Area deaths honor Elyria's No.1 sports fan Ralph Fobes
Elyria memorials report Ralph A. Fobes 90 longtime Elyria resident died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a weeklong illness. A Oberlin native, he was Oberlin High and Oberlin Business College alum and a 1930s mover to Elyria. Retired 1959 postal mail carrier he was famed as Elyria High School's top sports fan and former Elyria Sports Hall of Fame board member. He served in WWI and held many local fraternal and church memberships.
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Ralph A. Fobes
Elyria
Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Oberlin High School
Oberlin Business College
Elyria Postal Service
Fobes
Elyria High School
Elyria Sports Hall of Fame Board of
National Association of Retired Civil Employees
Elyria American Legion Post 12
King Solomon Lodge No. 56 F&am
Order of Eastern Star Chapter
First Congregational Church
Pioneer Club
Elizabeth Price United Health director dies after short illness
Elizabeth A. Price 69 of Elyria retired executive director of the United Health Foundation and Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Lorain County died at Lorain St Joseph Hospice Unit after a short illness. She helped consolidateHealth services into the United Health Foundation and started postoral screening in area schools. Memorial services Monday at St Andrew Episcopal Church. Memorials to United Health Foundation or church library fund.
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Elizabeth A. Price
Elyria
United Health Foundation
Elyria Health Foundation
Metropolitan Health Planning Commission
Health Care Advisory Board
Lorain County
Golden Acres
Patricia Price Ames
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Nancy Price
San Fransico
Theodore Foss
Sarah Hunter
North Olmsted
Lester F
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
Roderic Pierce
N. Ridge Road
Wainwright Funeral Home
Wharton Named LCCC Trustee and Transit Board Appointee
Robert A. Wharton, manager of purchasing and distribution at BF Goodrich Research and Development Center in Brecksville, was appointed Thursday by Lorain County commissioners to join the Lorain County Community College trustees board, replacing Dr. Joseph Calta. He resides at 720 West 38th Street, Lorain. Commissioners also named Ted Chmura to the Lorain County Transit Board to replace William Green as chairman, and Harrison Comstock was reappointed to the Transit Board.
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Elyria
Robert A. Wharton
Lorain County Community College Trustees
Lorain County
Wharton
B.F. Goodrich
Brecksville
Joseph Calta
38Th St
Lorain
Ted Chmura
Lorain County Transit Board
William Green
Harrison Comstock
Transit Board
Obituary: Andrew J. White 65 of Sheffield Village dies
Andrew J. White known as Judd White of Sheffield Village dies after five years of ill health. He was a WWII Navy veteran and former owner of Northern Ohio Bottle Exchange. Survived by wife Cleo and ten grandchildren. services at Dombrowski Funeral Home with Mass at St Peter Church. Burial at Calvary Cemetery with VFW rites.
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Andrew J. “Judd” White
Sheffield Village
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Board of Public Affairs
Northern Ohio Bottle Exchange
YMCA
Boy Scouts
Little League
COPE
MTC
Lorain St. Joseph
Civilian Conservation Corp
Navy
Assoc
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post
Elyria
St. Peter Catholic Church
Cleo M
Nee Lee
Andrew M. White
Kirkland
Ohio
Lee Alvin White
Columbus
Daniel Joseph White
Westlake
Donald
Lisa Marie) Nemcovsky
Doren
JoAnn) Portman
Oberlin
Walter White
Sheffield Lake
Joseph
Frances) Lewandowski
Dombrowski
Joseph Step
Death Notices DZIERTYK Joseph 372 of Lorain
Joseph DZIERTYK 372 of Lorain died recently. He is survived by three sisters and one brother. Funeral services are scheduled today at 7 PM at John Ro Tenn Funeral Home. A funeral service will be Saturday at 5 AM, followed by burial at Calvary Cemetery Lorain. Also listed is Gutbert HISCOX 70 of Elyria with service details at Ceiling Funeral Home and Bromdale Cemetery.
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Alice G. Rudekoff
Oberlin
Sandusky
First United Methodist Church
Pansey
Clyde
Cowling
Stanley Cote
Westwood Cemetery
Dziertyk
Joseph
Lora
Visialiem Ai
John Ro Tenn
Vrain
Maes
St Stanislaus
Lorain
Calvary
Lorance
Hiscox Gutbert
Elia He
Hs Ile Firean
Bathare
Oberinndaa
Funeral
Bromdale
Enna
Son of Lorain longtime worker Sonny Vargo dies at 83
Alex Sonny Vargo 83 of Lorain formerly Mid dletown Pa died Thursday after a brief illness. He worked 50 years in accounting at U S Steel Lorain Works retiring in 1967 and was active in Holy Trinity Church USW Local 2354 Lorain Eagles Club and Altar Rosary Society. He is survived by his wife 59. a son Richard in California five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday at 9 a m with mass at Holy Trinity Church.
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Donald F Revercomb
Elyria
St Catherine Hospital
Hammond
Ind
Mr. Revercomb
Sue (Nee McKitrick
Donald Jr
Denver
Col
Phyllis Marshall
Maryland
Marion Cook
Marjorie Harris
Columbus
Earl Walker
Robert
Alex
Sonny” Vargo
Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Mr. Vargo
Middletown
U.S. Steel Corp
Lorain Works
Holy Trinity Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Bertha
Mayher
Richard
California
Sunday Pancake Breakfast Sponsored by Columbia Fire Dept
The Columbia Fire Department sponsors a Sunday pancake breakfast in Columbia at the VFW Hall on Route 82 from 8 am to 1 pm. Adults pay 3 dollars, children 1.50, and kids under five eat for free.
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Columbia
Columbia Fire Department
Columbia Vfw Hall
Route 82
Chagall Dies at 97 in Riviera Home France
Renowned artist Marc Chagall died at 97 at his home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence on the French Riviera. He was praised as the last of the 20th century giants, with works spanning stained glass, murals, and ballads. his Philadelphia Museum of Art will host a major retrospective in May.
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Marc Chagall
Riveria
ST. Paul DE Vence
France
French Riveria
Pablo Picasso
Chagall
Flying Painter
Vitebsk
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Hadassah Medical Center
Jerusalem
la Fontaine
Philadelphia Museum of Art
U.S
Museum of Modern At
William Rubin
Picasso
Matisse
Girl Dies After Parents Blocked Treatment Over Faith
Pamela Hamilton, a 14 year old in Chattanooga, dies after years of cancer battle following a court-ordered chemotherapy ruling. National attention followed a 1983 case where a judge mandated treatment. doctors warned delays reduced her survival odds from 75 percent to about 25 percent. Pamela had proclaimed faith that God would heal her.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Pamela Hamilton
Brian Corden
T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital
Chattanooga
Corden
Pamela
Tennessee Court of Appeals
Department of Human Service
Couple sought in diamond theft at Midway Mall
In Elyria a man and a woman visited J C Penney at Midway Mall around 4:30 p.m. and, after trying rings, left to their car and did not return. Three diamond rings valued at 4,795, 2,750, and 5,495 dollars were reported stolen, totaling 13,040 dollars. Police have a description and investigation continues.
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Elyria
J.C. Penney Co
Midway Mall
Cleveland man sentenced for two counts of receiving stolen property
Tommy R. Garcia of 4602 Scoville Cleveland received four years in Lorain County Common Pleas Court after a jury found him guilty of two counts of complicity in receiving stolen property. Judge Joseph Cirigliano ordered consecutive two year terms for transporting two stolen cars on the Ohio Turnpike last October. Garcia claimed he was in Michigan at the time and was indicted November 28 by a Lorain County grand jury.
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Elyria
Cleveland
Lorain
Edward Mathna Files Lorain Write-In Bid
Edward Mathna of 4626 Willow Ave Lorain will run as a Republican write-in candidate in Lorain Ward 9 council race. The Lorain County Board of Elections reports he was the only write-in candidate filed by the deadline Thursday. Mathna is nephew of former Lorain mayor Woodrow W Mathna.
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Elyria
Lorain
County Board of Elections
Edward Mathna
Willow, Ave
Woodrow W. Mathna
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Donald F. Revercomb
Joseph C. Lawson
Joseph C Lawson
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mt. Holly
Ark
Unity Baptist Church
Unity Radio
King Edward
Fern M
Harriet) Thompson
Bernie R
D.C
Donald P
Cincinnati
Ruth Firer
Dicken
Ronald K. Marmaduke
Furst Congregational Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Della Garrison
Della (Hamilton) Garrison
Breth Co
Phillip
Bonnie) Rowe
James
Janice) Kiser
Flasons
Gary E. Hamilton
Colorado Springs
Colo
William Hamilton
Ft. Ashby
W. Va
Clyde Hamilton
Neilie
Lee
Howard
Alf
Ari
Charlie
Jimmy
Tommy
Brady Lewis Hamilton
Reichlin- Roberts
Gene Collings
Temple Baptist Church
Bunal
Brookdale Cemetery
Inez L. Hunt
Henry
Noel A. Todd
Klara M. Steele
Kenneth Robinson
Hilda Robinson
United Health
Jack W. Patton Jr
Wilber Drive
Patton
Goodrich
LCCC
Andrew ‘Judd’ White
Sheffield
Tony
Geraldine) Pathe
Dearborn Heights
Mich
Virginia Schaefer
John J. Gluvyna
Holy Trinity Altar and Rosary Society
Leonard Bacik
Calvary Cemetery
Jean-Louis Prat
Valentine Brodsky
Prat
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