Area deaths and memorials across Ohio towns
The report lists several deaths from May to June across Lorain, Elyria, Wellington, Avon Lake, and Bay Village. Emily Kerstin Petras, 11, Bay Village, died after a May 30 horseback accident at Ashland Fairgrounds. Other notices include Mary Lowery, 76, Elyria, long illness. Waltrand Parks, 64, Elyria, three week illness. Norman Whiton, 67, Wellington, after months of illness. Joseph Andersen, 88, Avon Lake, death at St John Westshore Hospital. Percy Bowens Sr., 78, Lorain, former U S Steel employee and veteran. and other family memorials with service details and burial plans. Burial and service arrangements noted for several, including St. Raphael Church and local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Kerstin Petras
Bay Village
Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center
Ashland Fairgrounds
Elyria
Mary M. Lowery
Chaplar
Good Samaritan
Avon Friday
City
William
Eugene
Robert
Gerald
Gary
Daniel
David
Frank
North Ridgeville
Geraldine Nichols
Columbia Station
Judith Foehlinger
Columbia
Agnes Kaminski
Rose Meecha
Theresa Lowery
Irma McNulty
Irene Kress
Thomasville
Donald Lowery
Shirley McClure
Diane Lowery
Alex Chaplar
Elizabeth Krucinski
Waltrand
Trudy” Parks
Harold L
Perry L
Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch
Second St
Paul E. Janer, Pasor
Pamwoodhed
Wellington
Norman C. Whiton
Amherst
Mr. Whiton
Bendix
Wellington Vfw
Wellington Grange
Maxine
Sandra Robinson
Port Charlotte
Fla
Karen Weiland
Joann Smith
Curtis
Chillicothe
Joseph
Arthur
Spencer
Clifford Friend
Salisbury
Ronald Friend
Albuquerque
N.M
Avon Lake
Joseph Andersen
St. John & Westshore Hospital
Westlake
Lorain
Percy Bowens Sr
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Claiborne County
Miss
Bowens
Second Baptist Church
U.S. Steel Corp
Jeanette Bowens
Addie Bowens
Cora Bowens
Lula Chapman
Percy Jr
Commodore
Danie
Chicago
Addie Speed
James Yarborough
Hermanville
Mary
Brown Funeral Home
Broadway
27Th St
Second Pontist Church
Marc L. Neal
Resthaven Memory Garden Cemetery
Avon
Woman and daughter injured when car struck by truck
Esther Groner 42 and her daughter Elizabeth 14 were treated and released from Elyria Memorial Hospital after their 1991 Chevy Lumina was hit by a 1974 Ford Ranger at Route 113 and West Ridge Road. Rescue teams used the jaws of life to free them as the truck’s 18-year-old driver claimed braking failure due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Route 113
West Ridge Road
Jaws of Life
Esther Groner
Elizabeth
Tom Tansey
Death of liberal columnist Max Lerner at 89
Max Lerner a liberal syndicated columnist author educator and editor died Friday at Mount Sinai Hospital New York at age 89 after months of illness He had battled cancer for a decade and died of a stroke The Last column appeared in the New York Post on April 18 Born in Russia in 1902 Lerner came to the United States with his parents five years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Lerner
Lesner
Mount Sinai Hospital
Kelly Larkin
New York Post
Lerners
The
Post
Russia
United States
West River Road branch library planned with accessibility features
The new West River Road library branch will offer wheelchair accessible areas including a circulation desk and protected fire stairs with waiting wells. Construction bids start in August with a September start, at an estimated cost of about 3.7 million funded by a bond issue. The 31,000 square foot branch will hold about 40,000 books, staffed by 15 full time and 20 part time workers, and will integrate with the main library system rather than stand alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Barrier
West Avenue
Barker
Washington Avenue
West River Road
Burrier
Cleanup to start Monday on Elyria Township eyesores
Elyria Township begins first cleanup under a state law on Murray Ridge Road with hired crew, trustees, lawyers, and health officials present. Keefer property, including a burned house and several inoperable cars, will be cleared but cars remain on site. costs charged to Keefer’s tax duplicate. A second offender, Earl Kayser, has until Aug 1 to clean his Griswold Road property, with fines possible for continued neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Murray Ridge Road
Health Department
Ted Majoras
John Keefer
Majoras
Keefer
Kosma Glavas
Earl Kayser
Griswold Road
Elyria West High School
Kayser
Lorain County
Floyd Harris
Faymore castle fire remains a mystery
The blaze at a vacant castle-like house once owned by Dr. Leonard Faymore remained under investigation by Lorain County authorities. Police and the State Fire Marshal both paused probes without a definite cause and noted possible arson theories were considered but deemed unlikely. The site near Butter nut Ridge Road and Routes 10 and 57 features 36-foot concrete walls now at risk of collapse. The owner, a convicted federal drug offender, is serving a 40 year sentence in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton Twp
Leonard Fay More
Lorain
Faymore
Doctors Clinic
Chronicle-Telegram
Danbury
Conn
Butternut Ridge Road
Routes 10
T. Albert Thomas
Huron
Ternes
Road Work Delays West River Road in Elyria
Traffic will be reduced to a one lane temporary road on West River Road near the Route 2 overpass as crews replace a culvert dating from 1914 between Griswold and Schaden roads. Traffic signals will direct vehicles, with completion slated for early July. Detours posted for a second project on Verrnon Road in Henrietta Two, near Garfield Road, with a $231,943 budget and a June 19 finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West River Road
Elyria
Griswold
Schaden
Lorain County
Kenneth Carney
Vermilion Road
Henrietta Two
Garfield Road
Carney
Housing upturn hints at loan flood and boosts sales
Sexton notes improving vacancy rates will push banks to offer financing as home building rebounds nationwide. U.S. Housing Markets foresees a boomlet in 75 percent of states, projecting a 10 percent rise in permits to 830,000 in 1992. In Lorain County buyers pay 10k to 12k less than in nearby Cuyahoga, with low rates, affordable housing, and reduced crime driving pent up demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexton
U.S
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga
Open Door Christian and Oberlin graduation ceremonies held
At Open Door Christian School the eleventh class graduated with 16 National Honor Society members nine Presidential Academic Fitness award winners and Michael Gene Spencer the first physically challenged graduate. Spencer spoke of choosing the school for academics and faces his future with resilience. Oberlin graduation honored 90 students as Superintendent Edelsberg urged service and betterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Open Door Christian School
Michael Gene Spencer
Spencer
MDA
Oberlin
Charles M. Edelsberg
Edelsberg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bay Middle School
St. Raphael Catholic
Reichlin- Roberts
Cleveland
Joseph Wygand
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. Mary Cemetery
Trudy
L. Parks
Frankfurt
Germany
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Norton
Brighton
Western Reserve Horse Youth Group
So Speniyee Tybee Ec
Bjarne G. and
Ebbam Soderstrom
Glens Falls, NY
St. Raphael Catholic Church
Dover Center Rd
Zwilling Hall
Momgial Con Omuudds Odyoe
Metro West Kiwanis Charitable Foundation
Donald Bisesi
Leenders Lane
North Olmsted
Burmeister,Busch Family
Burmeister-Busch Family
BYME
Blackburn
Gratton vreHeed
Ctigene Krebs
Elyria Public Library
Don Barker
Burker
Cowrse & Associates
Elyria Two
Ginty
Eaton Township
Mel Ternes
Johnston
West River
Craig D. Koehler
Koehler
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jenny Thonen
Brett Rollins
Regan
Europe
Los Angeles
Rollins
Fatima Khalil
Jeff Mohrman
Claudia Mejak
Dorothy Leveck
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