Wellington man dies from crash injuries at 23
Steven W. Rutherford 23 of Wellington died Monday at Cleveland Metro Health Medical Center from injuries in a Saturday automobile crash. Born in Oberlin he was a Wellington High School 1985 graduate and worked as a mechanic for Mike Bass Ford in Lorain. He was a member of the Wellington Eagles and Sons of American Legion. Survivors include his parents Charles and Joyce and several siblings. Visitation is 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Norton Funeral Home with funeral Thursday. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials to Trauma Center at Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center.
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Steven W. Rutherford
Wellington
Cleveland Metro Health Medical Center
Oberlin
Wellington High School
Wellington Eagles and Sons
American Legion
Charles
Joyce
Lisa Norton
Fort Lewis
Wash
Sandra McClune
Elyria
Dale
Dennis
Roger
Norton Funeral Home
S. Main St
James Lavendar
Missionary Rev Edgar Shreve Dies at 58 in Wellington
The Rev Edgar A Shreve Baptist missionary in Haiti died at his parents home in Wellington after a long illness eight days after his 58th birthday Born in Big Run West Virginia he founded 32 Christian churches and 28 elementary schools in Haiti He is survived by his wife Jessie a son Brent a daughter Brenda Lynn Lacombe a grandson and his parents Funeral services are set in Wellington and Cleveland with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Wellington
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Edgar A. Shreve
Haiti
Wellington
Big Run
W.va
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Shreve
Baptist Evangelist Missions Association
United States
Jessie
P. Brent
Reading
Brenda Lynn Lacombe
Boston
Ray
Adah
Paul Harrigan
Lucien Saul
Cowling-Truman Funeral Home
Herrick St
Cleveland Baptist Church
Tiedeman Rd
Cleveland
Richard Powers
Roy Thompson
Greenwood Cemetery
Baptist Evangelist Missions
Lorain Businesswoman Lucy Szmania Dies After Heart Attack
Lucy Szmania a Lorain drapery shop owner for 42 years died at St Joseph Hospital after a heart attack. She was a lifelong Lorain resident and Nativity BYM parishioner. Survivors include sisters Martha Sobieski Theresa Michalski Anna Siennicki and Sylvia Jaworski. Funeral arrangements were set by John J Gluvna and services at Nativity BYM Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy P. Szmania
Zajkowski
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Fenner Drapery and Decorator
Martha Sobieski
Theresa Michalski
Anna Siennicki
Vermilion
Sylvia Jaworski
Amherst
Obituary notices for Grace Freeman and Tony Wolf in Lorain Elyria area
Obituaries list Grace Freeman 71 of Willard died after a six month illness with services in Lorain. Survivors include husband Coy and children Mel Jerry Ror Faye Barb and others. Also Mass for Anton Wolf 85 Elyria with services and burial in Elyria. Also memorial and service details for Howard J Hite 82 Amherst with church and funeral home arrangements. Contributions suggested to local hospital and church memorial funds.
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Cindy
Cynthia) E. Weber
Elyria
Church of St. Peter, Lorain
Louis M. Papes
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Lorain
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Broadway
21St St
Grace Freeman
Monhollen
Willard
Wofford
New Castle
Coy
Mel
Jerry
Ror
Amherst
Faye Webber
Tucson
Ariz
Barb Sanger
Molly Fields
Kentucky
Chris Hughes
Tower Boulevard Baptist Church
Willard Mercy Hospital
Sheffield Lake Man Found Dead At VFW Parking Lot
A 57 year old Lorain man Harry Heffley was found dead Monday in the parking lot outside VFW Post 7576 at the Shoreway Shopping Center. Police say the death appears self inflicted by gunshot. An acquaintance Kitty Lutt testified Heffley was a longtime VFW member and had been at the hall earlier that day.
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Sheffield*lake
VFW
Shoreway
Sheffield Lake
Harry Heffley
Arizona Ave
Lorain
Kitty Lutt
Heffley
VFW Post
Community rally aids quadriplegic's family in Ohio
Elyria Township residents mobilize to support Homer and Margaret Blackstone as their 35-year-old son Terry, born with Down syndrome and paralyzed from the neck down, faces mounting medical bills after a lost insurance policy. Community groups and St. Vincent DePaul Church raised funds, while state aid will cover medical costs.
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Elyria Twp
Homer
Margaret Blackstone
Terry Blackstone
Terry
Margaret
Rita Mrdenovich
St. Vincent DePaul Church
Elyria Township
St. Vincent DePaul’s
Elyria Catholic High School
Elyria Telephone Company
Inmate Releases Trim Lorain County Jail Crowding
Fourteen inmates, including 11 men and 3 women, were freed from the Lorain County jail under a new cap policy to reduce crowding. The releases bring total freed to 36 since January, lowering population to 210 of a 216 cap despite a 163 design capacity. the plan was prompted by a lawsuit alleging severe overcrowding.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Mahony
Martin Mahony
Pecora Criticizes Closed Lorain Port Authority Session
Lorain City Council's Rivers and Harbors Committee faced backlash after a closed door work session to discuss the Lorain Port Authority. Councilman Ronald Pecora, 12, convened the meeting to push an ordinance increasing public involvement, while critics argued no quorum existed and the session bypassed public notice.
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Lorain
Ronald Pecora
Thomas Urbanek
Pecora
Port Authority
Mickey van Wagnen
Elyria workers plead innocent in theft cases
Wanda Rhiea Clark 34 of 3168 Denver Ave pleaded innocent at arraignment on grand theft and theft in office charges related to about 3800 dollars diverted from Lorain County Community Action Agency accounts from February 1989 to January this year. Dan Easley 50 of 617 Delaware Ave also pleaded innocent to theft in office and theft for alleged scrap metal theft from the city. both set for May 7 pretrial hearings before Judge Floyd D. Harris.
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Elyria
Wanda Rhiea Clark
Lorain County Community Action Agency
Clark
Denver Ave
Grand Jury
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Floyd D. Harris
Kelly fund-raiser planned for Wednesday in Elyria
Supporters of Garry Kelly in the 54th District race host a wine and cheese fund-raiser at the Elyria Woman's Club from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are 10 dollars at the door. Kelly, a Republican challenging Rep. John Bara and other May 8 ballot candidates, is expected to attend.
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Elyria
Garry Kelly
Lorain Girl Assaulted at Masson Junior High
A 15 year old Lorain girl, Yahaira Rodriguez of 1830 East 42nd Street, reported being struck by social studies teacher Roger Stroman at Masson Junior High School. She was treated and released from Lorain Community Hospital with a mouth cut and back injuries after being taken to the principal’s office during study hall.
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Lorain
Lorain Community Hospital
Masson
Yahaira Rodriguez
Roger Stroman
Stroman
Larry Melia
Man arraigned in stabbing on Elyria street
Stephen Sims, 20, of 229 Eighth St., was arraigned in Elyria Municipal Court on one felonious assault charge for a fight on Eighth Street that left a man with a chest wound. He posted no bond, with a May 8 preliminary hearing set.
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Elyria
Eighth Street
Stephen Sims
Eighth St
Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Sims
Dismembered body identified as missing Cleveland teen
Dental records confirmed the remains in two plastic bags belong to 16 year old Diah Harris who had last told her mother she would visit her boyfriend Eugene Canady 18 who was arrested for questioning and held as detectives prepared evidence for the prosecutor.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Eaton Two
Capel Road
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Elizabeth C. Balras
Diah Harris
Eugene Canady
Martin Flask
Port Clinton Teens Die In 100 MPH Route 53 Crash
Port Clinton teens Tiffany Stone 16 Greta Miller 17 died at the scene in a fiery collision on Route 53 after a high speed chase from the Sandusky Bay Bridge. Christine Eberhardt 17 was hospitalized with injuries. Stone drove attempting to pass another vehicle before losing control and striking a tree.
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Port Clinton
Sandusky
Highway Patrol
Tiffany R. Stone
Greta Miller
Christine Eberhardt
Sandusky Bay Bridge
Route 2
Route 53
Stone
Correction names Lorain County race details for Yingling
Correction on age for Neil Yingling the sole Republican candidate for Lorain County Commissioner is 54. He is an Amherst businessman and second bid after losing to Mary Jo Vasi in 1988. He will face the winner of a five person Democratic primary in November with Betty Blair Ron Ruskan George Metelsky John Bender and Norbert Demneril Jr. as contenders.
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Neil Yingling
Lorain County
Yingling
Amherst
Mary Jo Vasi
Carisle Township
Betty Blair
Lorain
Ron Ruskan
George Daniel Metelsky
Elyria
John Bender
Norbert G. Demneril Jr
Freedom Academy
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Mr. Rutherford
Mike Bass Ford
Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center
Mrs. Szmania
Lorain St. Mary High School
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
Mr. Smith
Helen E
Donna Franklin
Wakeman
Carol A. Dendinger
Creston
Calif
Richard
Robert
LaGrange
Roy
Kenneth
Carlton R
Easter Seals Society
North Ridge Rd
Bauer - Laubenthal - Wainwright Funeral Home
Chestnut Ridge
Rte
Conley Alva
Grafton
Bernaline
Edna
Bogner Funeral Home
Center Ridge Rd
North Hidgeville
Olmsted Falls Masonic Lodge
Funeral Home
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Avon
Kovach Ph T
North Ridgeville
Margaret Hand
Laudenthal-DeCarlo
Washington Ave
Calvary Cemetery
Kwactala Genavieve
Jean
Deborah Gonzalez
Dombrowski
Nativity Bym Catholic Church
Robert Bielek
Ted Michalski
Weber Services
Harvey Walker
Methodist Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Hernando
Miss
West Memphis
Ark
Walker
US. Steel Corporation
Wesley United Methodist Church
Alcoholics Anonymous
Bonnie
Mina Dockery
Frances Oties
Albuquerque
N.M
Eric
Roosevelt
Robert Dixon
Harvey Coleman
Sam
Madison, Wise
Andrew Hood
Henderson and Sons Funeral Home
Tunica, Miss
Wolf Services
Anton
Tony” Wolf
St. Mary Catholic Church
Joseph Weigand
Buriai
St. Mary Cemetery
Laubenthal- DeCarlo Funeral Home
Pittsburgh
Mr. Wolf
Holy Name Society
Mary Kay
Mary Schuster
Pennsylvania
Helen Scott
Wolf
Wallburga Rourke
Francis
Galden Acres Nursing Home
Howard J. Hite
Amherst Manor
Brush Ridge
Mr. Hite
Hiram College
Brownhelm United Church of Christ Congregational
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Ruth A
Clayton W
Orville
Hite
Helen Hubley
Clarabelle Miller
Beulah Wiencke
Lloyd
Paul
Arthur
Riddle Funeral Home
South St
Brownhelm Cemetery
Brownhelm Ucc Congregational
Leah Matthews
Sheffied Lake
By Denise Intcavage
Blackstones
David Taylor
Elyria Legal Aid Society
Taylor
U.S
By John Caniglia
Woodrow Mathna
Kelly
Elyria Municipal Court
Raymond Cruz
Lexington Ave
Cruz
South Abbe Road
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