Area deaths recount Lorain residents and long careers
Obituaries from Lorain list Natale Gallo 100, longtime U S Steel boiler operator, Mary his wife of 72 years, and survivors. Other death notices include Joseph Schiffman 66, Purple Heart veteran. Elizabeth Szantay an Andorka bowling lanes operator. Fred Tate 82 retired GM engineer. James L Barta 70 former American Standard welder. Lois Parsons 90 Vermilion resident. Elbert Smith 70 Budson Florida. Manfred Manichl 58 Amherst. Elmer Bonkowski family and others. Funeral and church services details given for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natale T. Gallo
Lorain
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Bovalino
Italy
U.S. Steel
Cuyahoga
St. Peter Catholic Church
Mary
Teresa Gerrick
Sam Gallo
Dombrowski
Joseph C. Step
Calvary Cemetery
Joseph Schiffman
St. Joseph Hospital
Mingo Junction
Schiffman
South Pacific
Klein’s Men's Store
Agudath B'nai Israel Synagogue
Elizabeth Szantay
Andorka
Frank Andorka
Hank
Jim
B.J
Fred S. Tate
Hamilton St
Wellington
Wellington Community Hospital
Philadelphia
General Motors
Brook Park Parma
Mildred
Bonnie Casper
Cowling
James L. Barta
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
Barta
American Standard Co
St. Mary Church
Louise
Robert
Nancy) Schindler
David
Katherine) Highley
Brecksville
James F
Joseph Wiegand
St. Mary Cemetery
DeCarlo Funeral Home
Elbert Jacob Smith
Budson
Fla
North Olmsted
Sheffield Lake
Florida
Smith
McDowell Wellman Engineering
Michael A
Jeffrey E
Daniel R
Ronn D
Judith L. Strong
Denver
Colo
Sharon L. Borer
Cynthia M. Smith
Deborah J. Buchbinder
Solon
Richard Smith
California
Shirley
Mary Ellen
Adrian
Sun City
Ariz
Marge
St. Petersburg
Dorothy
North Ridgeville
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Grafton
American Cancer Society
Walter A. Frey
Theodore W. Bonkoski
Cleveland Clinic
Vermilion
Bonkoski
Jehovah’s Witnesses
United Garage Doors
Mary L
Panchyshyn
Anthony C
Leo G. Gargus
South Amherst
Jerry
Nancy) Butdorf
Aspen Park
Edward Bonkowski
Herman Nowicki
Stephen Nowicki
Amherst Residents Oppose Forest Hill Westchester Link
Amherst residents from Forest Hill and Westchester drive spoke to the City Council to oppose connecting their dead end streets. A barrier and private property separate the subdivisions, with residents citing safety and privacy concerns and a petition signed by 73 households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Forest Hill
Westchester
Forest Hill Drive
Middle Ridge Road
Elyria Avenue
Barl Kane
John Jaworski
DeLuca Resigns After First Day Turmoil at North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville School Superintendent Kenneth A. DeLuca recalls Aug. 6 1982 as his first day on the job marked by a $1.9 million deficit and no contract with teachers or staff. He stunned the audience by submitting a resignation letter after Monday’s board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ridgeville
Kenneth A. DeLuca
DeLuca
Board of Education
Two Oberlin men charged with rape
Kevin L. Thomas and Vincent Todd Alston, both Oberlin residents, were arrested Monday and charged with rape and aggravated burglary in a case involving a 14 year old girl at her South Pleasant Street home. The couple remained jailed on $20,000 bond each with arraignment set for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
South Pleasant Street
Kevin L. Thomas
South Park St
Vincent Todd Alston
S. Pleasant St
Allen Memorial Hospital
Lorain County
Oberlin Municipal Court
Alston
Oberlin High School
Lakeland
Judge cancels hearings on Blue Cross bid plan
A Cuyahoga County judge ordered permanent cancellation of Ohio Department of Insurance hearings where eight area hospitals appealed 1985 Blue Cross contract denials. Allen Memorial Hospital Oberlin and Wellington Community Hospital were among the appellants. The four page ruling preserves the 1985 contracts and voids the Blue Cross bidding plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross
Oberlin
Cuyahoga County
Ohio Department of Insurance
Blue Shield
Ohio
Judge allows polygraph tests in Oberlin assault case
In Lorain County Ohio the trial of three Oberlin men charged with sexually assaulting a babysitter was postponed to permit all defendants and the alleged victim to undergo lie detector testing. Jeffrey Isom 18 Darrin White 23 and Jessah Williams 23 face charges including attempted rape felonious sexual penetration kidnapping and aggravated menacing. The alleged Jan 1 attack occurred while the woman babysat at an undisclosed Oberlin residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Oberlin
Vic Gm
Lorain County Common
Pieas Court
Floyd D. .I
Jeffrey Isom
W. Lincoln St
Feloni
Ous
Darrin White
Lincoln St
Jessah Williams
Hamilton Road
Steven Dodrill
Florida
Joseph Cirigliano
Dodrill
Elio Zerbini
Ocala
Fla
Lorain County
Davis-Besse plant shut down for two weeks amid pump failure
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station will be shut down at least two weeks as Toledo Edison and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigate why water pumps failed. The incident was labeled an unusual incident, the least serious of four emergency classifications. One main feed water pump stopped, followed by the second, prompting startup of back-up pumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Davis- Besse
Toledo Edison
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Kelly Farr
Guyton’s Brother Beaten and Robbed by Suspects, Police Say
Ronald Guyton, 30, brother of convicted killer Ernest Guyton Jr., reported he was beaten stabbed and robbed by three men he had been riding with earlier Monday night in Amherst. He was listed in fair condition at Amherst Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Ernest Guyton Jr
Ronald Guyton
W. 24Th St. Lorain
Oberlin rally planned by foes of contra aid
An Oberlin group opposing any U S aid to rebels plans a Wednesday rally in front of U S Rep Don Pease's Oberlin office. A man was found with stab wounds and a fractured wrist after a robbery and beating in a car near North Ridge Road and Route 58, with police investigating and the victim identifying one assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
U.S
Don Pease
D-Oberlin
Tal
North Ridge Road
Route 58
Guyton
Dan Jasinski
Police log fragment reports multiple incidents
A jumble of entries notes a 737 pm oven fire on Mocks Lane with moderate smoke in apartment 316, a 3 45am break in at Jux 235, a purse incident at Park Ave, a grease fire near 606 St Ave, and a fence fire behind a fire station on Cedar St. Fire crews responded and extinguished each blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mocks Lane
Purse
Park Ave
St Ave
Cedar St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lois B. Parsons
Vermilion Manor
Brantford
Ontario
Canada
Bradenton
Parsons
United Church of Christ Congregational
Madeleine
Order of Eastern Star
Charles
Elma) Preur
Cecil Moyer
Ludington
Mich
Vernon Moyer
Ravenna
Maple Grove
Louis Bartoni
Ritter Public Library
Riddle Funeral Home
Manfred Manichl
Veterans Administration Hospital
Earl H. Mellenbrook
Boynton Beach
Olmsted Falls
Berea
Mellenbrook, Folley & Scott
Treva Smith
Frank G. Durst
Forest Hill- Westchester
Westches
Safety Service
Joe Kohart
Kohart
Lee Griffith
Westchester Drive
Griffith
Steve Fogarty
C-T
State Loan Board
John Porter
Carroll
Oks
Davis-Besse
Davis Besse
Bogner
Midway Square Shopping Center
Berard Bae
Ormatan
Amor
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