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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1973
Page
8
A batch of obituaries and funeral notices from Elyria area. David M Weekley 79 former New London councilman and retired feed mill owner died after a long illness at Sandusky Memorial Hospital. Numerous survivors and service details followed. Other notices include Stanley M Storrow 70 Wellington GM retiree, Ralph N Smith 64 Amherst, and many Lorain Oberlin area residents with service, burial, and visitation arrangements.
Lloyd Opdyke died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a five month illness. He was 65, lived at 617 South Logan Street, born July 25, 1907 in Landsdown New Jersey, and had resided in Elyria 14 years. Survived by wife Mary E and two step-sons Fred and Duane Phelps, a sister Emma Hermann of Milford New Jersey, and a brother Claves Opdyke of Glen Garden. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Wainwright Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Freer officiating, burial in North Ridgeville Cemetery.
Sue Ann Beattie infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Beattie of RD 3 Ashland died Friday shortly after birth at Samaritan Hospital Ashland. Survived by grandparents Willian Beattie Greenwich Virgil Whitcomb Ashland. graveside service today at 2 p.m. Ruggles Cemetery officiated by Rev Robert Kline Rug gles Federated Church Eastman Funeral Home New London in charge
Obituaries list multiple local residents with ages from 33 to 92. James L Jones Jr of North Ridgeville dies at 33 leaving wife Sharon and children Gary James and Sheila. services Wednesday in Homewood It burial Lake Forest Ill. Hubert Best 52 Lorain dies wife Beatrice mother Mollie Bryant three sisters three brothers. visitation at Horton home and Carter Funeral Home with service Thursday. Leon A.M. Abel 82 Lorain resident survived by daughter Pauline Northeim and two sisters. visitation by Reidy-Scanlan with service Wednesday. Elmwood Cemetery burial. Dr Bristow C. 65 Lorain survived by wife Genevieve and daughters Barbara Nada and Genevieve Stewart. visitations at Carter Funeral Home. church service Wednesday. Keith, 80 Grafton husband and father with several children. burial Ridge Hill Memorial. Barn A., 92 Elyria former resident. service details. burial Ridgelawn Cemetery.
The Langford family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for comfort after the loss of Rosalyn Langford beloved wife and mother. Special thanks to Curtis Scheuffler Funeral Home Rev Shilling for extra services and Kenneth E Langford and sons for support during bereavement.
George Keudel aged 9 formerly of 6515 Detroit Avenue Cleveland died Sunday in Fairview Park Hospital after a long illness. Born October 12, 1877 in Cleveland he was a lifelong resident. Graveside services set for tomorrow at 11 am in Woodland Cemetery Cleveland with Bogner Funeral Home of North Ridgeville in charge.
Services for John T Hodge 57 of 7616 North Murray Ridge Road will be Thursday at 1 a.m. The Rev Willis Hull will officiate with burial in Brookdale Cemetery. Hodge died of a heart attack while plowing snow at Erie Elementary School Sunday afternoon. The funeral home will hold visiting hours tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
A son to Mr and Mrs Ronald Klein 489 Cherry Valley Amherst a daughter to Mr and Mrs Richard Wales 212 Broad St E broad St Grafton a son to Mr and Mrs Paul Hamker 1060 Sunshine Ct Parma a son to Mr and Mrs Michael Twardzik 5452 Hauserman Rd Parma
Vermilion council president Earl Jones accuses Klingshirn Development Corp of altering a 22.1 acre Woodview Estates plan after council approval. The 200 by 15 foot land strip was thought owned but not, changing final municipal court drawings and potentially blocking public utilities access. Law director Elio Zerbini will present findings at the next council meeting.
Elyria Municipal Court charged Elyria man Allen R. Johnson with manslaughter in the death of Norman Stiles after a fight at Deane's Bar. Johnson pleads innocent through Akron attorney William R. Ellis. Preliminary hearing set for April 17, bond $10,000. Stiles died after a blow to the head during the incident.
A Lorain family of three suffered injuries in a two-car collision that damaged both vehicles. John Maziarz, 21, of 1861 East 39th Street, remained in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital with multiple scrapes and cuts. his wife Mary, 20, also in fair condition, was listed on the hospital report.
A new schedule for license tag sales announced by deputy registrar Frank Pilarczyk makes the 6815 Lake Avenue location open 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Mondays through Saturdays through April 14. Larry Morrow will join WWWE’s staff April 2 after leaving WIXY last summer. The 11 month old son John III is in fair condition with bruises and head injury. A wreck on E 29th Street involved a parked car owned by Mary Kereca. Maziarz was cited for reckless operation and open container.
County commissioners received two bids today for nine cars for Sheriff Vernon M. Smith's department. J R Dall Ford offered 29484 with eight used cars traded in at 7200. Prout Chevrolet bid 35466 with trade-ins valued at 3.30.
Minerva Barden, wife of third ward councilman Don Barden, told police her husband struck her at Minerva's Bar on Broadway, yanking her hair and throwing her to the floor. Three witnesses supported her account. no charges filed. Barden denied the beating, calling it a family quarrel and saying there was no heating.
Elyria High School concert and symphonic bands present their annual pre spring concert tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the EHS auditorium The symphonic band is directed by Joe Murray The concert band is led by Eugene Eck enfels A special feature will be Festive directed by senior Mark Wainwright The event is open to the public and tickets are charged at the door.
Sheffield village council approved 1973 appropriations totaling 411,831 with major increases for a new fire engine costing 41,499 funded by a fire levy, fire department building improvements 10,613 from federal revenue sharing, and street resurfacing 32,710 up from 17,770. Other large items include general fund 78,629 police 61,633 and water department 48,790.
Elyria High School and Elyria Catholic High School plan a joint pep rally at ECHS tonight at 8 15 p m to honor state bound basketball teams. Mayor Reichlin will speak as Elyria Basketball Week is declared. Students are urged to wear red or green and attend with fans.
Bruce L. Summa will address about 200 builders and businessmen at the Lorain County Home and Flower Show at Midway Mall tomorrow. He is an assistant professor of business at Lorain County Community College. His talk titled The Strangest Secrets covers motivational productivity in the home building industry. The speech is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Harvest House Cafeteria.
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