Lorain area loses longtime public servant Fred M. Ritenauer
Former Lorain County Commissioner and four term city official Fred M. Ritenauer, 99, of Lorain died Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital. He led Rite-Nau Inc for 18 years and earlier ran banking and investment firms. He served in the Korean War and was active in St. Peter's Church and local civic groups. Survivors include wife Rosemary and children, with services set in Lorain.
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Lorain County
Fred M. Ritenauer
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Rite-Nau Inc
Elyria
Cleveland Trust
Citizens Savings and Loan
St. Peter's Church
Ritenauer
Finance and Claims Committee
Leonard P. Reichlin
Fred
Sitkor
Hungary
General Industries
Horvath
St. Paul United Church of Christ
Frank
Harmon
Order of Eagles
Eugene R
Anna Hadaway
Alex
Lucille
Willam
Joseph
Wainwright Funeral Home
Democratic Executive Committee
Elks Lodge 1301
Knights of Columbus
Cancer Crusade
Reichlin- Cooley Funeral Home
George
Friends
Reidy- Scanlan Funeral Home
Vincent Petersen
St. Anthony of Padua Church
Andrew P. Lechner Sr
Obituary notices from Lorain area deaths
Obituaries list Woodrow J Claus 72 Lorain, Greyhound driver with perfect record, wife Edith. Andrew P Lechner Sr 86 Lorain. Velda M Banks 73 Elyria, cancer victim, bowler and church member. Doreen D Stiles 27 Akron native, Army member, various survivors and funeral details. services held at local funeral homes, churches, and time arrangements pending for several individuals.
Noted attorney David Wilentz dies at 93 in New Jersey
David Wilentz, who gained fame in the 1935 Hauptmann trial for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, died in Long Branch, New Jersey at 93. He later built a leading New Jersey law firm and served on Amerada Hess Corp. board. Also dead is Thomas J. Cody, 84, radar pioneer and U S Air Force signals officer in World War II and the Korean War, died in Bellair, Florida.
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David T. Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Long Branch
N.J
Wilentz
Hauptmann
Charles Lindbergh
East Amwell
Trenton State Prison
Amerada Hess Corp
Fhomas J. Cody
Bellair
Fla
Cody
U.S. Air Force
Great Britain
Omar Bradley
12Th Army Group
Europe
U.S. Army Corps
MITISKA Ladel 81 of Brownhelm obituary notice
Death notice for Ladel Mitiska of Brownhelm aged 81 survived by wife Nellie daughter Marianne Reursken and son James brothers. Visitation today 2 4 and 7 4 pm at Hempel Amherst. Services Friday 11 am Tide Hall Memorial Pn Hugh burial Brookdale Cemetery Elyria.
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Mitiska Ladel
Brownhelm
Nellie
Lenzen
James
David
Marianne) Reursken
Hempel Funeral Home
Amherst
Funeral Home
Tide Hall Memorial Pn
Hugh
Flynna
Henne Walker
Ronald Bell
Rorky
Terry Opdyke
Trans Opdyke
Curtis-Schouffler
Elyria
Brookdale Cemetery
Court report from Elyria Municipal CourtJuly 30
Summary of multiple local cases heard by Judge George H Ferguson and Judge Sokan A Howard. Individuals include Joh Kurzyzamak Lorain disorderly conduct with jail and fines suspended on good behavior. Michael Lowery Grafton contempt and disorderly conduct with jail and probation. Mark Williams Elyria theft with jail suspended on good behavior. Dense Bateman Elyria disorderly conduct with jail time suspended after class and behavior credit. Carole Stalnaker Toledo driving and control offenses with suspended sentences. Robert Mitchell Lorain reckless operation and disorders with jail and suspension. Bronetta Nixon Lorain prohibited items conveyance with mixed jail time and one year good behavior condition.
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Elyria Municipal Court
George H. Ferguson
Joh Kurzyzamak
Roosevelt Ave
Lorain
Michael Lowery
Durkee Rd
Graftan
Mark Williams
St Elyria
Elyria
Robert Mitchell
19Th
Bronetta Nixon
St. Lorain
Birth notices from Grattan Lorain Elyria Avon and nearby
A series of birth notices listing new daughters and sons born to families in Grattan Lorain Elyria Avon N Ridgeville and nearby areas. Entries include dates from June 22 to July 3 with parent names and street addresses.
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Rosedale
W.va
Gilmer County
Elyria
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Grafton
Chessie Brown
Clara Norman
Weston
W Va
Chester
Spurgeon
Normantown
Sandra
Daniel Yanikov
Julia Ave
Avon
Preciosa
Rudy Romero
Parkmeadow
Jacqueline Walton
Dallas Ave
Lorain
David Anderson
Rebecca Mill
Elyna
Oberlin Upward Bound program enriches local students
Oberlin College hosts an 11th year Upward Bound program for Lorain County youths from low and moderate income families. A six week session includes theater, journalism, dance and science courses, field trips to Harriet Tubman Museum and Loyola University, and ongoing Saturday follow ups. Seven Oberlin students and two alumni staff the program.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Dwight Collins
Collins
Upward Bound
Sid Comings
Cyndi Thompson
Lorain County
Lorain
U.S. Department of Education
Harriet Tubman Museum
Cleveland
Loyola University
Chicago
Two London teachers resign from New London schools
The Board of Education accepted resignations from Anna Daugherty after 32 years in teaching and Doug Brown who will join another district. Mark Bucher will replace Brown as first year teacher and coach. Other actions included book fees, OHSAA membership, coaching pay adjustments, a new custodian, and a denied unpaid leave request.
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NEW London
Board of Education
Anna Daugherty
Doug Brown
Daugherty
Brown
Mark Bucher
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Ann Todd
Debra Collins
Rosie Damron
Police fire log reports multiple incidents in Elyria
June 7 entries show littering at 860 Garden St from Progressive Processing. theft of 275 and food stamps at 126 Bohannon Ct. vandalism at Columbia Hills Country Club with two golf carts damaged. breaking and entering at 143 West Fiver Rd with clothes and furniture missing. grass fires on Barbara St and near Taylor and Winckles St. bike theft at 497 Lake Ave. dumpster fire at 244 E Broad St causing 250 dollars in damage with rekindle and extinguish efforts by 6 05 am.
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Elyria Dune
Progressive Processing
Garden St
Bohannon Court
Columbia Hills
Broad St
Grass Fire in Lorain Keeps Pumper Busy
A grass fire in Lorain kept four firefighters occupied from about 11:30 a.m. in a large field behind the Sands bar on Colorado Avenue. An Avon four wheel drive unit aided with 750 gallons initially and 1 700 gallons later, with 100 gallons applied again at 9 30 p.m. The fire was briefly contained around 6 p.m. and was expected to flare again due to dry conditions. Firefighter Mike Pugh warned firefighters would return.
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Lorain
Colorado Avenue
Avon
Sands Bar
Colorado Ave
Smitek arraigned on nuisance charges in North Ridgeville
Edward Smitek pleaded innocent to six misdemeanor public nuisance charges tied to debris junk cars and building materials on land he owns on Mills Road in North Ridgeville Bond was set at 3000 Officials filed over 50 other nuisance charges earlier this year related to the same property.
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Elyria
Edward Smitek
Mills Road
North Ridgeville
Smitek
West River Rd
Smitek Owns
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Lake Terminal
Michael Youngless
Monterey Park
Calif
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Victor
Mary Margaret) Schaffer
Norwalk
John
Dorothy) Heath
Sullivan
Ueles
Harold Youngless
North Rudgeville
Albert Youngless
Fitchville
Community of Jesus Our Savior Church
North Main
State Route 301
Spencer
Peter Horvath
Peter James Horvath
Amherst Manor
Bela Bacso
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
St. Paul
St. Peter’s Church
Kenneth Wolnowski
Calvary Cemetery
American Heart Association
Stella Allen
Stella G. Allen
Palm Crest West Nursing Home
Dicken Funeral Home
Crooked Fork Baptist Church
Crooked Fork
Mike Smith
Woodrow Claus
Woodrow J. Claus
Greyhound
Mr. Claus
St. Anthony of Padua
Edith
Nee van Niel
Kenneth
Bill of
Robert
Newnan
Andrew Lechner Sr
Reichlin-Cooley Funeral Home
Velda Banks
Velda M. Banks
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ohio
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Moose Club
Elyria Eagles
James H
William L
Kenneth Davidson
Columbus
Rose Sturtevant
Howard
Curtis- Scheuffler Funeral Home
Doreen Stiles
Doreen D. Stiles
Akron
Akron City Hospital
Jones Chapel Ame
Elyria West High School
Jack Horner
Miss Stiles
Hammel College
Akron Institute of Medical and Dental Assistants
Burdick Corporation
Sgt
Debra A. Farrar
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Spec
Charles M. Stiles Jr
Ft. Hood
Texas
Mary E. Stiles
R. Edgar Brown
St Matthew Ame
Brown Funeral Home
Elyria Memorial
Ronald
Joyce Boyd
Robson Rd
Grattan
Elizabeth Dean
Keywood
LaGrange
Gary
Gwendolyn Howell
Erle
Michele
Mark Werner
E. 32Nd
Brenda
Robert Swiger
Reid Ave
Lorallg
Judith Fritsch
Dellefield
Elizabeth Savina
Oakview
Olathe
Kansas
Nathaniel Kimbro
Necola Mungin
16Th St
Elyra
Dale
Linda Wolfe
Indian Hollow
Michael
Sharon Manning
Ditworth St
Tamara
Richard Susack
Olve St
Deborah
Larry Rose
Crestlane Dr
George Gonzaléz
Grace Allenbaugh
Foxhill Lang, Elyria
Ruan
Cheryl Ashcraft
Hedgerow Park
Ridgeville
Harley
Dunca Belcher
Oxford Ave
Connie
Patrick Nolan
Berkley
Sheffield
Garry
Barbara Gibbs
Park Ave
Adenike Sharley
Bridgette Stovall
London
Judy Swicker
Mike Pugh
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