Obituaries from Elyria Area Include Opdyke and Perez Deaths
A roundup of death notices and funeral details for Elyria area residents. Tramies A Opdyke, 89, long served US Steel Lorain, survived by daughter Fern Sedensky and extended family. services in Elyria with burial in Brookdale. Connie Frances Perez, 18, Lorain native, perished in an apartment fire with funeral arrangements pending. Judith Mather, 62, Vermilion resident, served as church secretary with burial in Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Margaret Lilley, 96, Elyria native, died at Amherst Manor with services at Brookdale. Grace Walker, 69, Grafton, funeral in Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in LaPorte Cemetery. Catherine Kelling, 91, Elyria, funeral and mass details. Numerous other survivors and service arrangements listed for local families.
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Lorain
Elyria
Opdyke
U.S. Steel Corporation
USX
Fern Sedensky
Mr. Opdyke
Ida
Hugh
Danny
Reichlin-Roberts
Brookdale Cemetery
Animal Protective League
Connie Frances Perez
Elyria High School
Diane Geres Perez
Angel T. Perez
Steven Geres
Vermilion
Angel Perez
Bill Philllips
Jose Davila
Bonnie Davila
Judith . Mather
Lorain Community Hospital
Warren
Kent
Georgianne Stein
Chardon
Penelope Stratton
Swampscot
Mass
Pearl Rohrbach
Riddle Funeral Home
Darrell G. Ovak
Ridge Hill
Grace N. Walker
Bruce
Grafton
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mark Viets
LaPorte Cemetery
Walker
Catherine A. Kelling
Lehman
Elyria Memorial Hospital
North Ridgeville
Kelling
St. Mary Catholic Church
Joan Kerecz
Avon
Joseph
Albert
Stella DeChant
Julius
Allen
Ruth Sittinger
Carl
Arthur Lehman
Death notices for Roy Avil and Ferdinand Lorain
Two Lorain residents Roy Avil age 74 and Ferdinand Lorain age 79 are listed in death notices. Roy Avil is survived by wife Mildred and daughter Betty Posey with services at Hempel Funeral Home Amherst and burial at Ridgeham Memorial Park Lorain. Ferdinand Lorain is survived by wife Amalia and daughters Antoinette Long and Elizabeth Salliwell with visiting at Joan R Devin Funeral Home Lorain and services at St Vites Catholic Church followed by burial at Calvary Cemetery Lorain.
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St. Mary Catholic Church
Dan Dutkofsi
St. Peter Cemetery
North Ridgeville
Auvil Roy
Lorain
Mildred 1
Rowan
Betty Posey
Hempel Funeral Home
Amherst
Ridgeham Memorial Park
Ferdinand
Fred
Amalia
Oberlin Admits Hopefuls Turn to Promotion Tactics
Oberlin College observes a rise in self promotional efforts by applicants as enrollment targets shrink. Prospective students submit artwork postcards and homemade videos to impress admissions staff while the college planned freshman caps drop to 650 for the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Valerie Raines Bell
Bell
Ross Peacock
Firelands High marks merger with two towns in grads
Firelands High School held its first graduation after merging with South Amherst, with 148 graduates and a theme of coming together. Class speaker Matthew Stempowski praised the unity, while valedictorian Connie Warren and salutatorian Holly Sommerville posted GPAs of 3.86 and 3.84 respectively. Reverend Phil Corr delivered the invocation and benediction.
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Henrietta Township
Firelands High School
South Amherst
Matthew Stempowski
Darrell Phillips
Phil Corr
Corr
St. John United Church of Christ
Henrietta United Church of Christ
Sally Buckner
Connie Warren
Holly Sommerville
Lorain Fire Deaths Under Scrutiny For Homicide Link
Police and fire officials investigate a Washington Avenue blaze in Lorain that killed Harold Fleming aged 45 and Connie Perez aged 19. Two bodies were found in a second floor bedroom of a three story triplex. autopsy results and cause of the fire are pending early next week.
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Lorain
Washington Avenue
Harold Fleming
Connie Perez
Police raid on Fuller Rd crack house nets two arrests
Elyria police and METRO raid a Fuller Road home early Friday arresting Sandra M. Larkins 39 of 402 Fuller Rd Elyria and Carl L. Moore 34 of 1322 W 22nd St Lorain on drug abuse charges. Confiscated items included crack making tools white powders and smoking gear sent to the Lorain County Crime Lab for testing. Larkins gave a taped statement linking the items to drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Metropolitan Enforcement Group
Fuller Road
Sandra M. Larkins
Carl L. Moore
22Nd St
Lorain
Elyria Municipal Court
Larkins
Lorain County
Elyria Man 23 Arrested On Drug Trafficking Warrant
Elyria police arrested Christopher Carey 23 of 134 Valley Forge Circle on an aggravated drug trafficking warrant issued by a secret Grand Jury indictment. Carey was found in the Jackson parking lot on Broad Street at 2 11 a.m. Saturday and held in the county jail in lieu of a $10 000 cash bond.
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Elyria
Christopher Carey
Valley Forge Circle
Carey
Jackson
Broad Street
Man charged with drug trafficking in Elyria
Elyria police hold 49 year old Raymond Smith on aggravated drug trafficking charges. Bond revoked, trial set in Lorain County Common Pleas Court after he was followed from a suspected crack house on East Avenue and Howe Street. A traffic stop revealed an outstanding felony drug warrant.
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Elyria
Raymond Smith
Lorain County Common Pleas
Smith
Metropolitan Enforcement Group
East Avenue
Howe Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Traries
A. Opdyke
Tramies A. Opdyke
Connie Frances
Perez
John R. Devin
Judith E. Mather
Margaret H. Lilley
Amherst Manor Nursing Home
Oden Haynes
LaPorte United Methodist Church
Walker Services
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Elyria Area
Laubenthal-DeCarlo Funeral Home
Washington Ave
Altar and Rosary Society
Todd M. Romain
Joe DiMaggio
Firelands Graduation
Alana Baranick
Stempowski
Robert Thomas
Laubenthal - DeCarlo Funeral Home
Bauer - Laubenthal - Wainwright
Chestnut Ridge Rd
Fuller Rd
Elyria Man
Dicken Funeral Home
Dicken
Jose
Nat
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