First woman Lorain County Sheriff captain dies at 54
Ann Marie Stanislawski 54 of Amherst died Saturday at Cleveland Clinic after a brief illness. Born Lorain she led Lorain County Sheriff Department for 31 years and served as chief of the civil division. Survivors include her father Harold, sister Carolyn Yingling, and nephew Neil Yingling Jr. Funeral services are set at Garland-Misencik Funeral Home with Mass at St. Joseph Church. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Donations to American Cancer Society.
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Ann Marie Stanislawski
Amherst
Cleveland Clinic
Lorain
Harold
Pellston, Mich
Neil
Carolyn Sue) Yingling
Neil Yingling Jr
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Stanislawski
American Cancer Society
North Ridge Rd
Elyria
Floyd V. Lynch
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Invacare Corporation
Wellington teacher Kathryn Murray remembered after 42 years at Amherst
Kathryn P. Murray of Wellington died Sunday at Elyria Methodist Home after 82 years in Wellington. A longtime Amherst Public Schools faculty member in French and Spanish she retired in 1965 and mentored the yearbook and newspaper. She studied at Flora Stone Mather College Western Reserve University Sorbonne Michigan and spoke at St Patrick Church Wellington with burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Kathryn P. Murray
Wellington
Elyria
Penfield
Miss Murray
Amherst Public Schools
Flora Stone Mather College
Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Sorbonne University
Paris
France
Murray
University of Michigan
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Longtime Lorain college admissions chief dies at 77
Arthur Bennett, 77, of Bay Village and former Lorain County Community College admissions director, died Saturday at West Bay Manor Nursing Home. He received a 1976 Life Membership Award from the Ohio Association of College Admission Counselors and previously worked for Rocky River Public Schools. Survived by son David, daughter Barbara Morison, four grandchildren, sister Evrell McCullough. visitation today 3-5 p.m. at Zeis-McGreevey Funeral Home. Burial private. Memorials to LCCC Memorial Fund.
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Arthur M. Bennett
Bay Village
West Bay Manor Nursing Home
Westlake
Cleveland
Bennett
Lorain County Community College
Ohio Association of College Admission Counselors
Rocky River Public Schools
David
Bethesda, Md
Barbara B. Morison
Syracuse, N.Y
Martin E. (Evrell) McCullough
Columbus
Janet
Zeis-McGreevey Funeral Home
Lakewood
Lorain County Community College Memorial Fund
North Abbe Rd
Elyria
Death notice for Harry Day of Grafton at Elyria Hospital
Harry Day of Grafton died Sunday at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Blackburn Fulton Funeral Home. Burial or service details to be announced. memorial service planned at LaPorte United Methodist Church in Elyria with a funeral home handling arrangements.
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Harry Day
Grafton
Elyria Memoral Hospital
Blackburn-Fulton Funeral Home
Death notice for David W. Gentry of Chippewa Lake Ohio
David W. Gentry 51 of Chippewa Lake Ohio died at home on Wednesday. Born in Lodi he previously lived in Homerville and Lodi before moving to Chippewa Lake eight years ago. He was a truck driver for Larne Truck Lines and a member of Lafayette United Methodist Church. Survivors include wife Eleanor sons Kevin West Salem Ohio Tony Dandridge Tennessee Brian and Michael at home a stepdaughter Donna Parsons Lodi a stepson James Simmons Oklahoma one grandson three step grandchildren and his parents Elmer and the late era Gentry of Rochester Indiana a brother Kenneth Rochester Indiana and a sister Eloise Beyers Kent Ohio Visitation is Tuesday 2 4 and 7 9 p.m. at Parker and Son Funeral Home Lodi Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Rev. Dana Flemming Lafayette United Methodist Church officiating Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery Lodi
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David W. Gentry
Chippewa Lake
Ohio
Lodi
Homerville
Mr. Gentry
Larne Truck Lines
Lafayette United Methodist Church
Eleanor
Kevin
West Salem
Tony
Dandridge
Tenn
Brian
Michael
Donna Parsons
James Simmons
Oklahoma
Elmer Gentry
Rochester
Ind
Kenneth
Eloise Beyers
Kent
Parker and Son Funeral Home
Dana Flemming
Woodlawn Cemetery
Webster's New World Lexicography Shapes Dictionary Era
The 1951 Webster's New World Encyclopedic Dictionary redefined lexicography by treating usage as guided by educated language users and writers. Merriam-Webster's 1961 Third New International Dictionary faced backlash for abandoning prescriptive authority. The field became fiercely competitive among New World, Merriam-Webster, Random House, and American Heritage, with New World claiming 85 million copies sold since 1951.
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Library Journal
Jacques Barzun
Guralnik
Merriam-Webster
New World
Random House
American Heritage
War scarred Rabbi Welds Pain Into Metal Figures
Zanesville artist and former Temple B'nai Abraham rabbi Sidney Rackoff uses wartime memories to shape welded metal sculptures. A World War II veteran of the Ohio 83rd Infantry Division, he recalls loss and suffering as he portrays war emotions, including a Pieta After The Bombing inspired by a bombing death he witnessed in France.
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Sidney Rackoff
Zanesville
Rackoff
Temple B’nai Abraham
Gulf Road
Elyria
Temple B'nai Abraham
Tion
Cleveland State University
Ohio 83Rd Infantry
France
Germany
Burglary Reports Across Elyria Addresses
Police and fire logs indicate burglaries at Georgetown Apts 525 Georgetown Ave where a VCR was stolen, 308 Franklin Ave where a compact disc player VCR unit and cassette tapes were taken, and 251 Ohio St where a VCR unit was stolen.
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Elyria
Georgetown Apts
Georgetown Ave
Franklin Ave
Ohio St
Olive Street crossing closes for repairs in Elyria
The Olive Street railroad crossing in Elyria will be closed to all traffic this week for repairs by Conrail and is scheduled to reopen at 5 p.m. Friday.
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Elyria
Olive Street
Conrail
Repairs close Kinzel Road in Avon
Kinzel Road in Avon between Route 83 and Stoney Ridge Road will be closed through Friday for repairs. Local motorists are asked to seek alternate routes and expect brief delays during the closure period.
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Avon — Kinzel Road
Avon
Stoney Ridge Road
Funeral services for Anna E. Bongs in Elyria
Anna E. Bongs age 85 of Elyria died Friday. Services will be Tuesday at 11 am at LaPorte United Methodist Church with Rev Oden Haynes officiating. Burial in South Murray Ridge Cemetery. Visitation today 2-4 and 7-9 pm at Curtis Schenffler Funeral Home. Elyria.
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Beverly
Fred
Cortes Scheniher Fonte Hume
Ebyris
LaPorte United Methodiet Church
Anna E. Bongs
Lottman
Elyria
LaPorte United Methodist Church
Oden Haynes
South Murray Ridge Cemetery
Curtis-Schenffler Funeral Home
Elyna
Recordflight: Heavier Aircraft Breaks Altitude Mark
Howell uses Schubert’s CIA aircraft weighing about 500 pounds to climb higher than his own. With Ken Pickel of Olmsted Township, they spent two years on a record flight that joins the National Aeronautic Association records. Burt Rutan designed the Voyager, famed for nonstop around the world last year.
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Howell
Schubert
Ken Pickel
Olmsted Township
National Aeronautic Association
Aircraft Industry
Burt Rutan
Oberlin council to tackle position classification amid pay concerns
The Oberlin council, facing pay level inequities, aims to make the position classification issue a top priority for a forthcoming permanent city manager after Dale Sugerman left January 20. The 1987 controversy began with a committee that updated the ordinance, but council tabled and then defeated revisions. The current plan seeks a second reading of an amendment next Monday.
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Dale Sugerman
David Bruno
Births at Elynia Memorial and local notices
A daughter to Dale and Manan Morena born March 21 at Elynia Memorial. A son to Michelle Gill and Michael Jrousek in SAS Wesley Ave. A son to Sherry Hoover and Philip LaScola at 229 Belfield Ave. A daughter Elyna to Nancy Rapchak and Charles Lehane at 36441 Woodland Way. A daughter Etyna to Dennis and Joan Gibson at 9396 Guild. A daughter Etyna to Randy and Sandra Lottman at 977 Oakwood Dr.
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Michelle Gill
Michael Jrousek
Wesley Ave
Signa
Sherry Hoover
Philip LaScola
Belfield Ave
Elyna
Nancy Rapchak
Charles Lehane
Woodland Way
Ridgeville
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Lorain County
Mary
Nee Slivka
Garland-Misencik Funeral Home
Ington
Women’s Afternoon Club
Amherst Study Club
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Greenwood Cemetery
Norton Funeral Home
Arthur Bennett
LCCC
Naoma Wright
Pikeville
Garrison
Christian Life Church
Elijah
Eli
Roger D
Vermilion
Robert J
Dayton
Marvin
John R
Collins
Kenneth J
Larry E
Geneva A ) Peyton
Vernon E
Teresa D.) Farley
McKinsey Rowe
Flemingsburg
James B. Rowe
Edna Creech
Florida
Opal Bentley
Mary Weddington
Florence Spence
Eula Recznick
Georgia Lee
Wright
Arthur Rowe
James M. Justice
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Walter A. Frey
Denis Bothas
Evelyn Martin
Valley Cemetery
Marietta Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Lynch
Jack
Jean) Johannsen
Schwartz- Spence and Boyer
Gilbert L. Wilcox
New London
Lorain Community Hospital
St. Albans
W.va
Mr. Wilcox
Thomas
Ashland
Pamela
Barbara Ann
Ward
Joseph
Canton
Earl
Clendenin
Lou Johnson
Nitro
Ruth Yeorgin
Anita Tillack
Downey
Calif
Snodgrass
Webster Cemetery
Olive C. Rifenburg
Grandview
St. Joseph Health Center
Kansas City
Masontown
Oberlin
Mountain Home
Ark
Rabbi Welds
Olive St. Crossing
Kinzel Rd
Bongs Services
Elynia
Dale
Manan Morena
West Rd
Gratton
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