
Harrisonburg
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Youth held in passbook incident in Oberlin Court
Wellington youth David L. Vance 18 appeared in Oberlin Municipal Court on charges connected to a 17-year-old boy attempting to withdraw money from a savings passbook. The 17-year-old, driving to Oberlin Savings Bank with Vance, forged signatures and withdrew 70 dollars before a teller flagged the fraud. the case involves a student who lost the passbook at Lorain County Joint Vocational School. The youths are detained at the Juvenile Detention Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Oberlin Municipal Court
David L. Vance
Courtland St
Oberlin
Lorain County
Hety
School bus walkout delays Midview students
About 30 school drivers walked off the job at Midview High and Midview Junior High, delaying roughly 15 minutes as they escorted six students off a bus after a disturbance. Principal Dale Reichenbach confirmed the action and said he would discuss with the drivers’ representative on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Midview High School
Midview Junior High School
Dale Reichenbach
Reichenbach
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Printer
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Prospect Road
Williams
Salisbury Regular Baptist Church
Salisbury
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Dana, Ky
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Printer, Ky
Delmer
Amos
Newark
Allen and Dingus
Shelby
Howard
Stallard
Ellis Juanita Kidd
George
Vern) Mead
Tony Williams
Florence Hinkle
McDowell, Ky
Miles Moore
Ballard Moore
Plymouth
Little Dove Regular Baptist Church
Hall Brothers Funeral Home
Martin, Ky
Frank C. Sobotka
Dangelo
Charlie C
Litchfield
Helen
Kathy
Christine
Janice Lenz
Russell Fulton Funeral Home
Joseph Raccio
Louise Raccio
St. Joseph Hospital
Raccio
Italy
St. Peter Church
Sacred Heart Society
Italian Mutual Benefit Society
Louis
Walter
Yolanda) Bobrowski
Angeline) Petroskey
Mary Zalenski
Helen) Petroskey
Louis Revale
Sharon
Joseph
Dombrowski
Joseph Step
Calvary Cemetery
Blanche Lawson
Gerald Lieby
Spencer
Norton Funeral Home
Rose L. Dubert
Manny Dodsles
Wate Nell
Clara
San George
Carl
Tracey
Lyle Jameyson
Trun
Alien Hospital
Dy Jam
Griffhenhagen
Hurees
Katherine MN Kompls
Relalu
Ant Grandchuldren
Mas
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Ine
Greater
Wivnity
Mrs
Hunter
E. Bryan Bradish
Ida M. Bradish
N. Main St
Zoe Oesterling
Laurel Dr
Coraopolis
Kent State University
Leroy Chapter
Order of Eastern Star i
Golden
Rochester
Funeral Home
Eastern Star
Cleveland Steel Products Union
The
Kenneth Nightengale
Devonshire
Walter and
Anita Stokley
Edgewater Dr
Columbus
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
American Hospital Association
American Colege
Erma
Donald H. Taylor
Carter Funeral Home
W. BriDge St. Elyria
Fulton Funeral Home
Grafton, Ohio
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