WWII Veteran Bernard Dekalich of Lorain Dies at 79
Bernard Dekalich 79 a WWII veteran of Lorain died Saturday after a long illness. He served as a sergeant with Battery B 197th Field Artillery in the 30th Infantry Division seeing action in Normandy Northern France the Rhineland the Ardennes and Central Europe. He received the Bronze Star the European African Middle Eastern Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters and the American Defense Service Medal. He worked at US Steel Lorain Works retiring in 1980 and was a member of St Peter Catholic Church. Ronald J Sklenar 58 of Elyria died Sunday after a long illness. A Marine Corps veteran he worked as a burner for US Steel Lorain Works and Harrison Foundry. He is survived by his wife Donna three daughters and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Blackburn Funeral Home Grafton.
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Bernard Dekalich
Lorain
Commuunity Health Partners
Mr. Dekalich
197Th Field Artillery
30Th Infantry Division
Normandy
France
Rhineland
Ardennes
Europe
Mr. de Kalich
Security Department
US Steel Lorain Works
USS/Kobe Steel Co
St. Peter Catholic Church
Ronald J. Sklenar
Elyria
Marine Corps
Sklenar
Harrison Foundry
Birmingham
St. John Lutheran Church
Holy Name Society
Amvets
Post
P.L.A.V
Dekalich
Marie
Perkovich
Delores Brannan
Carol Lukesic
Andrew
Mary
Pachandy
Columbia Station
Lois Jane Glontz
David Bogner
Center Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
Thomas Matus
Columbia United Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Park
North Olmsted
Columbia United Methodist Church Building Fund
West River Rd
Coletta M. Ickes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vermilion
Ickes
St. Mary Catholic Church
Thomas
Ft Meyers
Fla
Jim
Pittsburgh
Jack
Huntsville
Ala
Christine Morgan
Rutherfordton
N.C
Jean Buckash
Bay Village
Judy Cilona
Exchange St
Steve Blum
Longtime Elyria area engineer Earl C. Smith dies at 96
Earl C. Smith, 96, of Elyria, died Sunday at Elyria United Methodist Village. Born in Freeland, Pennsylvania, he studied mechanical engineering at Pratt Institute and worked for Mack Truck Co in Allentown before moving to Elyria in 1963 to join Bendix’s engineering department. He retired in 1966 and held church and Masonic memberships. He is survived by a son, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and his wife Thelma. Services set at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Elyria village chapel with burial in Brookdale Cemetery. Memorials to Elyria United Methodist Village.
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Earl C. Smith
Elyria
Elyria United Methodist Village
Freeland
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Allentown
Mack Truck Co
Mr. Smith
Bendix
First United Methodist Church
Amity Lodge
F&am
Athens
Marshall Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Smith
Robert E
Aiken
D.C
Thelma D
Friends
Brian J. Smith
Stacy S. Terrell
Brookdale Cemetery
West Ave
Dicken
Rhea Maxwell Dies After Heart Attack in Lorain Visit
Rhea Maxwell, 81, of Brooksville, Fla, died Sunday in Lorain after a heart attack while visiting relatives. Visitation is 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at Gluvna Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway, Lorain. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the funeral chapel.
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Andrew Shlapak
Simi Valley
Calif
Lorain
Simi Vally Hospital
Gluyna
Broadway
Rhea Maxwell
Brooksville
Fla
Community Health Partners
Gluvna
Obituary notices for Eriks Anderson and Elizabeth Redachy
Eriks Anderson 82 of Vermilion died Sunday at Community Health Partners Lorain after a long career at Crompton Knowles. Latvian Army veteran, survived by wife Zelma, son Eriks, daughter Indra, five grandchildren, sister Martha, and brothers Edwin and Bruno. Visitation Wednesday at Riddle Funeral Home Vermilion with service Thursday at Latvian Lutheran Evangelical Church Lakewood. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery Vermilion. Elizabeth Redachy 74 of Elyria died Sunday at Community Health Partners Lorain after a short illness. Funeral details to be announced by Bauer Laubenthal Wainwright Funeral Home Elyria.
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Eriks Anderson
Community Health Partners
Lorain
Mr. Anderson
St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
Vermilion
Crompton/ Knowles
Latvian Lutheran Evangelical Church
Lakewood
Daugauvas Vanagi
Anderson
Zelma
Nee Birgelis) Anderson
Eriks
Sandusky
Indra Malloy
Martha Upmanis
Goteborg
Sweden
Elizabeth Redachy
Elyria
Bauer- Laubenthal-Wainwright Funeral Home
Chestnut Ridge Road
Death of British tycoon Roland Rowland at 80
Roland Tiny Rowland former Lonrho head and owner of The Observer died at the London Clinic at age 80 after skin cancer. He built a Rhodesia mining firm into a multibillion dollar empire and owned homes in Britain and Mexico and a Mediterranean yacht while vacationing with family when ill.
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Mediterranean
Island farm site linked to Ohio River Islands Refuge
The island near Manchester Ohio has four generations of family history in cantaloupe watermelon tobacco and corn. An eighth grade class visited to study old farming tools. Officials note a peach orchard and distillery once stood there and that the site saw Shawnee ambushes and explorers like Boone and Kenton. Preservation aims to keep it on the map for the next century.
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Manchester
Ohio
Henderson
Daniel Boone
Simon Kenton
Tom Bonetti
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
$20 Million Delay Threatens Toledo Jeep Plant Start
Toledo faces a potential delay in Chrysler’s Jeep assembly project as the city seeks an additional $20 million to acquire and prepare a 450 acre site housing 16 businesses. Overruns push incentives from $230 million to $250 million, with completion targeted for 2000 and full production in 2001.
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Toledo
Chrysler Corp
Jeep
Blade
Robert Reinbolt
Reinbolt
Chrysler
Sandusky sobriety checkpoint yields 30 arrests total
State Highway Patrol at Perkins Avenue arrested 6 for drunken driving 4 for underage drinking 1 for open container 2 unlicensed drivers 5 suspended licenses and 1 on a drug charge. Eleven others faced various charges. Average blood alcohol was 0.12 with 1,158 vehicles checked of 1,158. Checkpoint near Route 4. annual Sandusky post event.
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Sandusky
State Highway Patrol
Perkins Avenue
Peneston leads students to count wolves at night
At about 11 p.m. on a calm weeknight, Peneston and around a dozen students travel in a rickety van to remote forests to lure gray wolves into howling. They aim to locate dens and determine how many packs inhabit the area before June ends.
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Peneston
Lehman stores stock survival era gear in Ohio towns
The Lehman family operates stores in Kidron and Mount Hope packed with hand powered tools, stoves, and self cleaning toilets touted for post apocalyptic living. Kevin and Jay Lehman stress readiness and computer use while folk seek ready made necessities amid survivalist interest. Wolves study camp students howl in forest as instructor Peneston guides them through field lessons at night yielding pack responses and a memorable overnight ornithology trip.
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Lehman
Kidron
Mount Hope
Kevin Lehman
Sarah Bloch
Cleveland
Peneston
Karen Enterline
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