Oberlin professor Joseph Eliash dies at 48
Oberlin Colleges Judaic and Near Eastern Studies director Joseph Eliash a leading Shi i Islam authority died of a heart attack in Allen Memorial Hospital at 48. Born Jerusalem 1932 he studied at Hebrew University and University of London and lectured at Oberlin since 1976. His death followed service in Washington during Iran hostage negotiations and grant funded research into Shi i Muslim law.
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Oberlin
Joseph Eliash
Oberlin College
Emil C. Danenberg
Jerusalem
Eliash
Hebrew University
University of London
Death Notices for Armbuster and others with funeral details
Death notices list Guy J. Armbuster 84 of Elsh a survivors include Jusotte Iona one daughter Mrs Cleo Standen with services at Wainwright Funeral Home and burial at Sugar Ridge Cemetery other notices include William Broome 47 at 214 E 14th with funeral at Norton Funeral Home Wellington burial Greenwood Cemetery Lorain and several other obituaries detailing survivors and funeral arrangements across local towns.
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Broome
William
Carol
Myrtle Broome
Dian Karl
Robyn
Kelley Broome
Kevin
Jeffrey
Michael
Norton Funeral Home
Wellington
Burtai
Greenwood Cemetery
Elyria Christian Academy Hosts Giant Monopoly Marathon
At Elyria Christian Academy a 78-foot board, oversized props, a five-foot jail and a running faucet fueled a 10-hour monopoly marathon. About 60 students plus guests played in teams to raise funds, with Lynnette Turner and Chris Taylor articulating strategy to amass color groups, aiming to outlast rivals in a record setting event.
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Park Place
Elyria Christian Academy
Elyria
Perry Harding
Lynnette Turner
Jamies Turner
Bowling Green Circle
Chris Taylor
Ely School
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Neighbors Help Police Nab Fourth Burglary Suspect
Police credit nearby residents for spotting Donnie Clevenger after a burglary last Thursday. Sterling silver jewelry and cash were stolen and largely recovered. Clevenger, 22, of Cleveland, faces aggravated burglary and grand theft charges after fleeing the scene. Earlier suspects Arthur Sanchez, Peter Esposito, and Tony Kammerer were charged in Strongsville and Parma. The Liberty School PTA opens next year's officer race at Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. meeting with a Mardi Gras candy decorating demonstration and door prizes.
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Donnie Clevenger
Detroit Rd
Cleveland
Strongsville
Arthur Sanchez
W. 45Th St
Peter Esposito
Tony Kammerer
Chevrolet
Liberty School Pta
North Olmsted
Deaths of Joseph H. Abraham and Esther Boone in Lorain Vermilion
Joseph H. Abraham 94 of Lorain died after a brief illness at St. Joseph Hospital. He was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad boilermaker for 34 years retiring in 1958 and leaves a wife Katherine, daughters Josephinie Graziano and Diane Urig, a son Elias Lee, eight grandchildren, and services are at Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home with wake and religious rites at St. Mary Church. Esther L. Boone 66 of Vermilion died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born April 20 1914 she lived in Vermilion 34 years and was a member of United Church of Christ Congregational. She leaves husband Alva two sons Robert Wayne and Harold Thomas a daughter Doris Stwan two sisters and a brother, plus two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services are at Fisher-Riddle Funeral Home Vermilion with burial in Restlawn Memorial Park and memorials to Kidney Foundation.
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North Olmsted
St. Richard's Catholic Church
Margaret
Margaret Peters
Mary Ann Bartlett
Los Angeles
Leonard
Acton
Mass
Kacirek Funeral Home
Holy Cross Cemetery
Brook Park
Nellie May Bihary
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Bihary
First Lutheran Church
Berlin Heights
Stephen C
Harold
Mary Jean
Helen M Bihary
Loran
Lyle Sarr
Norwalk
Homer
Mabel) Ewell
Milan
Freeman
Adele) Meeker
George
Ruth) Dove
Nowalk
Walter A. Frey
First Lutheran
Jimmy W. Madsen
Burta
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Sophie Gerron Kaminski
Dombrowski
St. Mary Church
John J Kline
Calvary Cemetery
Kaminski
Paul
Marlene) Kramer
James
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Mary Avery
Fort Myers
Fila
Stanley
Josephine) Drozek
Westlake
John
Helen) Krupelak
Elyria
Louis Sivinski
Ivan Carl
Lafayette Blvd
Sheffield Lake
Carr
Lorain- Cuyahoga
U.S. Steel Corp
Scranton
Pauline Zondla
Bethlehem
Helen Fedorak
Taylor
Charles Tomlinson
Wakeman
Tomlinson
General Motors
Scott County
Birmingham
UAW
Bertha
Robert
Ruby) Smith
Kingsport
Tenn
Jack
Margaret) Smith
Charles Gay
Bobby Ray
Vermilion
Robert C
North Ridgeville
Scott County Funeral Home
Gate City
Tomlinson Cemtery
Gerber
Joseph H. Abraham
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mr. Abraham
Syria
Katherine
Joseph
Josephinie) Graziano
Dayton
Diane} Urig
Avon
Elias Lee
Reidy-Scanlan
David Walkowiak
Esther L. Boone
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Sandusky
Linited
Church of Christ Congregational
Alva
Gerald
Doris) Stwan
Wayne
Thomas
Rocky Bayer
Linus
Elizabeth) Bauer
Darald
Bertha) Windnagle
Lessburg
Fla
Loyd Wiley
Toledo
Jeffrey Stwan
Fisher-Riddle Funeral Home
United Church of Christ Congregational
Louis Bertoni
Restlawn Memorial Park
Kidney Foundation
Births listed for March 24 to March 29 in Grafton area
A long sequence of birth notices shows new babies born to numerous families in Grafton and nearby towns. Entries include a daughter to Brown at 216 Clinton Ave and a son to Henderson at 1309 Middle Ave, plus births to Bauer, McKee, Algood, Gallaher, Klatt, Peters, Riddle, Lewis, and Ternes with varied addresses in Lorain, Sheffield, North Ridgeville, and East Lorain.
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Timothy Henderson
Middle Ave
Kimberly Bauer
Marseilles Ave
Bobby McKee
Mechanic St
Grafton
Quinn Algood
West 16Th St
Clare Gallaher
Longford Ave
Ken Klatt
Cornell Blvd
North Ridgeville
Allen Peters
Chelsea Place
Ricky Riddle
Center St
Jeffrey Lewis
North Ridge Rd
East
Lorain
Falls man jailed in theft
An Olmsted Falls man, Michael Royce Avery, 31, was arrested by the Lorain County Sheriff and Ohio Highway Patrol for possession of a stolen 1979 Pontiac Firebird. He was arraigned in Elyria Municipal Court and is held in the Lorain County Correctional Facility. The car, taken to OHP for inspection on suspected altered IDs, is tied to a June theft from Beachwood Place Mall. Avery had bonded out in California and Florida on felony drug charges and faces extradition to Florida after the local proceedings.
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Avery
Beachwood Place Mall
California
Florida
Amherst Shooting Case Sent To County Prosecutor
South Amherst police transferred all information on last week's shooting of 19 year old Susan Hamrick to county prosecutor Susan Hamrick. The victim, 209 Annis Read, was shot in the arm and underwent surgery at Lorain St. Joseph Hospital and was listed in fair condition. Police say brothers John H. Ickes 26 and William R. Ickes 30 handled the gun and claimed they did not know it was loaded.
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South Amherst
Susan Hamrick
Annis Read
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Visitation Week Kicks Off at Elyria High School
Elyria High School launches annual visitation week inviting parents to attend classes tour the building and dine in the cafeteria. Classes compete for most parent visitors and must register in the office to credit the student. The top class earns its name on a plaque.
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Elyria High School
Two Amherst Teens Abducted and Robbed in Narrow Escape
Two 15 year old Amherst youths walking near Oberlin Road and Stang Road were abducted by a maroon car with two men. The driver demanded they enter the vehicle, then drove north of Route 113 where one boy was stripped of clothing and money while the second was robbed of his garments. After the car left, the youths, in underwear and tennis shoes, walked to a nearby mobile home park seeking help as threats of killing continued.
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Amherst
Lorain County
Route 113
Westwood Mobile Home Park
Lorain mayor warns permanent tax may hurt support
Mayor William Parker says moving from a temporary to a permanent half percent income tax may doom voter approval. Union opposition favored a temporary rate, Democrats oppose expiration date, and council split over a June 2 primary ballot. Negotiations with the fire department union could hinge on the tax result.
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Beth Boyd
C-T
Lorain
William Parker
United Steel Workers Local 1104
Parker
Council
Greater Lorain
Lorain County approves seven projects in February total 1.2 million
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations announced seven Lorain County construction projects in February valued at 1.2 million, placing the county eighth statewide. The largest is a 400000 renovation of Vermilion Valley Service Plaza on the Ohio Turnpike in Amherst. Cuyahoga County ranked fourth with 18 projects totaling 1.8 million.
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Lorain County
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Columbus
Amherst
Cuyahoga County
Broadview Heights
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Leo Schwab
Lorain Road
Fairview General Hospital
Niederndorf
Bavaria
W. Germany
Schwab
United States
Cleveland Municipal Light Lo
Stephen C. Bihary
UCLA
Iran
American Oriental Society
Association of Middle Eastern Society of North America
Israel Oriental Society
Odi
Anat
Israel
Kaminski Services
Paul E. Adams
Paul E
Pappy) Adams
Southwest Shore
Tampa
Adams
Cora A
Duwayne
Washington
Bac
San Jose
Richard
Largo
Bud
John Valliety
Poplarsville
Miss
Lloyd
Joyce) Lane
Pat Ecker
Garden of Memories
East Lake Ave
Ivan Cari
Curtis-Scheutfler Funeral Home, Inc
Vitny Seca
Cere! Emudnaleye
Narvey C. Curtls
Ernest W. Scheutfler
Daniel Heike
C.T
Chris
Lori Forbush
William Forbush
LaGrange Road
Lori
Beth Walkden
Beth
Arthur Walkden
Quarry Road
Liberty School
PTA
Alva L. Boone
Elyria Memorial
Wiliam Brown
Clinton Ave
Richard Nicholson
Garden St
Lorain St. Joseph
Timothy Ternes
River Road
Sheffield
EHS
Lorain Co
Pearl Road
Southwest General Hospital
Ashland County
Ashland Public Library
Erie County
Medina County
Huron County
Ken Conway
Dover Center
Ronald DuPerow
DuPerow
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