Bowling champion Francis J Weisbarth dies at 74
Francis J Weisbarth 74 of North Ridgeville died Saturday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a 10 day stay. A Penn Central Bowling League member, he helped a national championship team win the 1975 National Industrial Tournament in Dayton and bowled in other tours. A NY Central and Penn Central yardmaster for 50 years, he retired in 1968. Surviving: wife Martha, a stepdaughter Barbara McGovern, two grandchildren, a brother Philip of Geneva. Service details listed. burial planned in Unionville Cemetery.
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Francis J. Weisbarth
Grant Dr
North Ridgeville
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Penn Central
Dayton
Peterston
Chicago
Weisbarth
New York Central
Penn Central Railroad
Union Terminal
Cleveland
St. Peter Church
United Yardmasters Union
Martha
Barbara McGovern
Indianapolis
Ind
Philip
Geneva
Ohio
Margaret
Friends Wall
Bogner
Robert M. Duffy
Buriz
Unionville
Madison
Obituary notices for Irvin Koons, Nicholas Mancini, and Katherine V
Irvin J Koons 80 of 5638 Mills Creek Lane North Radgeville. Surviving Richard Slayback daughters Mrs Tene Lines Mrs Norene Speckhart Mrs Elaine Carl and Mrs Loretta Raeburn. Wake 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Monday John R Devin Funeral Home Lorain. Service Tuesday 1 p.m. Burial Ridgehill Memorial Park Cemetery American Legion Post 30 to conduct military rites. Nicholas H Mancini Sr 87 of Lorain. Surviving Helen wife a son Nicholas Jr daughters Mrs Joyce Droz dowski and Mrs Connie k mother Mrs Jenny Mancini two brothers and three sisters. Wake 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Monday Dombrowski Funeral Home Lorain. Wake service Monday 7 p.m. Services Tuesday 9:40 a.m. in funeral home and 10 a.m. in St Anthony Church. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Katherine V 71 130 Eric St Elyria. Wake Monday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Curtis Schechsler Funeral Home. Services 1:20 p.m. Tuesday. Burial Brookdale Cemetery.
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Koons Irvin J
Mills Creek Lane
North Radgeville
Richard Slayback
Tene Lines
Norene Speckhart
Elaine Carlson
Loretta Raeburn
John R. Devin
Lorain
Ridgehill Memorial Park Cemetery
American Legion Post
St. Anthony Church
Calvary Cemetery
Katherine V
Eric
Mrs Bessie G Dean 65 Lorain resident dies after illness
Mrs Bessie G Dean 65 of 327 Dayton Ave Lorain died Sunday at St Joseph Hospital after a two year illness. Born in Garrison Kentucky she retired from Lorain Tower Co in 1963 and belonged to Free Pentecostal Church. Survived by sisters Ollie Prater Mary McNelly Hazel Parker Nora Justice. brothers Charles Horner Edward Horner. Husband preceded her in death. Services at Reidy Scanlan Funeral Home Lorain today 7 9 pm and tomorrow 2 pm officiated by Rev Glen Ball Elmwood Cemetery pending.
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Bessie G. Dean
Dayton Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Dean
Garrison
Lorain Tower Co
Free Pentecostal Church
Lawrence
Ollie) Prater
Amherst
Mary MecNelly
New Boston
Ohio
Delmar
Hazel) Parker
Southerville
Nora Justice
Crisville
Charles Horner
Edward Horner
Vermilion
Reidy - Scanlan
Glen Ball
Elmwood Cemetery
Obituary for Max M Suppes of Elyria at 89
Max M Suppes, 89, of 148 Overbrook Rd died at home Sunday morning. Born in Johnstown PA he lived in Elyria 80 years and belonged to First Congregational. He attended Har strom School Phillips Exeter Yale and worked at American Radiator Standard Sanitary Co until retirement. Surviving are daughter Martha Battin, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Preceded by wife Florence Wick Suppes May 7 1979 daughter Barbara Keil grandson John Keil two brothers and two sisters. Family services Tuesday at home with Rev Marmaduke. Burial Lakeview Cemetery Cleveland. Memorials may go to First Congregational Church or Elyria Memorial Hospital. Harold Dicken Funeral Home supervised arrangements.
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Max M. Suppes
Overbrook Rd
Johnstown
Elyria
First Congregational Church
Harstrom School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Yale University
American Radiator Standard Sanitary Co
Francis Spragg
Martha) Battin
Florence Wick Suppes
Barbara Suppes Keil Easton
John Suppes Keil
Ronald K. Marmaduke
Lakeview Cemetery
Cleveland
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Edward P. Riley
Sea Island
TRW, Inc
Kathryn L. Riley
Boston
Mass
John E. Riley
Dennis
Mary Conrad
Hazel P
Corrigan
Lorain Avenue
208Th Street
Fairview Park
St. Christopher's Church
Detroit Rd
Rocky River
Lakewood Park Cemetery
Vandals Break 284 Windows at Western Reserve High
A Huron County deputy found extensive damage at Western Reserve High School near Wakeman after a burglar alarm. Vandals shattered about 284 windows, roughly 85 percent of the school’s panes, prompting a reward for information leading to arrests.
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Huron County Sheriff's
Western Reserve High School
Wakeman
Rt. 20
John Kenney
Horvitz family fight opens in Cleveland probate court
Opening statements in Cleveland probate court begin a high stakes dispute among heirs and trustees over the Horvitz empire valued around 150 million dollars. Harry Horvitz asserts brothers William and Leonard and lawyer Kane improper conduct to sideline him and divert family assets, including newspaper holdings and real estate ventures, to unrelated ventures.
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Horvitz
Cleveland
Jimmy Carter
Harry Horvitz
Samuel A. Horvitz
Joseph J. Nahra
Lorain Journal
Willoughby
Mansfield
Dover
New Philadelphia
Troy
N.Y
William D
Leonard C. Horvitz
Francis E. Kane
Carter
Emerald Valley Country Club
Florida
Kane
William
Leonard
Adristee
Harry
Nahra
AmShip halts talks as wage price appeal looms
AmShip division spokesmen say no further negotiations with striking unions until the wage price guidelines are settled. The company cites a pending federal appeal of a court ruling that found the guidelines illegal. Boilermakers Local 358 leader says the move pressures the largest union, while affiliated carpenters and electricians ratified Steinbrenner's offer before it was withdrawn. The firm may move operations to Litton's Erie shipyard as plans continue.
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Lorain — Company
American Ship Building Co
AmShip
Council On Wage and Price Stabilization
Carter
Boilermakers Local 358
Steinbrenner
Boilermaker
Paul Blanchette
Carpenters
The
Electricians
Blanchette
Erie, Pa
Litton Corp
Obituary notices from Lorain area include Riley Taylor Rose and Bishop
Obituary notices from Lorain area report Edward P. Riley 69 of Sea Island Georgia died at home, survived by daughter Kathryn and son John, with funeral arrangements at Corrigan's and burial at Lakewood Park. Marguerite Taylor 65 of Vero Beach died at home, memorial service June 11 in Florence, donations to cancer or heart groups. Barbara Marsh Rose 23 of Hollywood died in Los Angeles after short illness, survived by husband and family. Eva New Bishop 80 of Lorain died after long illness, survived by five daughters and 23 grandchildren, services in Ashland Kentucky. Reichlin Cooley Funeral Home listed.
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Eva New Bishop
Broadway
Lorain
Bishop
Ronald
Curtis
Strongsville
Donald
Edith) Hall
Sarah Walters
Garden City
Mich
Opal Marley
Hawthorne
Calif
Clarence
Kathleen) Litteral
Ballard
Edith) Pennington
Ashland
Jesse
Reichlin-Cooley Funeral Home
Arrests Expected in South Amherst High School Vandalism
Police expect to arrest two individuals in connection with roughly 500 dollars in damage to the South Amherst High School sign. Authorities say the suspects climbed onto the roof Tuesday night to pry six metal letters from the sandstone building.
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South Amherst
South Amherst High School
Thomas Shizek
Incorrect identification of students in Art in the Park program
Sun day Chronicle Telegram corrects the error naming Windsor Elementary students Susan Marsho and Kirk Sprankle instead of Roosevelt. The Art in the Park II event took place Saturday with masks created by the Windsor students.
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Chronicle Telegram
Susan Marsho
Kirk Sprankle
Windsor Elementary
Roosevelt
May births and greetings in local households
May announcements list births and relatives in Lorain Elyria Wellington Vermilion and surrounding areas. Names include CEKALO Burt Twin ing Smith Butler Manderville Johnson Jones Shinsky Sword Patterson Rucker Rowe Fox Ward Pelc Thurman May 28 Avon Seville. Local families share heartfelt welcomes for daughters and sons born to multiple couples and guardians.
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William Cekalo
Lorain
James Burt
Elyria
Raymond Twining
Wellington
Terrence Smith
Amy Butler
David Manderville
Gas rag ignites man burned in North Ridgeville
A Pleasant Street man, Dave Rakovan, was treated and released after suffering first and second degree burns when a gasoline soaked cleaning rag ignited. Fumes from the rag near a water heater set the cloth aflame. firefighters arrived before 3 p.m. to extinguish the blaze.
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North Ridgeville
Pleasant Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Dave Rakovan
Pleasant St
Robert Dreger
Rakovan
Dreger
Avon Lake editor charged in sex offenses
Avon Lake man Lawrence Hillock, 44, of 112 Inwood Blvd, is held in Lorain County jail on $10,000 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing on two felony counts of gross sexual imposition. He also faces a misdemeanor count of sexual imposition in Avon Lake Municipal Court, with no pleas entered and a 60 day continuance granted. felony charges proceed to the grand jury. Hillock is listed as assistant city editor and public service editor for the Lorain Journal.
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Avon Lake
Lorain County
Lawrence Hillock
Inwood Blv
Hillock
Lorain Journal
New London High School Holds 98th Commencement
New London High School awarded diplomas to 44 girls and 47 boys at Recreation Park in a ceremony for about 500 guests. Honorary degree went to Johan Svensson from Sweden. Valedictorian Steven Baker urged lifelong learning as graduates celebrated with cap tossing.
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Recreation Park
Johan Svensson
Rotary
Sweden
Karen Coey
Steven Baker
Toddler in fair condition after street accident
A 2 year old Elyria boy, Robert Brunner, was struck by a car on Longfellow Street while playing and listed in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital. The driver, Jean Clark, 42, of Jamestown Avenue, could not see the child due to a semitruck parked nearby. no charges were filed.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Longfellow Street
Robert Brunner
Longfellow St
Jean Clark
Jamestown Ave
Vermilion Woman In Fair Condition After Crash
Judith L. Caskey, 23, of Vermilion, is in fair condition at Lorain Community Hospital after her car left the road, hit a mailbox, and struck a tree head on near the Middle Ridge and Baumhardt intersection around 2 a.m. Sunday. No other vehicles were involved.
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Lorain Community Hospital
Judith L. Caskey
Claremont Rd
Lorain County
Sheriff's Department
Caskey
Middle Ridge
Baumhardt
Kenders death ruled suicide in parking lot shooting
Lorain County Coroner William Kishman ruled the Friday death of 52 year old former Steelworkers Union official Joseph Kender a suicide. He shot himself in the head with a shotgun while seated in his car in a lot behind the professional building at 199 N Leavitt Rd Amherst.
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Amherst
Lorain County
William Kishman
Steelworkers Union
Joseph Kender
Kender
N. Leavitt Rd
Vandals strike Amherst home in weekend attack
Amherst police report vandals broke through a side door of a vacationing couple's home Saturday or Sunday, smashing a television, stereo, china cabinet and three guns. Drawers and closets were ransacked, food spilled from a freezer, and authorities withhold the couple’s names while relatives in Canada are traced.
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Amherst
Canada
Martin estate appraised at 131819 dollars in Elyria
Helen Josephine Martin an Elyria resident died December 29 leaving an estate appraised at 131819 dollars An inventory filed in probate court lists securities and other intangibles at 36019 dollars and real estate at 95800 dollars The will allocates 20500 dollars in specific bequests and the remainder to the Animal Protective League of which she was a member Francis M McDonald serves as administratrix of the estate
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Helen Josephine Martin
Elyria
Miss Martin
Second St
Animal Protective League
Francis M. McDonald
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