Death notices and coroner to rule in Elyria case
Coroner will rule on the death of Loretta Jones Bates 26 of Detroit who died after a visit in Elyria. The Detroiter was pronounced dead at Elyria Memorial Hospital after ambulance transport from an aunt’s home. Sister obituaries follow for several local residents with causes and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Elyria
Loretta Jones Bates
Staple Ave
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Emma Jones
Mary C. Rothgery
Nee Northam
Tower Blvd
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Lorain High School
Robert Jason
Greg Pounders
Lucille Northam
William C. Northam
Larry Rector
Bellevue
Gerald Weinstein
Cleveland
Larry Landberg
New York
Barry Lima
Vermilion
Emil Dovala
Walter L. Weston
Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church
Collins
Ohio
Frank A. Schaffer
N. Railroad St
New London
Baltimore
New York Central Railroad
Charles
Leonard
Harold
Sylvania
Richard
Conn
Norman Lee
McKees Rocks
Floyd
Silas
Betty) Young
Burnittin
Murr
Earl
Juanita) Hartman
Amherst
Fred
Lillian) Ankeny
Pauline) Mills
Greenwich
Mary Schmidt
Alice
Louise Weitzel
Eastman Funeral Home
Clarksfield Methodist Cemetery
Garden St
Daugher
Leonya I. Bates
Lettie Carter
Homer L. Rash
48Th St
St. Joseph Hospital
Amherst Manor
Rash
Central Service Department
U.S. Steel Corporation
Lorain- Cuyahoga Works
Christ United Methodist Church
Martha
Marie
Homer F. Rash
Ronald Johnson
Bay Village
Howard
Lakewood
Asa
Lewis
Newark
Calif
Robert
Norwalk
James
Josephine) Hess
Reichlin- Cooley Funeral Home
Paul Kirk
Elmwood Cemetery
Elois V. Petruzzi
Longford Ave
Reichlin
St. Jude Church
John Lyons
St. Mary's Cemetery
Petruzzi
Jackson Township
Avon
Charles E
Charles EB. Jr
John D
U.S. Navy
Orlaney
Fla
Joseph
Dadla) Mrazek
Leader
Minn
John Arkel
Broadway
Cleveland Clinic
Netherlands
Navy
Holland
U.S. Steel Corp
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
Oberlin
American Legion Post
Herman Daniels
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carol
William
Frank
Sandra
Jean
William Arkel
Ormorrow
Walter A. Frey
Ridgehill Memorial Park
Cyclist Injured In Car Crash In Elyria Area
Curtis L. Truman 37 of Pitts Boulevard suffered multiple injuries and was in serious condition in the ICU at Elyria Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle collided with a car at Rt. 57 and Furnace Street. Kenneth G. Weese 16 of Dutton Road Lorain, the car driver, was not hurt and faces charges for disobeying a traffic signal and reckless operation.
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North Ridgeville
Rt. 57
Furnace Street
Curtis L. Truman
Pitts Blvd
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Kenneth G. Weese
Dutton Rd
Lorain
Truman
Eivils
Weese
Lorain tornado toll and flood debris across Lorain County
Tornado winds and heavy rain battered Lorain County as funnel clouds struck Lakeside Avenue and nearby areas. Residents reported uprooted trees, two foot diameter trunks, flooded streets, and power outages while hospitals saw no injuries and officials warned of more storms from Lake Erie. Local shops along Henderson Drive and near the American Shipbuilding yards faced debris and roof damage as crews described 80 to 90 mph winds and widespread property loss.
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Malinovsky
Lake Erie
Taylor
Paul Bye
Arizona Ave
Bye
Lakeside Avenue
Erie Avenue
Broadway
Colorado Avenue
Kansas Avenue
Casey Turton
Garvin Avenue
18Th
Elyria
Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group
Cleveland St
Torrentia
Dozens of funnel clouds spotted in Lorain County
Lorain County reported nearly a dozen funnel clouds with a few touching down. damage minimal and no injuries. Sightings included near Grafton, Lorain County Regional Airport, Henderson Drive, Oak Hills Golf, Oberlin, Vermilion, Amherst, and Westwood Mobile Homes. A water spout was observed over Lake Erie around 10:40 a.m. Radar showed more storms forming along the south shore and warnings were extended until 11:15 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Grafton
Lorain County Regional Airport
Henderson Drive
Lorain
Oak Hills Country Club
Oberlin
Baumhart
North Ridge Roads
Vermilion
Quarry
Middle Ridge Roads
Amherst
Westwood Mobile Homes
Lake Erie
National Weather Service
Cleveland
Detroit
NWS
Weather Service
Bob Weitzel
Weitzel
Remembering the 1924 Lorain Tornado Echoes Today
The piece recalls the June 26 1924 Lorain tornado that devastated central Lorain and nearby cities, with winds around 200 mph, 107 deaths, 1 000 injuries, vast destruction to businesses homes and churches, and a path from Lake Erie through Sandusky to Pittsburgh before subsiding. It notes radar limits and a Strongsville arrest for a stolen truck tied to recent thefts, including equipment from Lorain County.
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Lorain
American Shipbuilding Co
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Storm knocks out power across Lorain County areas
Ohio Edison official James Markle described outages as widespread and serious across Elyria North Ridgeville and Amherst with Westlake also hit. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. did not comment. Severe thunderstorm warnings began at 8 46 a m and tornado warnings followed at 9 05 a m for Lorain Cuyahoga and Medina counties through 11 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
James Markle
Elyria
Ohio Edison Co
North Ridgeville
Amherst
Ohio Edison
Cuyahoga County
Westlake
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
National Weather Service
Cuyahoga
Medina
Data center workers plan to stay out
Lorain County Data Processing Center employees will not return until after a meeting with the county data processing board on pay adjustments. Nine workers called in sick to protest two months of inaction on salary and job classification disputes.
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Lorain County Data Processing Center
County Data Processing Board
Data Board
Elsie Godhnour
Elyrians charged in theft linked to car breakins
Two Elyria men James Bowens and Fabium Cleveland faced charges after a tire reported stolen from Wytonia White was found in Cleveland’s car at about 9 15 am. White’s tire was one of four stolen from her car. Cleveland and Bowens were arrested nearby. Moore suffered facial injuries after attempting to detain them.
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Elyria
James J. Bowens
West River St
Fabium Cleveland
Woodford Ave
Elyria Municipal Court
Wytonia L. White
Bell Ave
Cleveland
Woodford Avenue
Bowens
William E. Moore
Elyria Ave
Lorain
Innocent plea entered in murder case in Erie County
Michael R. Maslar 20 of Meriden Connecticut pleaded not guilty in Erie County Common Pleas Court to aggravated murder aggravated robbery and kidnapping in the May 27 death of Pennsylvania insurance man Harlan Anderson. Anderson was found strangled and fed to a tree near Milan by two youths. coroner George Butler cites suffocation as the cause. No trial date set and Maslar remains in custody at Erie County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Michael R. Maslar
Erie County Common Pleas Court
Maslar
Meriden
Conn
Pennsylvania
Harlan Anderson
Anderson
Milan
Erie County
George Butler
Elyria School Smoking Ban Urged By Agency
A letter urging Elyria City School officials to ban tobacco use in and around schools was sent by the Lorain County Interagency Council on Smoking and Health. The letter signed by president Bill Rufe targets all board members and superintendents in Lorain County as a current ban is under consideration. Ratification of a tentative AFSCME Local 277 agreement is expected next Friday with a 7 p.m. vote at the UAW Hall on Cleveland Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria City
Lorain County
American Federation of State
Robert Deimling
UAW
Cleveland Steet
Deimling
Frehmeyer pleads not guilty by insanity in Cleveland case
Cleveland 18 year old Guy Frehmeyer changes plea to not guilty by insanity in the June 26 death of a Cleveland girl. Co-defendant Frehmeyer and Dallas Stuck, 19, are charged with aggravated murder and kidnapping. a third suspect Susan Zytowiecki, 16, also faces charges. The Kollar girl died after being thrown from a three story abandoned brewery and beaten with stone slabs. Sheriff reports the girl moved to Geauga County jail for inmate safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland (Ap
Guy Frehmeyer
Cleveland
Frehmeyer
Dallas Stuck
Relmeyer Aey
Naren Kollar
Kollar
Chariies
Susan Zytowiecki
Cuyahoga County
Ralph Kreiger
Geauga County
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Robert Rothgery
Petruzzi Services
Matinovsky
John Grm
Henderson Dr
Farah Candy Co
Gumpp
Oldsmobile-Cadillac
Grm
Woodrow Taylor
Colorado Ave
Turton
Coast Guard
Black River
Washington Avenue Park
North Ridge Road
Milan Avenue
Murray Ridge Rd
Fraternal
Order of Eagles Club
Sixth and Broadway
Walter Frey
Erie Ave
Frey
James Rebeta
AmShip
Beavercrest Dr
Jim Rizek
Gumppiecemate Cath
Farah
Russia Road
Walt Pleban
Lorain County Aviation, Inc
al Kemp
Central Enterprises
Strongsville
John Stanovik
Rt. 301
Jim Beery
Robert Murphy
Henry Zieba
Zieba
Colorado and
Lakeside Avenues
Evert Butler
Kim Toary
Im Tomry
Data Center
By Monica Williams
Parsons
Curtis L
Madteck Aa
North Midgeritls
Sarviead
Phyllis
Aenslak Procbert
Crates
Sanday
Nesbett
Julian A. Pijor
J. Grant Keys
Fred M. Ritenauer
Gochaour
John Yashan
Curtis-Scheuffler
Elyrians
Mill Hollow Nature Center
NAACP
The
Elyria Naacp
Marcell Hall
Middle Avenue
Memphis
Oona
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