Elyria area obituaries list Karnes and Sprague families
Obituaries from Elyria and nearby areas note the deaths of Delbers D Karnes Sr 65 of 318 Furnace St Elyria and Mrs Margaret M Sprague 75 of 3112 West River Rd North Elyria. Karnes a retired Norfolk and Western Railroad conductor and longtime Church of the Nazarene member died after a brief illness in Lorain Community Hospital. Sprague was born in Oberlin and lived in Elyria 30 years, a former Elyria Township School employee, with services set at St Vincent DePaul Church and burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Funeral home visiting hours and rosary services are listed. Additional notices reference St Mary Holy Name Society Avon rosary for Joseph Holowecky and a tentative funeral for Fred Satorius at Bogner Funeral Home, North Ridgeville, with burial at St Peter Cemetery.
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Delbers D Karnes
Furnace St
Elyria
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Menomonie Wis
Karnes
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Church of the Nazarene
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Mary Moore
Deiber, D Jr
Cilvde
Harley Duncan Wall
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Margaret M Sprague
West River Rd
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Elyria Township
St. Vincent de Paul Church
VFW
Wellington
James Wolfe
Chesapeake
Ohio
Helen Hillyer
Esther Armbruster
George McLoughlin
Los Angeles
Calif
William
St Mary Holy Name Society
Avon
Joseph Holowecky
Bogner
North Ridgeville
Holowecky
Stoney Ridge Rd
St Mary Church
St Mary Cemetery
Avon Friends
Stos
Tospin
Sophia Lerner
Ninth Blvd
St Joseph Hospital
Samuel M Lerner
Lerner
Russia
Youngstown
Agudath Einat Israel Synagogue
Hadassah
Temple Sisterhood
Jewish Orthodox Old Home and
Pioneer Women's Association
William H
Elvrra
Rebecca
Aida Wiener
New York City
Phylis Gierey
Beachwood
Harold Hain
LaGunda Beach
Fla
Jennie Leviton
Cleveland
Sadie Graver
Walter A Frex
Samuel Meyer
Salem Cemetery
Agudath B'nai Israel Synagogue
Jewish Orthodox Home
Elsie M Sparks
Blaine St
Sparks
Bristol, RI
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Daughters of
St. Andrew
Bristol, RS
Order of Eastern Star
Charles H
Arthur W .Jean Sparks
Emily McCaw
Paul Gleeson
West Warwick RI
Katherine Manchester
Pawtucket. R
St Andrew's Church
Russel Hargate
Brookdale Cemetery
Harold Dicken
St. Andrew's Church
Jessie Fern Gilkison
Vernon Rd
Mansfield
Elstia
Griffith Nursing Home
Grover C Gilkison
Gilkison
Little Washington
Richland County
Mayflower United Church of Christ
Naomi Shrine No 10
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Ruth Chapter
Norman Carlos Gilkison
Wappner Funeral Home
South Diamond St
Robert Hskins
Mid-Continent Teléphone reports 1969 earnings rise
Mid-Continent Teléphone Corp and Elyria Telephone Co affiliates post net income of 7.45 million dollars or 1.24 per share for 1969 up from 6.78 million or 1.14 in 1968. Operating revenues total 37.88 million, down from 51.79 million in 1968, with per share dividends rising to 38 cents.
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Hudson
Mid-Continent Teléphone Corp
Elyria Telephone Co
Ceremony for Mrs Sophia Smitek in St Peter Church
Funeral services for Mrs Sophia Smitek of 36245 Mills Rd North Ridgeville are scheduled for tomorrow at 11:45 am at St Peter Church with Rev Nicholas Novosel officiating. Burial will follow in St Peter Cemetery. Visitation at Bogner Funeral Home today from 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. A rosary service is set for tonight at 8 pm at the funeral home.
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Fred Satorius
Bogner Funeral Home
North Ridgeville
Nicholas Provosel
Peter
St Peter
Satwrius
Wallace Blvd
Clarencessenmann
Calvary Cemetery
Cleveland
Dombrowsk Funeral Home
Sophia Smitek
St. Peter Church
Nicholas Novosel
St. Peter
Smuitek
Mills Rd
St Peter Church
Nicholas P. Novosel
St Peter Cemetery
Bogner
Five new hallucinogenic drugs urged for federal listing
The Justice Department urged listing five new depressants and stimulants as dangerous drugs. The drugs MDA MMDA TMA JB-318 and JB-336 would become federal offenses to manufacture sell or possess if placed on the controlled substances list.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
In Memoriam Clarence B Jones Dead 1988
In loving memory of Clarence B Jones who passed away March 11 1988. He is remembered by family and friends with affection and sorrow. A tribute note reflects on his life and enduring impact.
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Clarence B Jones
Anthony Fusaro
Diederich, North Ridgeville Florist Founder Dies at 56
Andrew F Diederich 56 founder of J P Diederich Sons Inc florists and green house operators on Center Ridge Rd North Ridgeville died at home after a short illness. Survived by wife Aurelia, three sons Eugene Raymond Robert, four daughters Loyola Natalie Martha Pammela and 17 grandchildren. Preceded by a brother Justin. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Andrew F Diederich
J P Diederich Sons Inc
Center Ridge Rd
North Ridgeville
Medeneh
West Park
Aurelia
Diederich
Eugene
Raymond
Robert
Loyola
Natalie
Martha
Pammela
Justin
Local births reported in Elyria area notices
Fetes Elyria Memorial list multiple birth notices for families including Beckloff at 808 South Central Drive Lorain a daughter. Cox at 5125 Lear Nagle Road North Ridgeville a son. Echevarria at 1835 East 34th Street a son. Osting at 2246 Oberlin Avenue a son. Hogan at 241 Woodside Drive Vermilion a son. Talbo at 403 Wren Circle Elyria a son. Minick at 4206 Tacoma Avenue Elyna Ronald.
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Joseph Beckloff
South Central Dr
Lorain
William Cox
Lear Nagle
North Ridgeville
Thomas Talbo
Wren Circle
Elyna
Ronald Minick
Tacoma Ave
Isaac C Chapman Honored At Civic Service Plaque Presentation
A plaque recognizing Isaac C Chapman for civic service was given at an open house Sunday at the Elyria Neighborhood Center. Mrs David Hardy presented the award on behalf of the Margaret E Barnes Welfare Club. The ceremony drew over 400 attendees and Mayor Leonard P Reichlin declared Sunday Isaac C Chapman Day. Chapman serves as fifth ward councilman and president of the local NAACP branch.
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Isaac C Chapman
Elyria Neighborhood
David Hardy
Margaret E. Barnes
Chronicle-Telegram
Dress code abolished at Elyria High School
Superintendent George B. Smittle ended the Elyria High School dress code for the rest of the year after student council recommendations. Principal Charles R. Miller said the school still retains authority over appearance if it disrupts class, affects health or safety, or is indecent.
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George B. Smittle
Elyria High School
Dr. Smittle
ERS
Charles R. Miller
National Association of Secondary School
Beg
Muller
Notable Elyria figures share hobbies and achievements
Former Elyma High pitcher Denny Garfield shifted from professional dreams after a hand injury. Elyria residents Ruth Davies and Marlene Stumpf gain recognition in skiing and local clubs. A Fisher Body Elyria plant record highlights a $695 million local economy contribution in 1969, while civic groups elect officers and note Kiwanis and Democratic Women's Club milestones.
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Denny Garfield
Elyma High
Portsider
Aateur
Garfield
Elyria Manufacturing Co
Ruth
RD 1
Elyria
Fisher Body
General Motors
Medina printer refuses to print student paper
The Medina printer Gone Printing Co. owner Neil Gowe refused to print the Black United Students paper Black Watch at Kent State University, saying it contained too many obscenities and crossed the boundary of common decency. He denied racial motivation, noting they print other Black papers without issue.
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Medina
UPN
Jewelry theft reported at Elyria home
Elyria police investigate a burglary in an unoccupied residence at 313 East Ave. Missing items include several wristwatches a lighter binoculars and women’s jewelry valued at about 500 dollars. Owner Charles Butsey of Grindstone Pa reported the loss. Several windows were found broken.
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Elyria
Charles Butsey
Grindstone
East Ave
Supplementary Education Center to Stay Open in Lorain County
Lorain County Supplementary Educational Center will operate after federal funds end in June as most districts pledge $125 per pupil. Center director Ronald Jacobs says eight districts have committed, including potential Vermilion, with Clearview Wellington and Keystone still withholding due to finances.
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Lorain County
Center
Ronald Jacobs
Centers Board of Directors
Clearview
Wellington
Keystone
Jacobs
Rate hike raises jail term credits in lieu of fines
Lorain County jail inmates serving terms instead of fines will earn $750 per day in jail time credit instead of $3 per day. The move, issued by Municipal Judge John Kolena by letter on March 4, follows a Supreme Court ruling. Clerk Frank Katrick noted the state rate remains $3 or $1 per day, while Kolena extended $730 to county jail sentences. Judge David R Goldthorpe weighs a similar rise to $6 per day.
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Lorain
John Kolena
Frank Katrick
Kolena
Supreme Coir
Katrick
David R Goldthorpe
Lorain man charged after knifing at tavern
Donald Lee Stratton 1125 Second St charged with cutting with intent to wound after a man identified as Virgil Bentrex 27 of 104 West 10th St suffered stab wounds in a North Broadway tavern altercation Stratton allegedly stabbed Bentley several times after Bentley struck him in the face police said Bentley remained in guarded condition in St Joseph Hospital ICU Monday night incident details.
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Lorain
North Broadway
Donald Lee Stratton
Second St
Virgil Bentrex
West 10Th St
St Joseph Hospital
Stratton
Bentley
Ford promotions shuffled at Lorain and Los Angeles plants
Owen C Zidar named assistant manager of Ford Lorain Assembly Plant amid a career spanning Ford plants in Wayne Michigan Pico Rivera California and Los Angeles civic work He is a 1957 Ohio University graduate with a wife and seven children and has held multiple engineering posts since 1939. In Rome a thief scare ends after a false claim about poisoned Cognac prompted a radio withdrawal.
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Lorain
Ford Motor Co
Owen C Zidar
Charles T Baugaman
Zidar
Ford
Los Angeles
Pico Rivera
Cleveland
Zider
Wayne. Midh
Wayne
Ohio University
Patricia
Los Angeles Area
Pico Rivera Chamber of Commerce
Rio Hondo
The
American Red Cross
United Crusade
Extradition planned in Yablonski case
Washington Pa UPI District Attorney Jesse Costa says a five man team will fly to Cleveland to begin extradition of four murder suspects and coordinate with US Attorney Knuppsky on a grand jury investigation into the Yablonski killings. Costa’s group will set a timetable for proceedings while the four Cleveland detainees remain jailed on high bonds. Slain were United Mine Workers official Joseph Yablonski his wife and daughter in Clarksville Pennsylvania on December 31.
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Washington
UPI
Jesse Costa
Cleveland
United Mine Workers
Joseph Attock
Yablonski
Ohio
Grand Jury
Costa
John F Bell
Richard Sprague
Philadelphia
Walter Marm
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Robert
Duggan
Elyria senior earns Valparaiso University scholarship
Paul A Wesebaum 17 a Elyria High School senior receives a four year scholarship from Valparaiso University College of Arts and Sciences. He is valedictorian of activities including concert band pep band orchestra honors reading program German club Berg Science Seminar treasurer and marching band leadership. He holds the scholastic E letter with a 373 GPA and ranks among top six seniors elected to the National Honor Society.
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Paul A Wesebaum
Etna
Elyria High School
Wesebaum
Leter
Elyria
Grace Lutheran Walther League
Lorain
Two-armed Robbery At Lawson Store In Lorain
Police report two men robbed the Lawson store at Broadway and 30th Street last night. One held a shotgun and demanded cash from three women clerks. The gunman appeared nervous. after threatening them, he grabbed money from a cash register and fled on foot.
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Lorain
Lawson
Broadway
30Th Street
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D. D. Karnes Sr
W. O. Sprague
Holowecky Service
Satorius Service
S.M. Lerner
Rev. Ciolek Service
Friends of the
Stanislaus J Ciolek
Nativity Church
Ciolek
St. Joseph Hospital
Charles Chesner
Alexander Gordy
Clarksfield
Riverside Tavern
New London Hospital
Mr. Gordy
Poland
Clarence
Wakeman
Gerber
Smitek Service
Memoriam
Leota
Ime
Veronica
Golden Hildebrandt
Deybert Winte
Fulton Funeral Home
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home, Inc
Greater Elyria and
Harvey C Curtis
Ernest W Scheuttler
A.F. Diederich
N. Ridgeville Florist
C. H. Sparks
Soto Service
Jose R Soto
St. Lorain
Lares
Puerto Rico
Soto
Lorain- Cuyahoga Works
United States Steel Corp
Louisa
Anna Louie Soto Torres
Concecton Soto Torres
Laura Soto Torres
San Juan
Adria Luz Soto Torres
Pedro In Lares
James M. Bodzash
Loram
G. C. Gilkison
Elyria Memorial
St. Joseph
Javier Echevarria
East 34Th St
Ralph Osting
Oberiin
Kenneth Hogan
Woodside
Vermilion
Miller
Russ Davies
Elyrians
John
Ludmulla- Basuk
Georgetown Ave
Marlene Bastik Stumpf
Holiday Valley
Ellicottville
Stumpf
Aspen Highlands
Aspen
Colo
Erie Shore
Washington Ski Club
Robert W Stumpf
Kitchen Maid Meats, Inc
Cranston Dr
Berea
Alps
Karen Bonnett
Sixth St
Karen
Julius
Mary Bonnett
William B. Wladecki
Elyria Democratic Women's Club
Mary Ross
Evelyn Clapp
Elizabeth Mitchell
Beatrice Wehlber
Josephine Damico
Mildred Bulger
Corimne Dawson
Kiwanis Club
East Elvria
Harlow McNally
Hugh Gough
Herman Frankel
Herbert H Hoover
Carlton Hall
Robert Fortune
Walter Lundberg
John Bratton
James Lewis
Charles Russell
McNally
Himself
Audi -Visual
Rome
Angelo Peruso
Perusos
Rome Radio
Fulton
Grafton
EHS
P.A. Wesebaum
Ridge Hill Memorial
Tay
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