Elyria Area Obituaries Note Deaths and Services
Several Elyria area residents died after illnesses. Frank J. Green, 76, of Oberlin, died at Allen Memorial Hospital. services set at Cowling Funeral Home with burial in Coral Cemetery. Clarence W. Stang, 67, of North Ridgeville, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. services at Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Joseph Victor, 73, at Oak Hills Nursing Home, died at St Joseph Hospital. arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home. Edmund J. Mittendorf, 64, of Avon, died at St Joseph Hospital. services at St Mary Church Avon with burial in St Mary Cemetery. Burial details and wake services listed. multiple survivors noted for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Green
Oakland St
Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital
Mr. Green
Indiana
Clarksfield
Clarence W. Stang
Otten
North Ridgeville
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain
Stang
Lorain County
Beatrice L
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
G. Russel Hargate
Evergreen Cemetery
Westlake
Joseph Victor
Oak Hills Nursing Home
St. Joseph Hospital
Hempel Funeral Home
Ambherst
Death notices from Wellington and nearby areas
James Dillon aged 69 of 11042 South Main Wellington dies survived by wife Dreama, daughters Ada Tucker Millie Pratt sons James and Roger and siblings. Visitation Tuesday Curtis E Truman Funeral Home Wellington service Wednesday 2 30 p.m. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Stella C Tillman 53 of 705 Wayne St. survives seven sons and three daughters with visits at Brown Funeral Home and Unity Baptist Church before Thursday church service and Brookdale Cemetery burial. Randy M Ignatz 20 of 43727 Stang Road Elyria survived by parents Esther Lloyd, sister Rhonda brother Michael grandmother, with visitation and Tuesday prayer service at Bittner DeCarlo Funeral Home. Julius H age 79 of RD J Indian Hollow Rd Grafton survived by wife Eleanor sister Mary Mason brother Harmon, visitation Tuesday Wainwright Funeral Home, service Wednesday 1 20 p.m. burial Ridgelawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
South Main St
Wellington
Dreama
Ada Tucker
Millie Pratt
Roger
Curtis E. Truman
Greenwood Cemetery
J. B
Stella C
Wayne St
Finis
Herbert
Gordon
Robert
Raymond
Ronald
Donald Tillman
Bertha West
Delores Holston
Ella Tillman
Phyllis
Victoria Lacey
Mary Tillman
Brown's
Lorain
Unity Baptist Church
Fuller Rd
Brookdale Cemetery
Randy M
Stang Road
Elyria
Lloyd
Esther) Ignatz
Rhonda
Michael
Michael Ignatz
Bittner - DeCarlo Funeral Home
Ednesay
Julius H
RD. J. Indian Hollow Rd
Grafton
Eleanor
Mary Mason
Harmon
Wainwright Funeral
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Mrs. Elsie A. Tompkins obituary notice
Mrs Elsie A Tompkins 78 of 433 Louisiana Ave Elyria survived by sons Norman Chester and Walter C and daughter Leona Visitation at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m Services 11 a m Wednesday at St John s Lutheran Church Burial in Ridgelawn Memorials to St John s Lutheran Church Building Fund requested
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie A
Louisiana Ave
Elyria
Norman R
Chester G
Walter C
Leona Tompkins
Sudro - Curtis
St. John's Lutheran Church
Ridgelawn
St. John’s Lutheran Church Building Fund
Walter I Frankoviak obituary notice in Elyria
Walter I Frankoviak age 47 of 38 Rockfern Ave Elyria survived by brother Martin and sisters Frances Novak Helen Malanowski and Stella Cebula. Visitation Monday and Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at Golds Camp Funeral Home Elyria. Funeral Wednesday 9 AM at the funeral home and 9:30 AM at Holy Cross Church. Burial at St Mary's Cemetery. Rosary Tuesday 9 PM at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter I
Rockfern Ave
Elyria
Martin
Frances Novak
Helen Malanowski
Stella Cebula
Goldscamp
Holy Cross Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
False arrest forms basis for lawsuit at Lorain store
Kerry Lewis of Lorain filed a $175,000 suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court against North Central Ohio Convenient Food Mart Inc and store officials Howard Townsend and William Kish. He says, on December 31, he was accused of stealing and armed robbery while shopping at 2239 Leavitt Rd. He was held by the manager, taken to police headquarters, fingerprinted and photographed, and detained about 2 1/2 hours before release, suffering shock and humiliation. Damages sought include $75,000 plus $100,000 in punitive damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convenient Food Mart
Leavitt Rd
Lorain
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Kerry Lewis
West
23Rd St
North Central
Ohio Convenient Food Mart Inc
Howard Townsend
William Kish
Lewis
Briefcase phones Dallas Company pitches auto briefcase phone
A Dallas firm unveiled an automatic briefcase telephone that it says could someday replace car phones, signaling a new handheld communications idea for on the move users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Card of Thanks from Several Families in Bereavement
The families express deep gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for sympathy and acts of kindness during illness and death. Special thanks to clergy doctors nurses funeral home pallbearers soloists and floral donors for extra services and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azell
Marie Tarrant
Capt
Muir
Todd
John Todd
Ruthie Burns
van Goshen
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Herman D. Tarrant
John L
Pauline) Hruby
John L. Hruby
Patricia Cricks
Stuart Stevens
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gerald Cricks
Mac McCroskey
Patricia Mac Gapilandt
Gretchen Beal
Mgr Ross
North Olmsted seeks 17 mill school levies this fall
North Olmsted voters face a 7 mill request for education plus a renewal of a 9.4 mill levy to support a proposed 1972 budget of over 7.2 million dollars. The plan hinges on state funding and includes restored busing for students living one and a half to two miles from schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Olmsted
Allen E. Dorris
Five more arrests at Lorain Lakeview Park scene
Lorain police arrested a 1-year-old Lorain girl and a 22-year-old Elyria man near the park for suspected marijuana or hashish. Two 17-year-olds and an 18-year-old Richard Hanna faced failure to yield charges after a traffic disruption near the concession stand. Earlier, 12 of 14 Sunday arrestees appeared in municipal court with eight pleading no contest to disobeying a police officer, all fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lakeview Park
Lorain Municipal Court
Richard McCormack
Ignacio Montelon
Elyria
McCormack
Montelon
Richard Hanna
W. 23Rd St
John
Kelena
George Davis
Candy Lane
Amherst
Edward V. Pogacnik
West Fifth St
Paul D. Wilks
Rocky River
Kenneth A. Shenker
Central Dr
Council approves two Elyria renewal projects
Elyria City council won approval for two urban renewal projects Fuller Road and West River Parkway after a brief public hearing attended by about a dozen residents. No objections were raised during the session last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria City
Fuller Road
West River Parkway
New Birth Announcements Amid City Redevelopment Talks
Elyria Memorial reports a son to Mr and Mrs Gilbert Byers at Center Ridge Road North Ridgeville. A son to Mr and Mrs Oyers at Harvard. Parkways and Fuller Road redevelopment proposals draw praise from residents as council prepares to approve projects. Fuller Road project spans 52 acres at Fuller Road and Middle Avenue with an estimated cost of 1.7 million. Additional births listed include Lauzon Logan Street James Abel Ridgeview Boulevard Gerhardt Oxford Avenue Turner Jerrol Court Towns Park Avenue and Taylor East Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Byers
Center Ridge Rd
North Ridgeville
On Oyers
Harvard Ve
Fuller Road
Middle Avenue
Gary Lauzon
Logan St
James Abel
Ridgeview Blvd
Kenneth Gerhardt
Oxford Ave
Larry Turner
Jerrol Ct
Local Lorain births noted in area listings
Amherst Charles BUNT of 1802 Cooper Foster Park Road Lorain is listed. A son born to Mr and Mrs Orrie MCKISSICK at 1035 West 18th Street Lorain. A son born to Mr and Mrs John HOLBROOK of 880 Cleveland Street Elyria. William COHO of 5769 Huron Street Vermilion also listed in Lorain area notices.
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Charles Bunt
Cooper Foster Park Rd
Lorain
Orrie McKissick
18Th St
John Holbrook
Cleveland St
Elyria
William Coho
Huron St
Vermilion
Parkway project eyed for Elyria extension toward downtown
The Lorain Boulevard extension in Elyria aims to cost 8.3 million with a federal share of 1.3 million reserved pending plan approval. The city has 150 thousand for planning and 977 thousand in state funds, with most remaining funded by the federal government and no firm federal commitments yet.
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Lorain Boulevard
Elyria
Lorain to host fifth and sixth free concerts this week
Two Lorain County free concerts during Lorain International Days take the stage this week. Tonight at 7:30 in Sheffield Center Charles Bisgrove leads his 1 piece band with Corkey Bruck as vocalist while a 38 piece Symphonic band and Jim Bryda with Polka Sharps perform. Vincent Perrier coordinates event sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund and Local 146.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Sheffield Center
Lorain
Charles Bisgrove
Corkey Bruck
Jim Bryda
WLRO
Vincent Perrier
Music Performance Trust Fund
The
American Federation of Musiaians
Water board critic Noll calls water shortage unfounded
Noll charged city water lack is fictitious and said the system shows no storage problem. He urged immediate rate cuts of 10 to 20 percent and favored city control expansion funded by assessments, noting county ownership required cash payments.
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Noll
School Board Hires 29 Teachers For 1971 72 Year
The city school board approved 29 new teachers for the 1971 72 year. Dr Smittle criticized hiring and called it unfair to place inexperienced staff from within the system. A two week in service training program was approved for Erle Elementary School faculty to introduce team teaching before the start of school.
Lions Club tribute and family notices in Elyria column
Enthusiastic reminiscences honor Russ Davies and Lou Hazen, noting charitable deeds and his upbeat travels. The item mentions Hazen buried in Lebanon New Hampshire and lists community ties to Elyria, plus a reader letter detailing Davies relatives in Phoenix including Bob and Shirley Davies and their three children Spec Tom and Caral.
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Lion
New England
America
New Hampshire
Lou
Buster Hazen
Lion Lou
Heaven
Elyria Lions Club
Mr. Hazen
Lebanon
N.H
Hayes seeks township clerk in Pittsfield election
Ralph Hayes, 29, of RD 1 Pitts Road Wellington, filed with Lorain county Board of Elections to run for clerk of Pittsfield Township in November. Hayes is an accountant with Abex Corp Elyria and has lived in the township all his life. He resides with his parents and is a Lorain County Community College graduate seeking public office for the first time.
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Pittsfield
Ralph Hayes
RD 1
Pitts Road
Wellington
Lorain County
Rig causes wreck on Rt. 82 damages station and lines
A westbound tractor-trailer hooked heavy telephone cables on Rt. 82 near Station Road in Columbia Township at 6 40 p m. The crash snapped poles on both sides and yanked a transformer rothe Keyse Sohio Station 26606 Royalton Rd causing 400 damage to the building and power loss Ohio Edison restored power by 7 50 p m. Deputies say no citation issued to driver KR Dilling 47 of Buffalo NY with total damages estimated at 1700 including 300 transformer 1000 poles and cables and 400 building
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Rt. 82
Telephone and Power Company
Keyse Sohio
Station Road
Columbia Township
Lorain County Sheriff's Deputies
KR. Dilling
Buffalo N.Y
Keyse Sohio Station
Royalton Rd
P.m
Ohio Edison
Sheriff's Office
Council committees to discuss sewer plan in Elyria
Elyria city officials will hold a joint meeting of the finance and water sewer committees to discuss the 120000 Foster Avenue storm sewer project. Residents protested last week as an unsigned report allocated 80000 of the cost to residents. Ward Councilman Kmczak questioned the split noting city owned West Park contributes most water. Reconsideration of the assessment may occur at the meeting.
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Foster Avenue
Elyria
Water Sewer
Felix J. Kmczak
D-6
West Park
Men to Serve 2 15 for Drug Conviction
Sherman D. Howard and Scott Chidlaw were sentenced to 2 to 15 years by Judge John T. Patton in Cleveland for marijuana possession after police found marijuana LSD and hashish in a Cleveland Heights apartment. They allegedly gave five people orange juice containing LSD at a December rock concert in Public Hall. Patton warned against involving others and showed no mercy.
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Cleveland (Ap
Ohio Reformatory
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
John T. Patton
Sherman D. Howard
Scott Chidlaw
Cleveland Heights
Cleveland
Public All
Bay teen cyclist hurt in Coe and Lorain crash
A 14 year old Bay Village cyclist James Keller of 3817 Brenden Lane was injured when he rode into the path of a turning car at 10 30 a m at Coe and Lorain Roads. He suffered a broken left leg and was transported by North Olmsted Fire Department ambulance. The driver Ronald M Hadlock 19 of 4554 Coe Ave was not cited. Police said the boy failed to see the Hadlock car turning east on Lorain from Coe Avenue.
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Worth Olmsted
James Keller
Brenden Lane
Bay Village
North Olmsted Fire Department
Ronald M. Hadlock
Coe Ave
Coe and
Lorain Roads
Lorain Road
Hadlock
Lorain
Coe Avenue
Policeman chasing auto crashes into car in Westlake
A North Olmsted officer pursuing a suspect crashed into a car line in Westlake at 3:15 p.m. Ptl. Richard A. Seamon, who crossed into Westlake, struck the lead vehicle as it turned from Columbia Road to Chaucer Drive. The driver Susan A. Phillips, 30, of Malibee Drive, was uninjured. Anthony Zinsmayer of Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, who was driving the pursued vehicle, was cited for speeding.
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North Olmsted
Ptl
Richard A. Seamon
Westlake
Columbia Road
Chaucer
Susan A. Phillips
Malibee
John Fletcher
Ptl. Seamon
Anthony Zinsmayer
Center Ridge Rd
Rocky River
Woman’s car crash injures driver. suspect facing charges
Police investigate an early morning crash on Rt. 254 near the Cuyahoga County line that left Willard Ray Smith 47 with a fractured jaw and injuries. Smith may face charges in connection with the collision involving Betty J. Nemcovsky 42 who was eastbound and stopped to turn. A passenger Kenneth Peak and Nemcovsky’s daughter Becky 14 also received treatment for cuts and bruises.
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Von
Willard Ray Smith
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Nemeovosky
Cleveland
Smith
Kenneth Peak
Nagel Rd
New London Levy Fails To Change After Recount
The 3 mill operating levy for the New London School District remained 425 against to 421 for after a morning recount. Barbara Angle, clerk of the New London Board of Education, said all seven precincts were counted and a $70 deposit was paid before the recount began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Barbara Angle
New London Board of Educaion
Board of Elections
Angle
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Darrew Foster
Coral Cemetery
Homer City
E. J. Mittendorf
Edmund J. Mittendorf
Stoney Ridge Rd
Avon
Mr. Mittendorf
American Ship Building Co
St. Mary Immaculate Conception Church
Holy Name Society
International Association of Machinists Union
Catherine
Donald
Gerald
South Bend
Ind
Richard
Berlin Heights
Jeanne) Gillis
Charles
Toledo
John Mittendorf
St. Mary Church
Joseph L. Foster
St. Mary Cemetery
Bogner
Dillon
Lacey
Runkle
Sheldon
Tompkins
Frankoviak
Sudro-Curtis
Greater Elyria and
Harvey C. Curtis
Ernest W. Schauittar
Hattie Robinson Rebvel
Robert van Auken
Dr. van Auken
Board of Education
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
van Auken
By Doug Kramer
Cletis W. Agg
South Hogan Dr
Judith A. Barnes
Oberlin Ave
Ronald E. Bickel
Maine Ave
Robert J. Curby
Ashwood
Andrea Debevec
Ashtabula
John T. Farais
Westview Ct
Joseph
A. McDermott
Sixth St
Linda May Betrick
Riverside St
Shenker
Wirk
Barbara Jean Hamm
West 38Th St
Deborah L. Boyerk
W. 40Th St
Council
Elyria Memorial
Norm H. Failing
James Towns
Park Ave
Charles Taylor
East Ave
St. Joseph
Russ Davies
Ginny Mercado
Pacifico Mercado
Mercados
Parma
Gulf Rd
Pixie, Ll
Davies
C-T
Fred
Betty Soppanish
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert H. Davies
Shirley Yoo
Frank A
Herma) Yoo
Elyria Savings & Trust National Bank
University of Arizona
Tom
Caral
Air Force
Lillian
Bill) Prond
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cleveland Moving and Storage Company
Gertrude Otto
Hayes
Patton
New London Levy
Blorisds Clerk & Park Vitae
N. Ridge Rd
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