Memorial services and obituaries from Grafton and nearby areas
Memorial services set for Ann Ott of Grafton age 82 after death on February 25 at Elyria Christian Church. Also notes multiple deaths including Frank J. Terlaak age 81 of Elyria and Eula M. Kolbe of Amherst Township with funeral home arrangements. Other notices include Eugene W. Clark, John Casper, Charles E. Barnes, Rosa Lee Brown, Leyle E. Crayton, Aubrey Huff, and James L. Ashwill with service details and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Ott
Grafton
Elyria Christian Church
Elyria
James Kasler
Colulmbia Station Resident Dies In Industrial Accident
Ralph Tom Anderson 26 of Columbia Station died in an industrial accident at Seaway Bolt and Specialty Co. He was born in Fairview Park and lived in Lorain County most of his life. A 1980 Columbia High School graduate, he earned a Fire Science degree from Akron University in January. He was in the National Fire Association and earlier an EMT and volunteer Columbia Fire Department member. He is survived by parents Roy and Pat Anderson, a brother Eddie of Beckley WV, and a sister Patricia Agnew of Newport News VA. Funeral services are pending at Bauer Laubenthal Wainwright with calls at Midview Baptist Church and then at Revis-Sturdivant in North Wilkesboro NC. The coroner will rule on the death cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Terlaak
Palm Crest East
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Cleveland Builders Supply Co
St. Peter Catholic Church
Terlaak
John F. Terlaak
Olmsted Falls
Joseph
Mary) Mederer
Andrew
Roberta) Godsey
Nimauma
Fla
Helen
Bogner Funeral Home
Mr. Barnes
Margaret L
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1079
Fleet Reserve Association of
Washington, D.C
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc
Navy
U.S. Postal Department
Cleveland
Glenn
Blackburn-Fulton
Grafton
Richard Wallace
Grafton United Methodist Church
LaGrange Cemetery
Ralph “Tom” Anderson
Columbia Station
Seaway-Bolt and Specialty Co
Fairview Park
Lorain County
Mr. Anderson
Columbia High School
Akron University
National Fire Association
Columbia Volunteer Fire Department
Midview Baptist Church
Roy and
Pat Anderson
Eddie Anderson
Beckley
W.va
Patricia Agnew
Newport News
Sheffield Lake taps Don Ald Smith as council president
Sheffield Lake appoints at large member Donald Smith as council president succeeding Charlies Kelly who became mayor after Daniel Fragassi's death. An empty chair will be filled March 14 at 7 p.m. resumes due by 5 p.m. that day. Kelly, a 30 year resident, will focus on finishing ordinances and cleaning up the city as mayor. Las Vegas night fund raisers at the Community Civic Center were allowed to continue for non profits, but the ordinance limiting groups and frequency failed on its third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Keystone
Sheffield Lake
Donald Smith
Charlies Kelly
Daniel Fragassi
Kelly
Las Vegas
Community Civic Center
Arthritis Exercise Program Offered at Wellington Hospital
Wellington Community Hospital offers People with Arthritis Can Exercise a six week program sponsored by the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Sessions run Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 30 to 11 30 a m with trained personnel leading gentle movements. Pre registration is required and enrollment is limited. For details call (419) 647 2345 or (216) 984 2474.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Wellington Community Hospital
Northeastern
Arthritis Foundation
McGunagle Profile Highlighted in Carroll Alumni Journal
Chronicle-Telegram columnist Fred McGunagle, a 1954 John Carroll University graduate, is featured in a full-page Carroll Alumni Journal story outlining his 30 years in journalism. The piece traces his start as a copy boy at The Plain Dealer and The Press, 23 years as a Press reporter, then a freelance career since 1980, plus his CT column, Cleveland Edition gig, Crain's Cleveland Business pieces, Washington Journalism Review contributions, WGAR-AM media critique role, and North Coast Report panel work. It notes his plug for liberal arts education as journalism prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Fred McGunagle
John Carroll University
Carroll Alumni Journal
McGunagle
the Plain Dealer
The
Press
Cleveland Edition
Crain
Cleveland Business
Washington Journalism Review
Wgar-Am
Cleveland
North Coast Report
McGonagle
Leaders hear newsroom policy on unsigned letters
Arnold Miller and John Cole spoke to Leadership Lorain County about news values and front page decisions. Cole defended unsigned letters, noting a reader poll showing two to one support for keeping them, while a member alleged a frequent writer is a mental patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Arnold Miller
Lorain Journal
John Cole
Lorain County
Cole
Celeste taps Rothgery for title processing board
Lorain County Clerk of Courts Donald Rothgery is named by Gov. Celeste to serve on Ohio’s Automated Title Processing Board. The panel, created in 1987, will oversee a statewide move to automate title offices across 88 counties with a computerized network linking counties and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Donald Rothgery
Richard Celeste
Rothgery
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Columbus
Ohio Clerk of Courts Association
Department of Highway Safety
Office of Budget and Management
Elyria Woman Penetrates Time With Campus Bigotry Letter
Sue Ely writes to Time magazine under the headline Campus Bigotry arguing that Reagan era budget cuts and anti affirmative action policies worsen campus racism. She states administration actions reduce civil rights concern and deny minorities' valid complaints, perpetuating racism as a social ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Ely
Elyria
Time Magazine
Ely
DWI case prompts rehab threat and plant program notes
A judge considers a suspended jail term for a DWI defendant who would enter an alcohol rehabilitation center. His wife acknowledges the danger he poses, while union rep Lewis Brewer cites sobriety stories at the Avon Lake Ford plant and argues treatment saves work time and costs. Brewer notes the judge’s fear may have sparked the breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timko
Martin
Lewis Brewer
Avon Lake
Brewer
Huntington Township considers $5 auto license tax plan
Huntington Township Trustees study a $5 piggyback permissive auto license tax with all proceeds to road repairs. Public hearings are set at the former Huntington School on Route 162 east of Route 58, March 10 and March 17 at 8 p.m., before a March 20 regular meeting to adopt the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Twp
Huntington Township
Huntington
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Holy Cross Cemetery
Eula M. Kolbe
Amherst Township
Chattanooga
Tenn
Macon
Georgia
Amherst
Kolbe
Michael Kolbe
Allan
Gail) Kuehn
Edward
Yvonne) Fox
John Sidney Adams
Apison, Tenn
Miles
Jewell) Holt
Apison
Carl W
Hempel Funeral Home
Chris E. Hughes
Tower Baptist Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Lorain
Eugene W Clark
Eugene W. Clark
Amherst Hospital
Center County
Elyria Township
Clark
Cleveland Electriclluminating Co
Delaware Avenue Methodist Church
Mabel D
Nee Beck
Gary Clark
Burbank
Calif
Lanny Clark
Lexington
Ohio
Loy
Wooster
Harry
Sun City Center
Ariz
Robert Clark
David Sipp
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Ridge Fill Memorial Park
Easter Seal Society
Charles E. Barnes
Elyria Memorial Hospital and Health Center
Ford Motor Co
Brook Park
United Auto Workers
Barnes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Midview
Barbara A. Petrovich
Hencheck
Simpson
Sutter’s
Joseph Hencheck
John R. Devin
Women of the Moose 167
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
Timothy Byrnes
Calvary Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Rosalee Brown
Leyle E. Crayton
Villa Camillus
LaGrange
Pearl Harbor
John Casper
Lorain Community Hospital
Budapest
Hungary
U.S
USX Lorain Works
Casper
Ninth District Coast Guard
Steelworkers
St. Michael
Rosa Lee Brown
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Cartersville
Second Baptist Church
Missionary Society
Building Fund Committee
Mary Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Anese Alexander
Atlanta
Doris Huff
John Crisp
Moses Crisp
Frederick Crisp
San Francisco
Gene Carr
Detroit
Mich
Aubrey Huff
Friends
Brown Funeral
Eastern Star
Hall
W. 14Th St
Benjamin Davis
Community Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Frank
Betty) Tomazic
Charles R
Beverly) Conrad
Ashland
Robert
Theresa) Kara
John Casper Jr
Mary Lanter
Louisville, Ky
Alice E
Steve
Alex Casper
Reidy-Scanlan
St. Michael Byzantine Rite Church
John Kovach
James L. Ashwill
Toledo
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Marine Corps
William
Estero
Gertrude Ashwill
Parma Heights
Richard
Bogner
William D. Kepas Sr
First Baptist Church of
Wakeman
Fields Cemetery
American Heart Association
Ralph Anderson
Bauer-Laubenthal-Wainwright
Chestnut Ridge
Route 57
W. Royalton Road
Larry D. Green
Revis-Sturdivant Funeral Home
North Wilkesboro
N.C
Living Word Weslyan Church
Cuyahoga County
Sheffield Lake Council
Smith
Amy Hansent
C-T
Celeste
Reagan
4Martin
Ford
United Autoworkers
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