Deaths and Services in Lorain and Vermilion Areas
Obituaries list several local losses from Lorain and nearby areas. Airman Dale R. Vance 18 Jacksonville Fla Navy death from motorcycle injuries Jan 4 in Florida. Multiple Lorain residents, including Chester Gardlock 69, Helen Zakrajsek 67, Karen Michalski 29, George Lapp 83, George Krieg 89, Marie Koppenhafer 83, and others, with service details, wake hours, churches, and burial plans. Military rites noted for some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Richard Vance
Navy
Cecil Field
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Vincent Hospital
Florida
Elyria
Elyria High School
U.S. Forrestal
Mediterranean
Moonie Arrested for Trespassing in Lorain
A 27 year old member of the Unification Church was arrested Thursday night on trespassing and soliciting without a city permit. Daniel P. Boggs of 5110 Oberlin Ave reported the man pressed his face to a living room window and refused to leave. Police located him at 4910 Oberlin Ave and learned the organization had not secured a permit. The mayor said no permit had been issued amid recent complaints about church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
The
Unification Church
Daniel P. Boggs
Oberlin Ave
Boggs
Death notices for Berger Oldfield and Perkins with services set
John Berger 79 of 127 East Main St South Amherst survived by wife Erma son Robert J daughter Phyllis Margolis two breathers and one sister. Visitation Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to p.m. at Hempel Funeral Home Amherst with Saturday 11 a.m. funeral service. Memorials to St John United Church Of Christ South Amherst. Hubert Oldfield 88 of 1030 Middle Ave survived by wife Halcyon daughters Shirley Pazos and Susanna Pajunas. Visitation 2 to 4 and 7 to p.m. at Harold Dicken Funeral Home with Saturday 11 a.m. service. Burial Brookdale. Robert Perkins 53 of Lorain survived by wife Irene daughters Jan L Randall L and Robert W and Nancy R. Visitation Friday 7 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at John R Devin Funeral Home Lorain with Saturday 11 a.m. funeral service and Calvary Cemetery burial. Disabled American Veterans to conduct military rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Gardlock
Lorain
Reidy-Scanlan
St. Anthony Church
Gardlock
Lorain Community Hospital
Brookville
I.B.E.W
Marion
Nee McClintock
John
Emma) Good
Berlin Township
Roderick
Carol Ann) Weitzel
Lenora
W. Va
Loren
Lois) Hartsel
Avon
Andrew
Elaine) Skorvanik Jr
Elyria
Arthur
Bethlehem
Karen Lillian Michalski
Mildred Ave
Dombrowski
Nativity Church
C.R. Pilatowski
Calvary Cemetery
Miss Michalski
Lakewood
Admiral King High School
Gilford Instrument
Oberlin
Joseph Michalski Jr
William
Sandra) Kesterke
Robert
Rita) Raymer
Brady
Diane) Barnhart
Miamisburg
Ohio
Darlene
Elaine
Dayton
Linda
Mary
Norman
Joseph
David
Edward
James
Joseph Michalski
Zachariah Hall
New Jersey Ave
Memphis
Tenn
Fulton Homes, Inc
U.S. Steel Corp
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
United Steelworkers
Sara
Harriett Harrison
Carter
Robert Burrough
Tabernacle of Christ
Elmwood Cemetery
Helen W. Zakrajsek
Tomaszewski
St. Joseph Hospitl
Zakrajsek
Anthony
Marshall
Beverly) Dimacchia
Kenneth
Patricia) Hennes
Constantine
Raymond
Harold Tomaszewski
Walter Tomaszewski
Webster
N.H
Irene) Williams
P.m
Helen Grace Book
Larry Anderson
Rook
W. Erie Ave
Weber
Wellington
Charles
Cowling-Truman Funeral Home
Peter J. Gerrick
St. Joseph Hospital
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ann) Rusine
Andrew Gerrick
Joseph Naymik
J.J. Gluvna and Son
Funeral
St Peter Church
Alejo Arroyo-Martinez
San Lorenzo
P.R
Lake Terminal Railroad
Sacred Heart Chapel
Antonio Arroyo
Pontiac
Mich
Roberto Arroyo
Feliciano Arroyo
Pontaic
Angel Arroyo
Chicago
Carmelo Arroyo
Domingo Arroyo
Cagaus
Modesto
Carmen) Vaga
Maria Ester Arroyo
Caguas
Willie
Maria Socorro
la Luz
Juana Martinez
Cangas
Segundo Arroyo
Cauguas
Dolores Arroyo
Philadelphia
Secundino Arroyo
Higinio Arroyo
Crecencia Arroyo
Maria Colon
Leonor Aponte
Juana Galarza
Lola Zayas
Cuaguas
George Lapp
Pasadena Ave
Lapp
Lorain-Cuyahoga
Grace Lutheran Church
Gordon
Helen) Kuss
Mildred Chapman Elyria
Chester
Strongsville
Louise
Curtis-Scheuffler
Peter Mealwitz
Brookdale Cemetery
Grace Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
George Krieg
East St
Amherst
Colson Corp
Brownhelm Township
Krieg
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Elmer Johnson American Legion Post
Anna
Jea C
Garland Funeral Home
Philip Bohiken
Crownhill Cemetery
Marie (Lohr) Koppenhafer
Exchange St
Vermilion
Erie
Sandusky
Frank E. Baker
San Ford Sales
Port Clinton
Koppenhafer
Madeliine Chapter Order of Eastern Stars
Congregational United Church OF Christ
Berger John
East Main St
South Amherst
Erma
Oldfield
Hubert
Middle Ave
Halcyon
Shirley Pazos
Susanna Pajunas
Harold Dicken
Perkins Robert 53
Irene
Elyria man arraigned after barricade with weapons
A 35 year old Elyria man, HOWARD HEMBREE of 850 Vulcan St, was arraigned in Elyria Municipal Court on charges of aggravated menacing obstructing official business and disorderly conduct for a March 1 barricade incident. He held police at bay inside his home with a .25 caliber revolver and a .12 gauge shotgun for about three hours before surrendering. Police reports state he threatened to shoot officers who arrived to rescue his wife. After surrender, he was deemed sane in a Lorain Probate Court competency hearing and placed in jail pending further actions. he has a prior history of firearm incidents including a last May gunfight outside his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Howard Hembree
Vulcan St
Lorain
Hembree
Glenn Pomeroy
Probate
Donald Gehlmann
Laverne Black
Cuyahoga Psychiatric Institute
$4.8 Million Printing Plant Planned in Sawmill Park
Huron subsidiary of William Feathers Printing Co plans a 40 000 square foot plant in Saw mill Creek Industrial Park with 100 new jobs in five years. The Erie County Commissioners authorize $4.5 million in tax free bonds and a $360 thousand low interest loan to fund the project. The facility will employ web and offset lithography presses to produce brochures for department stores and auto firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
William Feathers Printing Co
Cleveland
Sawmill Creek
Thomas Gilliland
William Feathers
Gilliland
Erie County Commissioners
Nancy Presley Co
William Feathers Printing
Ohio Development Financing Commission
Rye Beach Road
Highspeed
William Feathers Co
Bird Walk at Mill Hollow Park
Hikers will observe birds during an Early Spring Bird Walk at 8 a m Saturday in Mill Hollow Bacon Woods Memorial Park. Naturalist staff urges boots and binoculars and provides a contact at 322 7800 for more information.
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Mill Hollow
Bacon Woods
Lorain County Metropolitan Park District
Park District
Expungement bid denied for Amherst officers
Common Pleas Judge Floyd D. Harris dismissed motions Thursday seeking expungement of court records for former Amherst Police Chief Arthur Koppenhafer and former Amherst Policewoman Carol Ramstead. Both pleaded guilty January 19, 1978 to misdemeanors involving falsification of attendance records at a police school. Koppenhafer fined 1000 dollars and Ramstead 300, probation one year. Court said expungement cannot be filed until one year after probation ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Floyd D. Harris
Amherst
Arthur Koppenhafer
Carol Ramsteadt
Kappehafer
Miss Ramstead
Kappenhafer
Sanborn Announces Run for Amherst City Law Director
Amherst attorney Thomas H. Sanborn a Democrat filed petitions to oppose Republican law director Alan Anderson. Sanborn aged 92 is law associate to Oberlin Municipal Court Judge Martin Heberlin with a general practice focused on corporate taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Thomas H. Sanborn
Alan Anderson
Sanborn
Oberlin
Martin Heberlin
Abandoned House Burns Twice in North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville fire crews battled an abandoned house on Center Ridge Road twice in the same morning. Fire Chief Robert Dreger said the fire started at 4 18 a.m. and rekindled after an initial extinguishing. The dwelling was slated for demolition to clear space for the Rini's Shopping Center with demolition plans proceeding that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ridgeville
Robert Dreger
Center Ridge Road
Rini’s
Elyrian given sentence for 1978 burglary in New London
James E. Naylor 18 of 222 West Birch Street Elyria received a 1 percent to five year term at Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty in Huron County Common Pleas Court to breaking and entering Cerlan's Carryout in New London on November 15, 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
James E. Naylor
West Birch St
Elyria
Mansfield Reformatory
Naylor
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Cerlan’s Carry-gut
New London
Sheffield Lake to begin annual home fire inspections
Sheffield Lake Fire Inspection Team, led by Lt. Gene Rouse, will conduct yearly home safety checks by appointment. A two man crew will visit homes on request, and residents are urged to plan fire drills and ensure at least one smoke detector is installed to buy crucial evacuation time.
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Sheffield Lake
Gene Rouse
Rouse
Kipton man placed on probation for vandalism
Richard Hendricks, 25, of 303 State St Kipton, was placed on probation by Common Pleas Judge Paul J Mikus after pleading guilty to vandalism. Restitution of 177 dollars to the victim is a condition of the probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hendricks
Kipton
Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Hendricks
Fatal Sheffield Lake fire blamed on faulty wiring
Faulty electrical wiring in the living room caused a deadly home fire that claimed the life of Rosemary Miller, 22, of 4332 Belle Ave. The fire department and Lorain County Coroner ruled death by carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation after neighbors failed to reach an upstairs bedroom.
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Sheffield Lake
Rosemary Miller
Belle Ave
Gene Rouse
Keith McCullough
George Potorocky
Lt. Rouse
Lorain County
Daughters and Sons Born in Lorain and Vermilion Areas
State St. Joseph on March 3 reports a daughter for Debra Gentzel at 917 S Central Drive Lorain. March 4 records a daughter for Gerald J Michalski at 130 W 30th St Lorain and lists Mrs Howard Pullin at 380 Delaware Road Vermilion. March 5 notes a son for Charles Proctor at 284 Altamont Road Vermilion and a son for Eliseo DeSantis at 183 Butternut Drive Amherst. A son for Larry and Carolyn Moore at 335 West Woods Amherst is listed with March 6 for Dorothy Beetler at 1225 Lexington Ave Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Gentzel
S. ‘Central Drive
Lorain
Gerald J. Michalski
30Th St
Howard Pullin
Delaware Road
Vermilion
Charles Proctor
Altamont Road
Eliseo Desantis
Butternut Drive
Amherst
Larry
Carolyn Moore
Westwoods
Dorothy Beetler
Lexington Ave
Bullets Pierce Empty Greenwich Village Police Car
Three bullets hit a Greenwich Village Police patrolman’s private car early Friday in Greenwich Township. The Huron County Sheriff’s Department and Greenwich police investigate vandalism that damaged two windows and the door of the unoccupied vehicle while Officer Michael Ludham was on duty. The car was parked in front of the Greenwich Village Police Department. Ludham reported the damage around 1:30 a.m. no witnesses were found and no suspects named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Greenwich Village
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Greenwich Police
Michael Ludbam
Jess Bennett
Sheriff's Department
Ludham
Lorainite stabbed in Lakeview Park
A 20-year-old Lorain man, Anthony V. Ceja of 707 Osborne Ave, was stabbed in Lakeview Park Thursday night and taken to St. Joseph Hospital after surgery. He suffered abdominal and upper shoulder wounds, arm cuts, and facial bruising. Police hold two suspects, aged 24 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Lakview Park
Anthony V. Ceja
Osborne Ave
Ceja
Vermilion mayor quits bid for re election
Vermilion mayor Jim Odom announced he will not seek re election in November to spend more time with his family. Third Ward Councilman Hobart Johnson declared for the top office, with businessman John Michael Ryan also weighing a bid. If petitions total more than two by March 22 a June primary will occur, leading to a November finish for the top two. Odom cited family demands and a need for a full time mayor, while not ruling out future campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Odom
Third Ward
Hobart Johnson
John Michael Ryan
Garry Prince
Odom
Board of Elections
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dale R. Vance
Gardlock Services
Barbara Vance
Richard V
Brunswick
Robin L
Harrd Vance
Port Charlotte
Wainwright Funeral
Wainwright Funeral Home
Michalski Services
Girard Herman
Marie Koppenhafer
Rook Services
Moonie
Michael Belekanic
Rancer
Hays
Mirtea. Witla
Beth
Memoriam
Raymond Yrrehr
Sage
Betty
Marie
al Imera
C. Curtis
Scheuffler
Elyrian ‘Sane
Paul Brand
Elyria City Hall
Pomeroy
Seige
Law
Elyrian
Kipton Man
St. Joseph
Lakeview Park
Kathy Byland
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