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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1980
Page
11
The Rev. Owen M. Walton, 88, former religion editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, died Monday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after three years of ill health. He had lived at the Elyria Home since 1976.
R V Schumar owner of Schumar s Paint and Sand Blasting Co died Sunday at Indian River Memorial Hospital Vero Beach Florida He was 60 a longtime Elyria native living in Florida seven years Survivors include his wife Edyth five daughters and a brother Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Community Church of Vero Beach officiated by Rev Don Miller Floyd Strunk Funeral Home handling arrangements Also listed are several Ohio based relatives and a local American Legion and BPOE member background notes from the obituary segments.
Mrs Isabel Bohn 85 Springfield died April 1 Memorial Medical Center Springfield husband J E Bohn former Elyria superintendent died 1961 born Waverly Ohio OSU 1916 survive son Robert J Springfield two grandchildren several siblings services in Springfield Mrs Mary F Robertson 90 formerly Elyria Cleveland died Sunday Shore Memorial Hospital Summers Point NJ born Toronto lived Cleveland area Plymouth Brethren Church survive daughter Jane Ranch Columbus Gasons Glenn Elyria Everett Guysville six grandchildren two great grandchildren brothers William Conklin Canada George Georgia sister Maude Gearhart Ontario husband William 1963 burial Elmwood Cemetery Lorain Dorothy Schwartz 77 Avon died Bay Village hospital member St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church Avon survivors sisters Blanche Schwartz Helen Smith brothers and sisters deceased funeral arrangements at Burmeister County Line Funeral Home Avon James M Bodzash 62 Amherst former funeral director died at home burial Calvary Cemetery Helen Queen 52 Elyria dies after short illness born Pleasant City member SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Church Lorain survivors long list of relatives services at Laudenthal Funeral Home with burial Resthaven Avon Alex Jacobs 61 Avon died Lorain hospital one month illness WW II veteran plumber active in local groups survivors wife Leona daughters grandchildren brothers services at Bogner Funeral Home Harriette Farnsworth 71 Wellington died Wellington Community Hospital six month illness longtime dispatchers church Rebekah Lodge survivors sons Kenneth Russell daughters Harriette Cornwall Edna Gower grandchildren great grandchildren siblings and husband Kenneth 1960 burial Greenwood Cemetery.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for thoughts and pity during illness. Special thanks extend to two caregivers and to Mire for support and assistance during hospital stay in the intensive care unit.
Firelands High School juniors and seniors held a sweltering mock convention with nearly 150 students. Carter won 62 percent of the vote after delegates defeated a proposed abortion ban but approved a ban on nuclear power. Rep. Donald J. Pease spoke as keynote.
The Lorain County Airport Authority will ask its three sponsors Elyria Lorain and the county for 75000 each to cover a banknote due in June and maintenance as it lines up a 225000 federal grant. Authority leaders say a 10 percent payment is needed to secure the grant and warn of a lost offer next year.
A gasoline related blaze at 29171 Center Ridge Road Westlake started by a worker cleaning tar burned interior areas of the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall. Daniel Penix 18 suffered second degree burns. Robert Lincoln 32 and Penix were the only ones inside as the fire began, leaving congregants without a meeting place.
Multiple obituaries from Elyria and Amherst describe deaths of Arthur H. Beyer Sr. 53 of Amherst and Edison R. Stoneking 59 of Elyria, plus Russell Watkins 77 of New London. Fire damage report details a warehouse blaze started during roof work, with extensive destruction and injuries. council plans financing for storm sewers and paving on Franklin and Hayes avenues, bids set May 15, work expected mid June.
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