Death notices for John Spehar and Juliane Kecsan
Funeral services for John Spehar 81 of Lorain will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at John R. Devin Funeral Home and a 11 a.m. funeral mass at St. Vitus Croatian Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. He died Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital after a week long illness. Surviving relatives include his wife Anna son Michael and daughter Mrs Frank Vocaire among others. Rosary will be observed this evening and tomorrow. Also, Juliane Kecsan 84 of Amherst died yesterday in Amherst Hospital after a year’s illness. Services are set for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and 9 a.m. at St. Ladislaus Church. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spehar
New Hampshire Ave
Lorain
John R. Devin
St. Vitus Croatian Church
Simon Nekic
Calvary Cemetery
Spehar
Anna
Michael
Cleveland
Frank
Anna) Vocaire
Parma
Ivan Fundak
Louis
Anthony
Timms
Ont
Canada
Milka Erdelkac
St. Vitus Lodge
Nekic
Juliane Kecsan
N. Lake St
Amherst
Amherst Hospital
Miskolc
Hungary
Leechbu A
St. Ladislaus Church
St. Ladislaus Lodge
Steve
Steve Veres
St. Ignatius
Montana
Julia
Funeral
Alex Demetzky
Anna Rak
St. Stanislaus Church
Leo A. Rygwalski
Rak
St. Joseph Hospital
Poland
St. Gertrude Lodge
St. John Cantius Lodge
Wences
North Ridgeville
Edward
Stanley
Gerald
Helen) Hennes
Lyle
Lottie) Armel
Diamondale
Mich
Eric G. Ericson
West 32Nd St
Ericson
The
American Ship Building Co
St. Joseph Church
Caroline
Reichlin - Cooley
Bathasar Koczan
Alfred H. Creighton
Cleve ‘Tropotion
Cpmeral
Vermilion
North Royalton
Mr. Creighton
U.S. Lines Inc
Mary
James M. Wilfrid C
Karl F
Lee T
Alfred Creighton
Columbus
Evelyn Maxle
Akron
Dennis Francis
Patty
Linda Creighton
Columus
Fisher Funeral Home
Arthur A. Er
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Alexander Munro
Joseph
Scotland
Maio
American Building Co
James
Schwartz, Spence and Boyer
Lora
Ridge
Isabel Jackson
Broadway
Kennedy Plaza
Albert Farish
Bryan
Conn
Harry
Reichlin-Cooley
Fayette P. Grose
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Richard F. Starke
Avon
Westlake
Bay Village
Starke
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Burmeister County Line
Paul M. Kabasch
William Snyder
Wanda W. Snyder
Park Ave
Springfield
Snyder
Lima
Park Avenue
Gertrude Wilkins
Port Charlotte
Fla
William
Russell
Garland Funeral Home
Paul Haering
Martha E. Hoffmeyer
Rohde
Troit Rd
Avon Oaks
Hoffmeyer
Pythian Sisters
Warrensville
Dorothea Lanzendorfer
Albert L. Barth
Solon
Burmeister
Kidney Foundation
Obituary notices from Lorain area deaths
Multiple Lorain County residents are remembered in funeral notices and services. Anna Rak, 79, from Lorain, with services at St Stanislaus and Calvary Cemetery. August Jaeger, 78, long-time Bendix worker, buried Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Eric G. Ericson, 79, former American Ship Building employee, buried Calvary Cemetery. Alfred H. Creighton, 35, Vermilion, U.S. Lines computer operator, with services at Fisher Funeral Home. Alexander Munro, 90, Scottish-born Lorain resident, dies. Mrs Isabel Jackson, 78, born in England, long Lorain resident, funeral at Ridge Hill. Richard F. Starke, 84, Avon chrysanthemum grower, services at Westlake. Mrs Wanda Snyder, 81, Amherst, former Lorain resident, services at Garland Funeral Home. other Ohio deaths and arrangements listed with funeral home details.
Death notices for Kostyo and Carpmail families
Esther Kostyo aged 83 of 2526 Shrewsbury Rd Rad arrived by five sons three daughters and a sister in Hungary Visitation at Curtis-Schenifler Funeral Home Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 with a prayer service Saturday 7:30 p.m. Funeral Monday United Chi M CARPMail Mrs Arthur B Degby aged 64 of 115 Sunrise Dr Amherst visitation Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. with Eastern Star memorials and services at a local funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kostyo
Steven
Esther
Shrewsbury
Colasas
Hungary
Curtis-Schenifler
Tipan
Aese
United Chim
Arthur B. Degby
Sunrise
Amherst
Ber Basksod
Merepean
Ween City Chapter Order of Eastern Tar
Pas Semoreal Fark
Reichlin critiques Cleveland tax sharing plan for region
Mayor Leonard P. Reichlin opposes a seven county tax sharing proposal proposed by Cleveland planner Norman Krumholz. He questions regional development at others’ expense and warns Cleveland influence in NOACA and state transport plans could extend into Lorain County. He cites Elyria’s statutorily driven limits as a problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard P. Reichlin
Cleveland
Norman Krumholz
Details of traffic death to go to county grand jury
Lorain police will send the fatal two car crash involving Jay A. Mikulski aged 20 to the Lorain County Grand Jury for disposition. Investigators conclude Mikulski was at fault after the heavy rainstorm crash at Elyria Avenue and East 28th Street. Verespe of 2505 Elyria Avenue was the other driver. Witnesses say Mikulski ran a red light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Jay A. Mikulski
Lorain County
Mikulski
Malinovsky
Cst
Elyria Avenue
East 28Th Street
Joseph A. Verespe
Elyria Ave
Elyria Boy Injured in East Bridge Street Bicycle Crash
An eight year old Elyria boy, Joseph Higgins, was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a bruised knee after his bicycle entered the path of a car on East Bridge Street near the railroad overpass. The car was driven by James D. Thurman who was not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Joseph Higgins
Gordon R. Higgins
Washington Ave
East Bridge Street
James D. Thurman
E. Bridge St
Thurman
Joseph
Girl injured in two-car collision at Woodland and Oak
A one year old Elyria girl was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for minor injuries after a two car crash at Woodland Avenue and Oak Street. Norma Streets, 17, of 511 Bond Street, suffered head pains as the westbound car on Oak Street collided with the Woodland Avenue vehicle driven by Joan M. Foss, 37, of 332 Woodland Avenue. Linda D. Streets, 20, of 511 Bond Street, the other driver, was charged with failure to yield the right of way after police said she ran a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Woodland Avenue
Oak Street
Norma
Bond St
Joan M. Foss
Woodland Ave
Linda D
Fire Destroys Section of Vermilion Foam Plant
A large portion of a Sandusky warehouse behind the Vermilion Foam Products complex was destroyed by a two alarm fire. About 150 by 50 feet of the 350 by 50 foot building burned, with an estimated 250000 dollars in damage. Night shift workers heard an explosion around 3 40 a.m. and found the room fully engulfed. The area stored foam packing material and a firewall limited damage to the rest of the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Vermilion Foam Products Co
Pesky PI
Sheffield school board to hold special meeting on bond issue
Sheffield area Board of Education schedules an 8 p.m. Monday session at Sheffield Middle School Harris Rd to finish placing a 23 year 950000 bond issue on the November 7 ballot. The meeting will also discuss hiring of teachers and staff and approving Cleveland firm Squire Dempsey as municipal bond attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Sheffield On Lee Board of Education
Cleveland
Squire, Dempsey
Sheffield Middle School
Harris Rd
Short circuit starts Lorain house fire
Fire damaged a single story frame home at 1517 W 29th St in Lorain in a blaze caused by an air conditioning unit in a dinette window. Firefighter Louis Kozleski 37 of 300 Concord Ave was injured and treated at St Joseph Hospital. Damages totaled 7900 to structure and contents. the home valued at 21000 with 18000 contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Origi
Nated
George Voytke
29Th St
Louis Kozleski
Concord Ave
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain County Ranked Ninth in Ohio Property Valuation
Lorain County holds the ninth largest property valuation in Ohio at 1.075 billion dollars for 1981, as reported by State Auditor Joseph Ferguson. The total state valuation reaches 417 billion, with Lorain’s mix including public utilities 132,198,060, personal property 292,101,330, and real estate 890,128,710.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Ohio
Joseph Ferguson
Lorain
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Franklin
Montgomery
Summit
Lucas
Stark
Mahoning
White House Noncommittal On Two Year OEO Bill
White House remains noncommittal on accepting a House Senate conferee agreement to extend federal antipoverty programs for two years. The compromise would privatize the OEO free legal services program with a 19 member board and Nixon would name directors. The measure faces Senate and House action next week amid disputes over control and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
White House
Legal Services
Six Arrests After Sheffield Lake Drug Raid
Sheffield Lake police and West shore Enforcement Bureau officers raided an Irving Park Boulevard home about 1 30 a.m. six people, three men and three women, were arrested on drug charges. A seventh resident was released. Police seized marijuana like capsules and related items. names and other details were unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Lake
Irving Park Boulevard
Sheffield Lake Police
Westshore Enforcement Bureau
The
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Lorain
Seven lawsuits filed in fatal car accident in Cleveland
Seven lawsuits totaling over 650000 were filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against Warren Hall of Olmsted Township over a fatal accident dated July 20, 1970. Plaintiffs include William D. McDill and his wife Patricia McDill of Cleveland whose son Patrick aged 5 was killed and Patricia seriously injured. Other suits name Richard Radigan and Michael McDill Jr and Karen Kenneth and Keith Mericka alleging Hall failed to yield entering McKenzie Road from a driveway causing his car to strike a car driven by Radigan and hit a utility pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas Court
Olmsted Township
Warren Hall
Cook Rd
William D. McDill
Midvale Ave
Patrick
McDill
Hall
Richard R. Radigan
Michael McDill
Karen
Kenneth
Kieth A. Mericka
Thomas O. Mericka
McKenzie Road
Radigan
Lorain Child Injured in Window Fall
A Lorain girl, Shirley Williams, 2%, fell from an upstairs window Thursday evening and sustained serious head injuries. She is in the ICU at St. Joseph Hospital after rescue squad transported her at 5:45 p.m. to the hospital. The girl is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams of 2154 East 28th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Shirley Williams
Carl
Williams
28Th St
St. Joseph Hospital
Local chess club revives team competition after Fischer Spassky match
Interest in the Fischer Spassky encounter spurs Lorain County Club revival. The club shifts to five member teams with both team and individual awards. Leagues may run September to April at about one to three matches monthly, with rooms arranged at industrial sites including U S Steel Ford and Lorain Products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Club
U.S. Steel
Ford Later Co
Lorain Products
Larry Wilson
Chess Club
Amherst Home Hit By Fire Causes $1,000 Damages
An apparent short circuit in a window fan started a morning fire at Herbert Schwarz’s house on Broad Way Amherst Township. Firemen confined flames to a second floor area and a dresser with smoke damage. no one was home when a neighbor reported the incident at about 6 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Herbert Schwarz
Broadway
Amherst Township
Jake Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Spassky Frustrated as Fischer Drives Chess Match
World champion Boris Spassky fled to a downtown penthouse and canceled appointments amid reports from Russian sources that he is irritated by challenger Bobby Fischer. Fischer defeated Spassky to tie the match at two and a half points in a 24 game series, with Spassky blamed for poor play and turmoil surrounding the world title bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
UPI
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
William Lombardy
Fischer
Spassky
Bobby
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Spehar Services
Mrs. Juliane Keesan
Rak Services
August P. Jaeger
Ninth St
Oak Hills
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co
Jaeger
Elyria Eagles Lodge
Lucy
Jennie Kline
Hollywood
Dombro
Harry Jackson
Brown Houston
H.C. Hoffmeyer
Jame
Datsrd Smiths
Memoriam
Bert McRowell
Joly
Ciede
Kenneth Cleon
Maron
Nemors
Jay Goldsmith
Curtis-Schestfler Foneral Gane, Tex
Greater
Syria
Fowevel
Harvey C. Corts
Eruest W. Schuster
Martha Flanigan
Gregory Flanigan
Pasadena Ave
Debbie Sabo
Richard Sabo
Augdon Ditch
North Park
C-T
Carl Skalak
Reichlin
NOACA
Northeast Ohio
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Area School Board
OEO
Wilson
Tarry Lane
Ronald Shultz
Middle Ridge
Ford
Kenneth Potyral
Eighth St
Leonard Nead
Garford
Blaze
By James Ward
Lombardy
Grafton
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