Amherst builder Clem Rice dies at 91 after stroke
Clem J. Rice 91 of Amherst died Saturday at Amherst Retirement Center after an apparent stroke. He and his wife ran Clem Rice Inc. building homes and gas stations in Lorain County from 1946 to 1976 and built Lorain's first McDonald’s in 1961. A WWI Army veteran, he supported many local groups including Amherst Congregational Church and Lions Club where he earned the Melvin Jones Fellowship. He is survived by three sons, eight grandchildren, a sister, and was interred after services at Crown Hill Cemetery. Memorials were requested to Amherst Congregational Church or Al Koran Shrine Hospital.
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Clem J. Rice
Amherst
Amherst Retirement Center
Glovers Gap
W.va
Mr. Rice
Clem Rice Inc
Rice
Lorain County
McDonald’s
Lorain
Amherst Congregational Church
Men's Fellowship
Lion's Club of
Lion’s Club
Melvin Jones
Helen Steiner Rice Group
Elmer Johnson Post 118
The
American Legion
al Koran Temple
Ber of Commerce
Richard E
David L
William E
Long Island
N.Y
Pearl Jacobs
Helen
Edna Rice
Shirley Humphrey
Goldie Jordan
Garland-Misencik
Park Ave
Sheffield Masonic Lodge
Main St
Heana Castillo-Roman
William Vander- Wyden
Crown Hill Cemetery
al Koran Shrine Hospital
al Koran Shrine Temple Aaonms
E. Edgerton Road
Broadview Heights
Ohio
Memoriam for a Dear Mother In Our Hearts
Poetic memorial noting a mother’s memory lingers with tender fondness and constant daily thoughts, expressing enduring love and remembrance.
Deaths Elsewhere Charles Knight II, prominent Akron media heir
Charles Landon Knight II, 75, a horseman and member of the Akron Beacon Journal and Knight-Ridder lineage, died after lung cancer, a stroke, and pneumonia. He won the 1997 English Derby with Benny the Dip and owned Tougaloo, a Rose DeBartolo Memorial Handicap winner. Knight led Portage Newspaper Supply and started as a police reporter at Port Huron Mid Times Herald. Funeral arrangements are pending at Billow in Fairlawn.
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AKRON
Charles Landon Knight II
Knight
Cynthia
Akron Beacon Journal
Knight-Ridder Newspapers Inc
John
Charles Landon Knight
Benny the Dip
Portage Newspaper Supply
Port Huron
Mid Times Herald
Detroit Free Press
Life Magazine
Beacon Journal
Funeral plans set for Helen M. Yakovich of Sheffield Lake
Helen M. Yakovich 71 of Sheffield Lake died Saturday at St. John Westshore Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Lorain she moved to Sheffield Lake in 1950. She worked at Kmart on Grove Avenue Lorain for five years in the 1970s. Survived by husband Matthew two sons Mark and James a step grandchild and sisters Margaret McKenna and Sister M Melanie Mraz. No services will be held with cremation at the donor's choice. Gluvna Shimo Hromada Funeral Chapel Lorain handled arrangements.
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Josef Drohomyrec
Josef Tearoaaty
Lorain
New Life Hospice
Kurdybanivka
Ukraine
Germany
U.S
1402 Engineering Company
Rolling Mills
Lorain Works
US. Steel
Drohomyrecky
St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church
Ukrainian National Home
Ukrainian Congress Committee
United Steel Workers Union
Walter Szuja
Houston
Bella Falmer
Macedonia
Wolodymyr
Jaroslawa Bilak
Venice
Fla
Maria Nedoma
Strongsville
Constantine
Antonia
Nee Kulczycka) Drohomyrecky
Millie
Devin Funeral Home
Elyria Ave
East 31St St
Charleston Avenue
Peter Waslo
St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church
Parma
Resurrection Mausoleum
Calvary Cemetery
Helen M. Yakovich
Mraz
Sheffield Lake
St. John Westshore Hospital
Westlake
Kmart
Grove Avenue
Yakovich
St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church
Sheffield Village
Matthew
Mark
James
Margaret McKenna
California
M. Melanie Mraz
Elizabeth, Pa
Andrew and
Elizabeth
Nee Kish) Mraz
Andrew Mraz
Steven Mraz
Louis Mraz
Joseph Mraz
John Mraz
Albert Mraz
Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel
Free hearing aid demonstrations to be held in Oberlin and Amherst
Audiologist Rick Hetsko of Oberlin Medical Center will offer free demonstrations of the ReSound Digital 5000 series hearing instruments March 20 and 21 at Oberlin and Amherst offices. The devices feature dual micro phones and noise reduction for better speech in noisy settings. appointments: (440) 775-1651 or (440) 986-3646.
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Rick Hetsko
Oberlin Medical Center
Oberlin
Amherst
Hetsko
Lorain County
Blood pressure screenings offered in Elyria and surrounding areas
Lorain County General Health District runs free monthly blood pressure screenings at 12 locations with nurse staff. Schedules include many Mondays and Tuesdays at Rite Aid stores, churches, and clinics. call (440) 322-6367 for details. Also: fair exhibitors must attend a quality assurance program before July 1 with sessions across several dates. Blood drives listed by day and venue at Avon, Elyria, Oberlin, Lorain, and North Ridgeville. Heart Ball set for March 25 at Elyria Country Club with Derby theme and tiered pricing. New fathers workshop “Boot Camp for New Dads” offered March Saturday at Lorain and Avon Lake sites. register via Health Advantage.
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Lorain County General Health
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Shoreway
Lake Breeze
Lake Roads
Sheffield Lake
Marc's
Sheffield Center
Sheffield Township
Albright Torrance
Milan Ave
Amherst
Midview Drugs
State Route 62
Island Road
North Eaton
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Rectory Conference Room
Royalton Road
Columbia Station
Lorain County Fair
Lorain County
Ohio State University Extension Office
American Heart Association
Elyria Country Club
Pebble Beach
John Schaeffer
Darlene
Scott
Lorain
Community Health Partners Physicians West
Kolbe Road
Avon Lake Physicians
Avon Belden Road
Avon Lake
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Canton
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Mary Bakos
Earnest and
Frank
Laubenthal-DeCarlo
Washington Ave
William Burkett
St. Mary Cemetery
VFW
New Life
Abbe Road
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Clearview
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Clinton Avenue
Thurin Jr
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Armenda R. Myrick
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Vienna
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Alva G. All
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Carter
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Elmwood Cemetery
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Salt Lake City
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Frances Payne Bolton
Case Western Reserve
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Hillhaven
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David John
Jack" Dean
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Elms Nursing Home
Wellington
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Chestnut Ridge Road
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Gluyna- Shimo-Hromada
Broadway
Joseph Beko
Joseph Bek
Community Health Partners
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Gluvna- Shimo-Hromada
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Angela Inge
Ahio
Chronicle-Telegram
East Ave
Angeles
Inge
Firelands Retirement Center
S. Pleasant
Lorain County Blood Bank
USG
Chester Avenue
Avon
Welcome Nursing Home
Hamilton Avenue
Avon City Hall
Chester Road
Center Ridge Nursing Home
Center Ridge
North Ridgeville
Lowe's
Midway Blvd
FAA
E. Lorain
First Federal Savings & Loan
Oberlin Avenue
St. Anthony’s Church
E. Erie Avenue
Elyria Community Church
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