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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1996
Page
17
Mary Zokan stayed by her fireman husband Bill after a factory blaze left him brain damaged and comatose for 18 years. She tended him daily, baked cakes, spoke to him, prayed, and refused nursing home care as she kept vigil until his death in 1982.
The O'Donnell family story spans more than a century from Australia to Newark and Elyria. Edward J. O'Donnell left Ireland for Australia then the United States, opening a paint and wallpaper shop in Elyria in 1896 before moving to the Turner Block in 1904. The firm grew through the depression, two major fires, and postwar expansion with multiple branches, remaining a family operation into the mid 20th century.
Lorain County resident Sarabeth Anderson created Diary Dolls a new line of two dolls per festival portraying Elyria and Lorain in outfits she sewed by hand. Proceeds benefit the Lorain County Historical Society with dolls sold at FirstMerit Bank in Elyria and The Hickories Museum.
Senior groups list meetings from St Agnes Seniors to Health Awareness workshops and a Myrtle Beach trip. Events include a noon Wednesday church gathering with catered dinner, Lorain County Historical Society visit in April, a March 12 Women’s Senior Fellowship, Neighb orly Sunshine sessions, a Senior Nite Out dinner dance March 12 through 14, Heavenly Chimers Bell Choir practice, a health workshop at Elyna United Methodist Village, AARP Elyria West dinner March 7, and a Myrtle Beach trip May 5-11 with police training talk by Byrta Ernie Bartho.
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