Area Deaths Highlight Long Local Histories
Area obituaries report deaths of Audra S. Graham 99 of Ashland Beatrice Duran Bertha Moss Fitchard Styria Carpenter Esther Etzler Antoinette Knowles Ina McGinty Patock Peters Verna B Peters Dorothy Heidel Elword Wisnieski Booker Pearson Constance Branstitter Blake Browand Leota Boerger Lorene Bentley Patsy Anzalone and others. The notices list family survivors and funeral arrangements across Ashland Elyria Lorain and Grafton with services at Eastman Funeral Home Laubenthal-DeCarlo Funeral Home Curtis Scheuffler and local churches. Memorials are requested to Maple Grove Church and other local institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audra S. Graham
Brethern Care
Ashland
Vermilion Twp
Ruggles
The
Home Company
Faultless Rubber Company
Ruggles Grange
Hill and Valley Club of
Maple Grove
the Brethern
Ruggles Federated Church
Graham
Funeral
Paul Myers
Maple Grove Church
Grove Street Cemetery
New London
Blake Browand
Wakeman
Loral
Grafton
Penfield Township
Leota Boerger
London
Ohio
Lorene Bentley
Colorado Springs
Colo
Patsy Anzalone
San Jose
Calif
Keith
Bruce
Margate
Fla
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Grover eases fears at Fairview with cheerful hospital visit
At Fairview General Hospital Cleveland a Sesame Street character Grover joins child life staff to comfort young patients. Regina Pietrarola three of Sheffield enjoys the playroom with IVs dolls casts and toys as staff promote understanding of medical tests and reduce anxiety. The hospital plans to extend its child life program to schools during National Children’s Hospital Week in March 2026 with exhibits and hands on kits for each child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Fairview General Hospital
Grover
Regina Pietrarola
Sheffield
Fairview
Fairview Child Life Program
Dawn Cooperrider
Cooperrider
Rocky River
Children’s Hospital
Brainwashing weight loss protocol draws scrutiny at convention
A Michigan psychiatrist promotes an eight to ten hour program claiming 80 percent weight loss but faces medical scrutiny over ethics and long term effectiveness. Participants pay 306 dollars for a 12 hour session at the Cleveland Convention Center on March 19, with follow ups sought by medical experts. The piece also covers a Lorain County homicide case and volunteer recognition day with United Way awards planned at DeLuca's Place in the Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hari Krishas
William Nagler
Michigan
Nagler
Rachel Peguero
Peguero
Joshua Malone
Lorain County
Robert Thomas
Thomas
Jeffery Valentine
Lorain
Valentine
United Way
Herbert Jacoby
DeLuca’s Place In
Park
Andy Gibb dies at 30 after years of Drug troubles
MIAMI resident and former teen idol Andy Gibb, brother of the Bee Gees, died in an Oxford hospital at 30 after a career of hits in the late 1970s and a battle with addiction and bankruptcy. His mother Barbara was by his side as doctors searched for a cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Andy Gibb
Bee Gees
Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford
Gibb
Dick Ashby
Barbara
South African minister to speak at Oberlin
Oberlin College hosts Simon Tshenuwani Farisani, a banned South African pastor and visiting scholar at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. He will lecture on Liberation Theology at 7 30 PM in King Building room 306. He has endured detentions, beatings, and torture for his anti apartheid work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin — Lutheran
Simon Tshenuwani Farisani
Oberlin College
King Building
South Africa
Farisani
Elyria Catholic seeks education commission member
Elyria Catholic High School invites applicants to join a two year Education Commission. Meetings are held monthly from August to June. For an application call the school office at 365-1821. Applications must be submitted by March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Catholic High School
Education Commission
Scam at Midway Mall leaves Elyria man $472 poorer
A 76 year old Elyria resident was duped by two men in the Midway Mall parking lot who claimed to share a wallet found with him after he contributed 472 dollars toward a safe deposit box. The con artists failed to appear later with profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Mall
Elyria
Lorain JVS hires Maurer as law enforcement instructor
Lorain County JVS selects Sgt. Steven Maurer of the Lorain County Sheriff's Department as full time law enforcement instructor for the 1988 89 school year with a 21005 salary. He is a Wellington resident with ten years of sheriff s office experience and a Bowling Green State University criminal justice degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Lorain County
Maurer
Wellington
Sheriff's Department
JVS Board
Wellington High School
Bowling Green State University
NASA
Theft reports and charity event noted in Elyria area
Police and fire log items record a radio stolen from a car at 557 Delaware Ava and groceries taken from Fazin's at Midway Mall after a check cashing card was used. Elyria hosts a fundraiser for State Rep. John Bara at Spring Valley Country Club from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with a $12.50 donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch
Delaware Ava
Fazin’s
Midway Mall
Elyria
John Bara
D-Elyria
Spring Valley Country Club
Gulf Road
Bara For State Representative
Bara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Audra J. Graham
Beatrice Duran
Beatrice K. Duran
Kapalin
Good Samaritan
Avon
John R. Devin
Bertha Moss
Moss
North Olmsted
St. Richard’s Catholic Church
Kathryn Flatico
Marinette O'Malley
Fairview Park
Henrietta Speck
Bryan
Jack Moss
John
Alberta Kuennen
Louis Darius
Laubenthal-DeCarlo Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Dan Dutkofski
Sunset Memorial Park
Bramwell Fitchard A
Lee
Daniel
Berechlin- Roberts Funeral
Brookdale
Styria
Carpenter Esther L
Roy
Sandra Chisler
Cherry Pyne
Carolyn Jones
Judy Rollyson
Bonnie Carpenter
John Pyne
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Elyna
Brookdale Cemetery
Etzler
Antoinette M
David
Dennis
Joseph
Blackburn-Fulton Funeral Home
Immaculate Conception Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Knowles Ina
Aurora
Donald
Glenn
Knowles
Johnson-Remuto Funeral Home
Broadway
Bedford
American Heart Association
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Peters Verna
Elynia
Robert
Viartation
Curtin-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Hneider
Dorothy J
Shere
Waller
Mario
Joyce) Campena
Robert W
Burmester
Avon Lake
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Joyce A. Wisnieski
Thomas A
Rufus
Hilda Hardwick
Amherst
Larry
Sue) Cates
Fort Worth
Texas
Jimmy
Diane) Drew
Sheffield Village
Gary Hardwick
Jessie Hardwick
Lydia Taulbee
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Broadway Assembly Church
Johnny Wade Sloan
Gerald W. Hood
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Constance Branstitter
Booker Pearson Sr
Tuskegee
Ala
U.S. Steel Lorain Works
Friendship Baptist Church
United Steel Workers
NAACP
Annie
Booker Jr
Jennifer
Carter Funeral Home
Walter J. Garrett
Elmwood Cemetery
Blake
Elyria United Methodist Home
Ada
Ben
James G
St. Paul Cemetery
Dicken Funeral Home
Joann Blake
C-T
Lorain Municipal Court
Sand United Way
Ashby
South African Students’ Organization
Black Peoples’ Convention
E. Catholic Seeking Commission
Sheffield Township
Discount Motors
North Ridge Road
JVS
Dairymen’s
Firelands High School
Archie Griffin
William Ruth
Robert Bregar & Associates of
Chagrin Falls
North Central Fire Chiefs’ Association
Lorain County Emergency Management Agency
Business and Industry
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