Obituary notices from Elyria area mourn multiple residents
A series of obituaries from Elyria and nearby towns lists George A. McVeigh 35 of 511 Clark St World War II Air Force veteran died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after seven months illness. Other notices honor Allison Heath 65 and Michael Burr 60 with funeral details. Additional deaths include Ray Carter, Charles Wellington, Lena Bodzash, John J. Smith, Joseph P, Margaret Fettigy, Geraldine Pitkin, Henry Ernest, James Snow Jr., Clyde Newberger, Charles Wolford and related service times, obituaries, and burial arrangements across several area funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. McVeigh
Clark St
Air Force
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Plastic
General Industries Co
Chemical Workers Local 89
Mr. McVeigh
Warrensville Heights
Elyria
North Ridgeville
VFW Post
Elyria Eagles Lodge
Elsie M
Nee Bridge
Sharon Weese
Gary Reedy
Grafton
Alvah
Winifred McVeigh
Madison
Ala
Mildred Demyan
Russell
Robert
Wilbur
Curtis-Scheuffler
James Skinner
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Allison M
Lefty) Heath
Foster Ave
Mel Holtz
Lake Avenue
Edna Ablgrim
Hazel Davison
Wellington
Alice Parshall
San Francisco
Calif
Myrtle del Costello
Concord
Vernon
la Grange
Earl
Albert
Cleveland
Tod
Lena Bodzash
Lorain
Emma Bills
Arthur
Harland
James
Mayrard
Ernest
Katherine Toma
Brouer
John J. Smith
Dombrowski
Robert Springer
Geraldine Pitkin
East River St
Overlook Nursing Home
Pitkin
Michigan
First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Mass
Garden Y's
Ralph W. Pitkin
Jerry
Marilyn) Worley
Columbus
Richard D
Miami
Fla
David H
Santa Clara
J. Maynard Hill
Lansing
Mich
William A. Hill
Hendersonville
N.C
Ruth Bomhoff
Maitland
Harold Dicken
Brookdale Cemetery
Henry
Jindrich) Ernest
Chase St
Czechoslovakia
Autumn Ages
Tappan Company
Antonia
Carl
Anna) Flood
Mary Ernest
Frank
Ralph
San Diego
Laubenthal
Charles E. Wolford
Lexington Ave
Majestic
St. Joseph Hospital
Wolford
Ford Assembly
American Ship Building Co
Irene
Paul
Peggy) Anderson
Billy Ray
James Edward
E. C. Wolford Sr
Kathryn Peerce
Hank
Pearl) Daugherty
R. W. Gann
Man hospitalized after gunshot in Sandusky home
A 31 year old rural Sandusky man is in guarded condition at Memorial Hospital after a .22 caliber gunshot wound to the stomach. William Hollingshead, Thick et Road, was shot at his home around 2:52 a.m. Sunday. His wife Willetta heard the shot from the kitchen and found him wounded in the bathroom before she called for aid. He collapsed at a neighbor’s doorstep as deputies arrived. Hollingshead cannot yet be questioned. A handgun was recovered in the bathroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Memorial Hospital
William Hollingshead
Thicket
Erie County Sheriff's Deputies
Willetta
Hollingshead
Marathon Oil Posts Higher First-Half 1976 Net Income
Marathon Oil Co reports stronger earnings for the first half of 1976 driven by increased Libyan crude oil volume and improved European refined product sales. Net income reached 72.5 million dollars, 2.42 dollars per share, up 37 percent from 52.8 million or 1.77 per share a year earlier.
Murder suspect slashes arm in jail struggle
SANDUSKY 4 Conn man Michael Master 20 Meriden charged with aggravated murder kidnapping and aggravated robbery in the strangulation death of Harlan Anderson on May 27. He slashed his wrists with a razor in Erie County Jail and required 50 stitches. He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital and returned to jail. Deputies do not know how he obtained the blade.
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Sandusky
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Erie County
Michael Master
Meriden
Conn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Masler
Harlan Anderson
Grand Jury
Inmate sues his attorney in Lorain County suit
Robert K. Sayers, 21 Oberlin, serving 4 to 25 years at Lucasville for kidnapping and gross sexual imposition, sues attorney Kenneth Rothgery of 110 West Ave. for 500000 alleging civil rights violation. Sayers, one of three men charged in the Aug. 1974 Midway Mall abduction and assault on a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Sayers
Oberlin
Lucasville
Lorain County
Special over-80 camping program on Inscape radio
Cecilia Jakubowski, coordinator of Camp Isaac Jogues, will be interviewed by Ann Haney of the Cleveland Diocesan Office on Inscape. The camp is sponsored by the Cleveland Catholic Youth Organization and Catholic Charities Central Services, Federation of Catholic Community Services.
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Inscape
WOOK
Sundeyaleim
Ann Haney
Cleveland Diocesan Office of Radio and Television
Cecilia Jakubowski
Isaac Jogues
Cleveland Catholic Youth Organization
Federation of Catholic Community Services
Catholic Charities Central Services
Two-car crashes and thefts reported in Elyria area
Elyria police and fire crews logged several incidents including a two car crash east of Washington Avenue with injuries, another on Longford Avenue with no injuries, and a 400 block Oberlin road collision with no injuries. Schwede's Appliance thefts involved two display TVs at Midway Mall. Martha Hopkins and daughter Helen treated for injuries after a crash.
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Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Longford Avenue
Oberlin Road
Schwede
Midway Mall
Lorain County
Vermilion Road
Brownhelm Township
Ohio State Highway
Haumhart
North Ridge
Martha Hopkins
Li Mian St
Wakeman
Helen
Auto crash leads to multiple charges in Lorain
In Lorain a car veered into a water filled ditch on Sherwood Drive near Nantucket, injuring two teens. Driver Phillip Draper 19 and passenger Lynn Sobolak 16 escaped serious injury. Draper faced charges including assault resisting arrest property damage disorderly conduct and failure to control after resisting firefighters and police at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Phillip Draper
Nantucket Place
Vermilion
Lynn Sobolak
Green Forest
Amherst
Draper
Sherwood Dr
Nantucket Drive
Sherwood
Martins Run
Miss Sobolak
Les George
Delay urged for tax levy vote in Norwalk
Huron County Commissioners urged Christie Lane school board members to wait until the spring primary to place two 0.4 mill tax levies on the ballot for 10 years, with $88 000 extra revenue each. The board seeks funds for operating maintenance and expansion including a clinic program and workshop area.
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Norwalk
Huron County Commissioners
Christie Lane
Marion Waits
Maurice Smith
Don Robertson
Waits
Local couples listed in Lorain County as draft-age workers
A published roster lists numerous Lorain County residents with ages from 17 to 32, matching laborers, teachers, students, nurses aides, and Army service members. The records show names, ages, street addresses in North Ridgeville, Lorain, Avon Lake, Parma, Rocky River, and nearby towns, plus occupations. Many entries pair a worker with a spouse and include street addresses. The document reflects a snapshot of an area compiling civilian and military affiliations during a period of service and labor mobilization.
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Mills Creek Lane
North Ridgeville
U.S. Army
David J. Scakacs
Sugar Ridge Rd
Carpenter
Elizabeth D. Ward
West River Rd
William J. Pais
Case Rd
Mary L. Brinkley
Joanne Ct
James A. Jones Jr
Reublin Ct
Laura L. Jones
Vacant Lorain Home Destroyed in Suspected Fire
A vacant two and a half story frame house on W. 13th Street in Lorain was destroyed by a fire reported at 3:15 a.m. Fire officials described the blaze as suspicious and said two trees in front were also burned. Firemen safeguarded nearby homes as demolition work was underway with no stated value or loss assessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Oberlin biker struck by car incident report
A 19 year old Oberlin youth, Richard Jackson of 26 Mulberry Drive, rode his bicycle into the path of a car driven by Keith A. Long, 19, of 276 North Professor Street. Jackson was treated at Allen Memorial Hospital for superficial cuts to his left leg, arm, and shoulder, and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Richard Jackson
Mulberry Dr
Keith A. Long
North
St. Long
Prospect Street
West College Street
Jackson
West College
Long
Allen Memorial Hospital
Westlake hospital appeal hearing reset to August 10
West Shore Health Center's proposed Westlake hospital hearing, postponed from today, will be heard Aug. 10 before the state public health council. West Shore is a Bay View Fairview joint proposal appealing a May 28 health department rejection due to a competing St John Hospital plan. The two hospital plans target the Stearns Bassett Road area in Westlake.
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West Shore Health Center
Westlake
State Public Health Council
Edwin Ross
West Shore
Bay View
Fairview General Hospitals
State Department of Health
St. John Hospital
Stearns-Bassett Road
Arson Suspected In Elyria Woodcraft Fire
Fire officials say vandals started a blaze at Elyria Woodcraft on 412 E River St shortly before 4 a.m. today causing 1100 in damage. The fire was confined to the building exterior, starting on pallets at a loading dock and spreading under a 90 foot roof. Assistant Chief Floyd Rumph led the investigation and suspects a flammable liquid was used, though it could not be identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Woodcraft
E. River St
Floyd 8. Rumph
Fire Prevention Bureau
Charges dropped for Elyria brothers in June robbery case
The unavailability of a key witness led to the dismissal of aggravated robbery charges against brothers Larry J Bowens and Raymond Bowens of Elyria in Elyria Municipal Court. Each faced two counts tied to June 16 robberies on Irondale Street. Prosecution noted grand jury review possible. co-defendant Jackie Cole waived preliminary hearing and awaits grand jury. Delbert H Streets was ordered held for grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Larry J
Raymond Bowens
S. West River St
Irondale Street
Zelah Tiberi
Richard Williams
Jackie Cole
Huron St
Delbert H. Streets
Middle Ave
Porter named to North Ridgeville library advisory board
North Ridgeville school board appointed John Porter to a one year term on the 12 member public library advisory committee. The resolution endorsed the concept of a public library and supported the advisory panel as part of the Lorain City Library system. School Supt. Roger Beitler noted the council requested schools participate and supported the idea.
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North Ridgeville — School Board
John Porter
North Ridgeville Board of Education
North Ridgeville
Lorain City
Ars
Roger T. Beitler
Public Library
Beitler
Salesmen charged in Oberlin for soliciting without permit
Two magazine salesmen Kevin Stewart of Kansas City Kansas and Van Moore of Philadelphia were charged under Oberlin soliciting ordinance after failing to obtain permits. Police say they were warned previously and were released on 25 cash bonds each, with Oberlin Municipal Court appearance set for August 2.
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Oberlin
Kevin Stewart
Kansas City
Kan
van Moore
Philadelphia
City Hall
Oberlin Municipal Court
Sale to minor charge dropped in Elyria court
Margaret Cunningham of 117 Madison Ave was charged May 8 with sale of an intoxicating beverage to a minor at Kerchmar's West Side Cafe. The charge was dismissed after prosecutors said an adult customer provided the beer to the minor.
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Elyria
Margaret Cunningham
Madison Ave
Kerchmar
West Side
Foster Ave
Injury lawsuit cites automatic door incident at Elyria mall
Dorothy McGuire of Lorain filed a $45,000 damage suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court yesterday alleging injuries from an automatic door at Elyria Midway Mall Inc. on July 27, 1974.
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Lorain County
Cadiz Man Hired as Sheffield Lake School Administrator
Cadiz high school principal Dr. Donald Chiavetta was hired by the Sheffield Lake Board of Education for a two year contract at about $20,000. He may fill one of three principal vacancies, likely succeeding Theodore Le Suer. The board narrowed the pool from 100 applicants to seven before the screening panel expanded the search. Chiavetta previously led Cadiz High and served eight years as guidance director at Chagrin Falls. He begins Aug 1, with more interviews planned for the remaining administrator posts.
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Sheffield
Donald Chiavetta
Cadiz
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
Chiavetta
Richard Nace
free-Sheffield Lake
Nace
Theodore LeSuer
Brookside High School
LeSuer
James Snyder
Princip
Jace
Chagrin Falls
Shaker Heights
Births in Wellington and Amherst Families Welcome Newborns
A son was born to Janet Church at 301 Prospect Street Wellington. Mr and Mrs Thomas Kopp welcomed a daughter at 9 Phillips Close. Mr and Mrs Gerald Boughton welcomed a daughter at Amherst. Pilsen Hayes at 271 Courtland Street also listed a birth.
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Janet Church
Prospect St
Wellington
Thomas Kopp
Phillips CL
Gerald Boughton
Amherst
Pilsen Hayes
Courtland It
Names in a Lorain birth/death notice fragment
Fragmentary notice lists individuals and addresses: Lorain St Joseph, Dennis Skinner at 1229 New Jersey, James Hall at 420 Florida Ave, Robert Simko at 5228 S Broadway, and a son to Mr and Mrs Dwight Seymore at 1515 E 29th St.
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Dennis Skinner
New Jersey Ave
James Hall
Florida Ave
Robert Simko
S. Broadway
Dwight Seymore
29Th St
C T chairman found guilty in car crash
Otto B. Schoepfle chairman of the board of the firm publishing The Chronicle Telegram was found guilty of driving while intoxicated and driving left of center from an April 6 collision on West River Road. He was acquitted of leaving the scene. Judge Horn imposed a 250 dollar fine, 90 day license suspension, and four days in jail with one day suspended as credit. Release of execution scheduled for Friday.
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Otto B. Schoepfle
Chronicle-Telegram
West River Road
Schoepfle
Horn
Lorain County Community College
Schoepite
Woman Sentenced Over Lottery Ticket Theft in Oberlin
A 20 year old Oberlin woman Mary A Fields pleaded no contest to receiving stolen property and was sent to 10 days in Lorain County Jail. She was ordered to pay 100 in costs after attempting to cash 24 stolen Ohio lottery tickets from Hess Pharmacy in Oberlin. Police recovered all 220 stolen tickets and warned local businesses. The 16 year old Elyria juvenile involved was referred to juvenile authorities.
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Oberlin
Loraine
Mary A. Fields
S. Professor Sr
Miss Fields
Elyria
Hess Pharmacy
Main St
Man Injured Swerving To Miss Cars In Ohio Intersection
Lorain motorist Joseph Remaklus 19 was hospitalized in fair condition at St Joseph Hospital after striking a utility pole support while trying to avoid a collision. The accident occurred about 5:30 a.m. at Meister and Leavitt roads when cars ahead stopped for a red light runner, and Remaklus swerved to miss the car in front.
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Lorain
Joseph Remaklus
Hickory Hill
St. Joseph Hospital
Meister
Leavitt Roads
Remaklas
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George A.mcveigh
Ralph Pitkin
Heath Service
Michael Buri
Michael Burr
West 26Th St
J.J. Gluvna and Son Funeral Home
Carter Ray H
Alvesta
Bill
Walter Hamilton
Sherlyn Crawford
Carter
Asbury United Methodist Church
Buria
Charles S
West St
Luetta
Charles
Harold
Helen Riggs
Cora Shepard
Comling-Truman
Greenwood Cemetery
Bednar
Joseph P
Anna
J.J. Glovna & Son
Sokol Lodge
Holy Name Society
Funeral
Holy Trinity Church
Calvary Cemetery
Margaret M
Fettigy
East Ave
Harry D
Howard B
Louise Dougherty
Robert Fettig
Fpr
St. Mary Church
Mary Cemetery
Henry Ernest
James E. Snow Jr
South Station
Columbia Station
Southwest Community Hospital
Middleburg Heights
Columbia Schoos
Snow
St. Mary of the Falls Church
Olmsted Falls
Allen
Ronald
Veronica
Edward
Helen) Downey
Joseph A
William G
Edward R
George T
James P. Mulaney
Chambers Funeral
Adelbert Avenue
Berea
Clyde W. Newberger
Shreve
Wooster Community Hospital
Newberger
Wooster
Assembly of God Church
Velda
Kenneth
Betty) Watson
McIntire Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral Wome, Inc
Greater
Eyre and
Findlay (Or
Elyria Police and Fire Departments
Alberto Casarez Jr
Maine Ave
Debra Kay Munday
Lear Nagle
Leonard J. Nickaloff
Highland Park Blvd
Lerain
Kaye E
Vaultman
Gail D. Schrift
Beachdale Dr
Avon Lake
Frank J. Ovanic Jr
Lawrence Ct
Nadine Ann Kramroy
W. 30Th St
William J. Petkovsek Jr
Oberlin Ave
Lynne L
Westlake Hospital
Porter
Sheffield Post
By Linda Dipietro
J. Nace
Elyria Memorial
Lorain St. Joseph
C-T
Elyria Municipal
James P. Horn
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