Area Deaths and Obituaries in Lorain County
A list of obituaries including George W. Walters 79 of Grafton and Lewis F. Sebolt Sr. 73 of Berlin Heights. The notices note prior careers at General Motors and area steel companies, family survivors, funeral and calling details, and associated churches and cemeteries. Additional entries include Donald C. Loterbaugh 52 of Lorain and Alfred H. Earls 79 of Sheffield Lake with service times and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis F. Sebolt Sr
Berlin Heights
Lorain Community Hospital
Florence Township
Columbia Steel
Republic Steel Companies
Elyria
Masonic Gibson Lodge No
Alfred H. Earls
Sheffield Lake
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Huntington
W. Va
Avon Lake
Stadium seatathon fundraiser aims to sit every seat
Elyria radio host Mike Patrick known as Mr Mikey launches a four day Seat A Thon at Cleveland Stadium to sit 79 201 seats for charity with Red Cross aid. watches per seat pace, plans meals and rests between stops, hopes to raise 1 per seat totaling 79 201 dollars for tornado relief and famine relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
WBEA
Mike Patrick
Patrick
Mikey
Municipal Stadium
Athon
Cleveland Stadium
American Red Cross
Ohio
Lorain
Red Cross
Ironside
Lorain man questioned after peeping incident near home
Lorain police questioned and released a man after a woman reported someone hiding in bushes to watch her daughter sunbathe in their backyard around 5 30 PM. The girl and mother later saw the man flee. The girl recalled seeing him at Oakwood Shopping Center and Revco Drugs earlier in the week. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Nancy Payne
St. Lorain
Oakwood
Revco Drugs
Elyria Man Arrested Over Rifle Fire Toward Cascade Park
Police arrested 40 year old Larry K. Stephens of 937 W River Rd North Elyria after neighbors reported gunfire from his yard at Cascade Park. A neighbor identified him as firing a .22 caliber Remington rifle toward the park. He was charged with discharging a firearm and released pending Elyria Municipal Court next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Cascade Park
Larry K. Stephens
W. River Rd
Stephens
Elyria Municipal Court
Four arraigned in Toledo in major marijuana case
Four of fourteen men named in Ohio drug smuggling indictments faced arraignment in Toledo with one held without bond. Kelly Joe Shook of Huron was ordered held pending trial for conspiring to import and distribute marijuana, as the case links to a 1976 to 1980 Colombia operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
U.S
J. Michael Bernstein
Lima
Kelly Joe Shook
Huron
Bernstein
Shook
Richard Disbrow
Vermilion
Mark van Fossen
Hugh Martin
San Rafael
Calif
Ronald Shook
Springfield
Dayton
Shooks
Frederick McDonald
James Carr
North Carolina
United States
Robert A. Clark
Cleveland
Thomas Miller
Wakeman
Kevin Coughlin
Steven
Franklin County
Columbus
Stephen Coughlin
Lorain County
Colombia
Death notices from Lorain and Elyria area
Death notices for James Henry Rathes of Lorain and Anthony Olszewski of Elyria list surviving relatives and visiting hours. James Henry Rathes is survived by two daughters Mrs Donna Gragy and Mrs Norma Payne with services at Hempel Funeral Home Amherst and burial at Evergreen Cemetery. Anthony Olszewski, 75, is survived by sister Paulise Slavin with viewing at Curt Scheuffler Funeral Home and services the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Walters
Grafton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
New Martinsville
W.va
General Motors
Brook Park
UAW
Wandah
Kathryn Walters Parnesi
Atlanta
John F
Jennie Brown
Oakmont
Jack Walters
Maryland
Mary Martin
Petersburg
Margaret
Blackburn-Fulton
William S. Kruppa
Severna Park
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Lorain
U.S. Department of Commerce
Case Institute of Technology
Cleveland
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Elizabeth
John G
Philadelphia
Thomas W
Richland
Wash
Constance Listmann
Pasadena
Elizabeth J
Calvary Cemetery
Leonard Bacik
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
John J. Gluvna
Geneva
Lewis Jr
Wakeman
Larry A
Berlin Heights
Sally Somers
Susan Finnegan
Hinman
Don Lautzenheiser
Florence Cemetery
Florence Township
Gibson Lodge
Donald C. Loterbaugh
St. Joseph Hospital
Zanesville
Southview High School
Henry
Rosalie) Nessler
Ben
Twyla) Bradner
Burbank
Calif
Ronald
Reichlin-Cooley Funeral Home
LaRoy Ruble
Elmwood Cemetery
First Baptist Church
Sheffield Lake
Lucille H
Helen Walker
Avon Lake
Arlan A
Streestboro
Richard Lee
Ora Graham
Huntington
W. Va
Burmeister
William Boyd
Rest Haven Memory Gardens
Avon
American Cancer Society
James Henry
Donna Gragy
Norma Payne
Hempel Funeral Home
Amherst
Evergreen Cemetery
South Amber
Elyria Fires At Medical Arts Building Arson Suspected
Firefighters investigated several fires at the Elyria Medical Arts Building causing 2500 dollars in damage. Investigators believe an arsonist entered at 621 E River Rd by removing door pins and set fire to papers and carpet around 8 am Friday. Fire was extinguished quickly.
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Elyria
Elyria Medical Arts
E. River Rd
Keystone 1975 class to hold reunion
LAGRANGE the Keystone High School class of 1975 will hold a reunion on August 3 at 6 p.m. at American Legion Post 12 on Ohio Street. Reservations are required and Cindy Poulton Smith can be called at 458 6493 before 11 a.m. or in the evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Keystone
American Legion
Ohio Street
Cindy (Poulton) Smith
Van incident leaves North Ridgeville man in serious condition
A 20 year old North Ridgeville man Robert Bloomer suffered serious injuries when a box type van rolled over him as he removed a drive shaft near Ace Rental at 35522 Center Ridge Road. He was listed in serious condition with facial lacerations and multiple trauma at St. John and West Shore Hospital ICU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ridgeville
Robert Bloomer
Ridge Plaza
St. John & West Shore Hospital
Bloomer
Ace Rental
Center Ridge Rd
Clevelander sentenced in pastor's death
The final of seven men convicted in the January 21 attack that killed Reverend Howard Moeller of Bethany Lutheran Church was sentenced to 7 to 25 years at the Ohio State Reformatory. Michael Cannon, 19, of Cleveland, pleaded involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio State Reformatory
Michael Cannon
Howard Moeller
Bethany Lutheran Church
Moeller
Woodland Avenue
West 40Th Street
Cannon
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
James J. Sweeney
Sweeney
Grafton weighs pay raise for mayor and council
Grafton City Council heard the second reading of an ordinance to raise salaries. Mayor Tom Smith would move from 3600 to 4300 dollars annually and council members from 845 to 1200 dollars. Council Chairman Alvin Carpenter said current pay is inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Alvin Carpenter
Tom Smith
Council
Lost 40-foot cedar ladybug vanishes from Elyria yard
Arabella the 40-foot cedar and redwood ladybug disappeared from 167 Burns Rd in Elyria. Alice McClelland and June Petrillo crafted the sculpture over three months. Police investigated a nearby field finding only a bird bath while a passerby reported odd activity. The case remains unsolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Arabella
Burns Rd
Chronicle-Telegram
Alice McClelland
Carol Romoser
Lorain County Teacher's Credit Union
McClelland
Ms. Romoser
Mrs. McClelland
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Richland County
Eyria
Ers
Steven J. Coughlin
Wilmington
Ing
Great Lakes
Blackburn & Fulton Funeral Home Coyle E. Glacksus
Main St
Gratto
Icu
Mildred V. Harrison-Hurley
Ep.s
Virginia B. Collings
Middleburg Heights Medical Arts Center
Bagley Road
Middleburg Heights
ED. S
N.A. Eisenberg
Pps
Richard L. Fogel
Ops
East Broad St. Elyria
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