Lorain cafe owner Frank Rigo dies at 87
Frank Rigo, 87, owner of Rigo's Cafe on Colorado Ave. Lorain, since 1932, died yesterday after a one week illness. He was born in Hungary and lived in Lorain since 1901. He held Lorain's first east side liquor license and served in World War I as a riveter. Survivors include his wife, children, and relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Frank Rigo
Rigo
Colorado Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Georgia Ave
American Ship Building Co
Kony
Gyor Megye
Hungary
Death notices from Elyria area include Cummons Otterbacher and Fisher
Dayton S Cummons 53 of 620 Furnace St Elyria died after a three month illness at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Retired Elyria fireman 21 years, WWII Army veteran, survived by Greta wife, Robert son, Dottie daughter, two grandchildren, father Roy T, services by Curtis-Scheuffler and Poling-St Clair firms. Rupert A Otterbacher 70 a long time Valley City area concessionaire died of heart attack at 1789 Abbeyville Rd. Survived by Grace wife, four sons Melvin Curtis Gerald Gaylord, two daughters Lois Gallappo Carol Morlock, a brother, 18 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services at Zion Lutheran Church Valley City. Marie Fisher 67 of 143 Bath St died after two car crash at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Former waitress at Mac's Restaurant, born in Pennsylvania, member of St. Agnes Church and Altar Rosary Society. Survives two sisters and a brother. Wake services at Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home.
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Kenneth A. Krueck
Reichlin
St. Agnes Church
Robert F. McCafferty
St. Mary Cemetery
Krueck
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Fairmont St
The
Tappan Co
St Agnes Credit Union
St. Agnes
Elyria
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Cecila
John
Thomas
James
George
Catherine
Mary Anne
Agnes
Christine
Karen
Evelyn Krueck
Joseph Dier
North Olmsted
Dayton S. Cummons
Furnace St
Mr. Cummons
Greta B
W. Va
Upshire County
Rupert A. Otterbacher
Medina Community Hospital
Abbeyville Rd
Valley City
Otterbacher
Medina County
Grace
Melvin
Medina
Curtis
Gerald
Gaylord
Florida
David
Lois) Gallappo
Wooster
Roger
Carol) Morlock
Missouri
Bauer Funeral Home
Valley Ity
Zion Lutheran Church
Church
Marie Fisher
Bath St
Curtis-Scheuffler
Calvary Cemetery
Lorain
Fisher
Mac’s
Pennsylvania
Altar and Rosary Society
Elizabeth Metroff
Regina Diedrick
Ravenna
Steve
Obituary of Bennie B. Boggan 69 of Lorain Ohio
Bennie B Boggan 69 of 5780 West Erie Ave Lorain died yesterday at Cleveland Clinic Hospital after a three month illness. A Ford Motor Co retiree of 42 years he worked in Memphis before joining the Lorain plant 16 years ago. Born in Lewisburg Mississippi he was a World War II Army veteran and member of Moose Lodge Ford Motor Retirees and Amherst American Legion. Surviving are his wife Nina nee King a brother Thomas of Memphis three sisters Irene Boggan Marguerite Faulk Katherine Rosenberger. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. at Reid Scanlan Funeral Home Lorain then body to Brantley Funeral Home Olive Branch Mississippi for services Wednesday burial in Boggan family cemetery Lewisburg Mississippi.
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Mike Rutar
Lorain-Cuyahoga
U.S Steel Corp
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Mr. Rutar
East 34Th St
Austria
Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
SDZ Lodge 21
St Aloysius Lodge No 6
Golden Agers
Eeaf
Mary
Michae
Lorayn
Daniel H. O'Malley
Edward
Lillian) Zieba
Lo- Tain
Yugoslavia
Emil Dovala
Funeral
SS Cyril. and Methodius Church
Calvary Cemetery
Bennie B. Boggan
West Erie Ave
Ford Motor Co
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Mr. Boggan
Memphis
Ford Motor
Amherst American Legion
Nina
King
Thomas
Tenn
Irene Boggan
Marguerite Faulk
Katherine Rosenberger
Toledo
Reidy-Scanlan
Brantley
Olive Branch
Miss
Boggan Family
Lewisburg
Death notices for Mindzak and Walter J in Ohio region
Michael Mindzak age 73 of Lorain died. Survived by wife Mary and daughters, visits at John R Devin Funeral Home. Services Tuesday at 9 30 am with divine liturgy at St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church. Burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Parastas Monday at 8 pm. Walter J. age unknown of South Amherst, survived by wife Ellen and children. Visitation at Hempel Funeral Home Amherst with rosary Monday 7 30 pm. Services Tuesday at 9 30 am at funeral home and 10 am at Nativity Catholic Church. Burial St Joseph Cemetery Amherst.
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Mindzak Michael
West 23Rd St
Lorain
Mary
Florence Michaels
Maryann Cowan
John R Devin
St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
Buriaisa Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Walter J . Age
West Main St
South Amherst
Ellen
Vincent
Ethel Lupe
Hempel Funeral Home
Amherst
Natty Catholic Church
St. Joseph Cemetery
In Memoriam for Adam F Zales Kil
In loving memory of Adam F Zales Kil who died one year ago on June 16 1974 The way he talked the smile he wore and the thousand things so dear We loved about him while he lived Haven't gone with him from here They're planted deep in memory's garden and watered daily with our tears To keep them ever fresh and vivid through all the coming years Sadly missed by Wife and Children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam F Zales
Kil
Schwiefert pleads guilty in area murder case
Norwalk Ohio Schwiefert 24 pleaded guilty to the January 27 murder of Kenneth Shaw and received a life sentence after a plea bargain reduced the charge from murder with a possible death penalty to aggravated murder. Parole possible after 15 years. Shaw, 34, was found stabbed in his car along Peru Center Road near Monroeville. Schwiefert, an escapee from Florida State Prison, was arrested hours later in Erie County.
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Norwalk
Mark Schwiefert
Kenneth Shaw
Huron County Common Pleas
Robert Smith
Schwiefert
William Owens
Peru Center Road
Monroeville
Shaw
Erie County
Eden
Indiana
Huron County
Florida State Road
LaBelle
Owens
Lorain Driver Hurt in Russia Two Crash
A Lorain man, Marcos M. Morales 21, was injured around 3:20 p.m. when he failed to stop at Russia and Oberlin roads, colliding with another car and striking a stop sign. Morales was treated at Opel Allen Memorial Hospital in fair condition. the other driver, George B. Ballet 55, was treated for minor injuries and Morales was cited for failure to yield the right of way.
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Russia
Oberlin
Marcos M. Morales
12Th St
Opel Allen Memorial
Morales
George B. Ballet
Cedar Point Hosts Retarded Citizens Day
Cedar Point will host a Retarded Citizens Day on June 27 drawing about 1000 Ohioans. Organized by the Ohio Association for Retarded Citizens with state mental health officials, the event is in its third year and will include a free picnic lunch, a performance by the Ohio State Pantomime Company, and a talk by Miss Ohio 1974 Lorrie Kapsta.
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Sandusky
Cedar Point
Ohio Association For
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Ohio State Pantomime Company
Lorrie Kapsta
Two men arrested after disturbance at The Corral club
In Olmsted Township two men, Ronald Richards and Charles Barr, both charged with disorderly conduct, were arrested in the parking lot after a disturbance inside The Corral nightclub on Cook Road. They faced arraignment in Berea Municipal Court. Earlier, Brian Coleman was arrested for disorderly conduct and assault after allegedly beating a parking lot attendant at The Corral.
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Olmsted Township
Corral
Cook Road
Ronald Richards
Baker St. N. Berea
Charles Barr
Cook Rd
Berea
Brian Coleman
Arlington Dr
North Olmsted
Regional transit officials schedule Berea meeting
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority officials announce a public meeting in Berea at 8 p.m. on Wednesday to back the July 22 tax vote. Dale Finley will present RTA plans at Boehm Junior High School, followed by Q and A as part of a broad publicity push to win support for the 1 percent sales tax.
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Berea
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Jack Kafer
Boehm Junior High
Pleasant Street
Dale Finley
Strong
Sville
Kafer
Pair faces arraignment after cycle chase and shooting
NORTH OLMSTED Two men, John Bonds 18 and Charles Morgan 28, were to be arraigned in Rocky River Municipal Court on theft charges tied to a motorcycle theft at Horizon West Apartments. The chase ended at Westgate Shopping Center. a 7.65 mm handgun was found in Bonds’s car as police investigated a shooting near the Ohio Bell garage on Lorain Road.
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North Olmsted
Rocky River Municipal Court
John Bonds
W. Royalton Rd
Broadview Hts
Charles Morgan
105Th St
Cleveland
Horizon West Apartments
Brookpark Rd
Bonds
Morgan
Westgate Shopping Center
Ohio Bell
Lorain Road
Bond
Arson Probable In North Olmsted Fire Damage
North Olmsted authorities investigated a Saturday morning blaze on Louann Drive causing an estimated 50000 in damage to two houses under construction by D. J. Caldwell Building Co. Lt. Jack Van Duren said arson could not be ruled out as investigators talked with residents and prepared samples for the State Police laboratory.
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North Olmsted
Louann Drive
State
Avc Marshal's Laboratory
Jack van Duren
North Olmsted Fire Department
K Mart Named In $150000 Suit
Rosella Gibbons of Avon filed four lawsuits in Lorain County Common Pleas against K Mart and mower manufacturers over a June 14 1973 incident in which a lawnmower malfunction fractured her right leg and caused injuries purchased at a K Mart store on Trinity Court Avon Ohio named defendants and claims total $150000.
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Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Rosella Gibbons
Trinity Ct
Avon
K Mart
Eall Speeraag
New trial motion overruled in wrongful death suit
A motion for a new trial in the $500,000 wrongful death case against Dr. Thomas E Williams was overruled by Lorain Floyd D Harris today. Edward P. Cihla, executor of Louise Williams, filed after a jury verdict of 5,000 against Williams. The suit cites Louise Williams death on February 13, 1972 following ruptured appendix treatment.
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Thomas E. Williams
Lorain County
Dr. Illiams
Cuba
Ellis Brannon
Cleveland
Setae Elyria Memorial birth notice and addresses
A son to Mr and Mrs Randy SEOUANS at 318 East Bridge t. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert MCCLAIN at 141 Lowell St. Claude SYATT at 6315 Olive St North Ridgeville. June 15 A son to Mr and Mrs Leonard MARSH at 313 Stanford Ave.
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Randy Seouans
East Bridget
Robert McClain
Lowell St
Claude Syatt
Olive St
North Ridgeville
Leonard Marsh
Stanford Ave
La Place gallery opens under new co op name
La Place Community Arts Co operative at 102 Washington Ave opens today showcasing works by local artists. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. Interested artists can obtain joining information at the gallery.
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la Place Community Arts Co-operative
Jackson Square Art Gallery
Washington Ave
Co-Op
Armed pair robs custodian at Emerald Woods Golf Course
Two men believed armed woke 76 year old custodian Larry D. Taeux at Emerald Woods Golf Course on Boone Road around 2:30 am and robbed him of more than 150 dollars. Lieux, the custodian, did not see a gun and was unsure whether the robbers fled by car or on foot.
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Columbia
Emerald Woods
Larry D. Taeux
Boone Road
Lorain County
Lieux
Summer camp help sought volunteers needed in Amherst
Volunteers aged 16 and older are sought to assist at a summer camp for children aged 4 to 10 at the Rehabilitation Center of Lorain County. Those interested should attend a meeting from 10 a.m. to noon at the Rehabilitation Center, 150 Erie St. Amherst.
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Amherst
Rehabilitation Center of
Lorain County, Inc
Erie St
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