Area Deaths Include Pope Kelley Fries Newton Victims
Obituaries report deaths of Larry L. Pope 36 Oberlin carpenter and parish member at Mount Zion Church. Donna J. Kelley 50 Lorain resident. Irene A. Fries 75 Norwalk resident. William Newton Jr. 74 U S Steel retiree. Details include survivors, funeral plans, and burial locations in Elyria Norwalk and Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Pope
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Tenisha McKinney
Denver
Nikia Jackson
Elyria
Ryan Kolbe
College Park
Richard E
Anna L
Thelma Jones
Rosa Yarber
Diane
Richard Jr
Charles
Gregory
Donald
Barbara Binion
Hannah Pope
Nancy Haynes
Mount Zion Church
Locust St
Fred Steen
Westwood Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
W. Bridge St
William Newton Jr
U.S. Steel
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Obituaries for Oberlin residents Barnthouse and West
Paul A Barnthouse 81 of Oberlin died Tuesday after a short illness at Allen Memorial Hospital. He was a cabinet maker and antique dealer and served in the Army Air Corps in World War I. Survived by Nora his wife and sister Rita Stokowski. Burial and funeral details at Cowling Funeral Home. Ralph J West 82 of Oberlin died at home Tuesday after a long life in the area. Retired machinist from Green Bale Bearing Co in Bedford in 1965. Survived by Dora his wife and seven children, 25 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Services at Cowling Funeral Home with burial in Camden Cemetery.
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Joseph J. Revers
Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital
Army Air Corps
American Legion Post
Revers
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Nora
Rita Stokowski
Parma
Paul
Thaddeus
Cowling Funeral Home
South Main St
Robert Bonnell
Sacred Heart Church
W. Lorain St
Westwood Cemetery
Ralph J. West
Russia Township
West
Green Ball Bearing Co
Bedford
Dora
Della Evey
Hiram
Olevia Kirk
Arthur
Twinsburg
Carl
Emmaus
Ted
Andover
Raymond
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Death notices and funeral arrangements from Lorain area
Obituaries detail infant death of Josephine Victoria Muniz-Santiago and several local residents, including Doris M. Schaeffer, Paul A. Barnthouse, and Joseph Marvin. Services are announced or pending at Eastman Funeral Home and Gerber Funeral Home with various relatives named and burial or memorial plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Victoria Muniz-Santiago
Jose Raul and
Carmen Victoria Muniz
Lorain
Belle F. Kersey dies at 58 in Elyria
Belle F Kersey 58 of Elyria died. She is survived by son Sean, daughter Edna Brooks, and sister Jean. Friends may call 2 4 and 7 9 p.m. today at Bauer Laubenthal Wainwright Funeral Home Chestnut Ridge Route 57 Elyria. Services will be held at the funeral home Thursday with burial at Brookdale.
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KERSEY Belle F
Findley
Elyria
Sean
Edna Brooks
Jean Friends
Bauer, Laubenthal
Wainwright Funeral Home
Chestnut Ridge
Route 57
Brookdale Cemetery
Kate Byrne 68 Lorain Resident Dies After Long Illness
Kathryn Fay Byrne nee Reese 68 of Lorain died Tuesday at Oak Hills Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in Cleveland she lived in Lorain since 1941. She worked at Lorain Products in the 1950s as Kathryn Paul and at the 2200 Bar before retiring in 1974 after ten years. Survived by Faye Vandergrift Loretta White 11 grandchildren six great grandchildren and sister Loretta Cruickshank predeceased by four grandchildren. Friends may call at John R. Devin Funeral Home Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. with services Friday at 9:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene A. Fries
Norwalk
Norwalk St. Paul High School
Doris M. Schaeffer
Kathryn “Kate” Fay Byrne
Reese
Lorain
Oak Hills Nursing Home
Cleveland
Lorain Products
Kathryn Paul
Louis Paul
Faye Vandergrift
Loretta White
Barber Shop Mixes Up Kiss Me Kate Ticket Sale
Lorain County Community College box office mix up leads patrons to call Ron’s Bar ber Shop for Kiss Me Kate tickets. The Elyria box office number was misprinted. correct number is 366 4040. Show at Stocker Center Thursday at 8 p m.
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Kate
Lorain County Community College
Ron
Ron’s
Elyria
Stocker Center
Me Kate
Stocker
USAir crash victims homeward bound as survivors mend
Three area survivors of USAir Flight 405 at LaGuardia were recovering today. Kathryn Gray set to leave Booth Memorial Medical Center in Flushing with husband Dean dead in the crash. Connie Merrill in stable condition at Jacobi Hospital. her husband Tom upgraded from critical to stable. The Merrills own Kerr Printing in Norwalk. Gray and the Merrills had traveled to Atlantic City before the crash. Also killed were Joseph and Marilyn Irvin of North Olmsted and Avon Lake counselor Jennifer Paloci. Avon Lake officials plan a memorial service for Paloci at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the United Church of Christ.
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USAir
Connie Merrill
Jacobi Hospital
New York
Tom
Tom Merrill
criti
cal
Merrills
Kerr Printing
Norwalk
Grays
Atlantic City
N.J
Joseph and
Marilyn Irvin
North Olmsted
Jennifer Paloci
Redwood
Westview
Avon Lake
Paloci
United Church of Christ
Electric Blvd
Clayton Dusek
Judge Won't Reconsider Deputy Layoff Ruling in Lorain County
Visiting Judge Mark K. Wiest refused to reinstate fifteen Lorain County Sheriff's deputies and some support staff after layoffs aimed at cutting the budget. The decision leaves the deputies off the payroll, with the case likely to be appealed to the Ninth District Court of Appeals and a bill proposed to mandate road patrol duties for sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELYRIA
Lorain County
Wiest
Mahony
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Ohio
Oberlin accident victim improves in Cleveland hospital status
A Cleveland woman injured in a March 15 car-van crash in front of the fire station has been upgraded from critical to satisfactory at MetroHealth Medical Center. Katie Jackson, 63, was hospitalized after the collision involving Dorothy J. Harris, 46, who remained in satisfactory condition. Other passengers and the van drivers were treated at area hospitals with varied outcomes.
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OBERLIN
Cleveland
MetroHealth Medical Center
Katie Jackson
Dorothy J. Harris
lor
Tiffany Baylor
Stavros E. Meimaridis
Butler Rd
Wakeman
Madeline Meimaridis
Allen Memorial Hospital
Stavros Meimaridis
Harris
Hamilton Street
Eaton Trustees Meet to Discuss Water Main Upgrade
Eaton Township trustees plan a special meeting at 5 p.m. at the town hall to consider enlarging water mains along Route 83. Trustee Chester Carpenter notes current lines serving Grafton and Lorain Corrections Institutions require higher capacity and pressure, with improvements extending south of the prisons.
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EATON
Carpenter
Grafton
Lorain
UAW Local 2000 Luncheon On Job Stress at Aqua Marine Hotel
United Auto Workers Local 2000 sponsors a 1 pm Saturday luncheon at Aqua Marine Hotel and Country Club 216 Miller Rd. Pricilla Young from UAW Women’s Department in Detroit will speak on job related stress. Cost $8.50 per person. For more information call 933 2001.
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AVON LAKE
United Auto Workers
Aqua Marine Hotel and Country Club
Miller Rd
Pricilla Young
UAW
Detroit
Mich
Lorain jail inmate attempts death by own action
Lorain police report a 19 year old inmate Thomas O Phelps of West 12th Street attempted suicide in a jail holding cell by using a blanket noose. He was rushed to St Joseph Hospital and Health Center for treatment before being returned to jail on Tuesday night after X rays showed no injury.
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LORAIN
Thomas O. Phelps
West 12th Street
Phelps
St. Joseph Hospital
Columbia bus drivers win nationwide safety award for accident-free record
Columbia School District received Nationwide Insurance's top safety honor, one of nine districts ever to earn it. Transportation supervisor Colum bia Bing, with the fleet since 1962, led efforts like a commercial driving license school. Bing and Dietrich credit driver vigilance and quick reactions for the award and safety record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing
Dietrich
Nationwide
Barry Reuter
Columbia
Reuter
Ohio
Ohio Civil War officer statue at Oberlin house sparks sale note
Shurtleff, a former prisoner of war who led a black Union regiment organized by Oberlin’s John Mercer Langston, is honored with a 1898 statue by Emily Ewing Peck displayed near a house. The statue bears his name and a quote about negro liberation. A realtor spokesman says the statue is on separate property and not part of the sale.
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Shurtleff
Oberlin
John Mercer Langston
Virginia
Oberlin College
Emily Ewing Peck
Ohio
Gun rights group defends arrest amid Ohio case
Lorain County Firearms Defense Association members protest the arrest of Radosevich calling it an unconstitutional overreach. Chris Crobaugh says he was exercising rights under the Ohio and U.S. Constitutions. The Sheriff's Department defends the arrest citing danger to officers when citizens carry loaded weapons.
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Lorain County Firearms Defense Association
Chris Crobaugh
Radosevich
Ohio
U.S
Sheriff's Department
The
Couple Hurt When Boulder in Road Traps Car
An Oberlin man, Wayne Johnson, 31, in fair condition with a chest bruise after his car struck a boulder on Route 58. His wife Tamara Johnson, 28, sustained minor injuries. The boulder was dislodged from a tractor trailer driven by Thomas Brydon Jr., 37, who turned into a parking lot near Route 58. Brydon was cited for injurious material on the highway. the Johnsons for not wearing seat belts.
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OBERLIN
Allen Memorial Hospital
Wayne Johnson
Maple St
Harding Christ
Tamara Johnson
Highway Patrol
Thomas Brydon Jr
Hooversville
Johnsons
OSP
Brydon
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Chronicle-Telegram
Girl Scouts organization
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Susan
Peggy
Clara Holzhauer
Richard Holzhauer
LaGrange
James Holzhauer
Donald Holzhauer
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Broadway
21st St
Cornelius Murray
Calvary Cemetery
Heaston-Gerber Funeral Home
Benedict Ave
Nick Cunningham
St. Paul Church
E. Main St
St. Paul Cemetery
St. Paul Gym Fund
S. Linwood Ave
Stein Hospice Service
W. Madison St
Sandusky
Lilesville
N.C
Logan
W.Va
Mr. Newton
U.S. Steel Corp
Unity Baptist Church
Newton
Barbara Ringo
Georgette Gill
Tokyo
Jacqueline Marks
Augusta
Troy
William H
Leon
Lansing
Ernest
Huntsville
Texas
Mary Jenkins
Portia Newell
Norfolk
Mozell E
Marion T
James
Clara Washington
Emmett Lee
Unity Church
Fuller Rd
Paul A. Barnthouse
S. Main St
Camden Cemetery
Josephine Muniz
Santiago
Victoria
John R. Devin
Elyria Ave
Paul Walters
Greenwich
Fisher-Titus Medical Center
New London
Spencer and Wooster
Barnthouse
Marine Corps
VFW
Bonnie
Rodd Felver
Gregory Felver
Alma
Ethel G. Walters
Ashland
Pauline Cowcick
Sullivan
Wesley KE. Walters Sr
Irving
Fred EB. Walters
Paul Barnthouse
Walter B. Walters
Eastman Funeral Home
W. Main St
George Mays
Greenwich Greenlawn Cemetery
Joseph Marvin
Birmingham
Lorain Community Hospital
Pittsburgh
Marvin
Merchant Marines
Velva
Mr. Marvin
Kathryn Statler
Margaret Mihelich
Steve
Henrietta United Church of Christ
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Gerber Funeral Home
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Kathryn Fay Byrne
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