area death notices and obituaries in 1968 Lorain County
Elderly residents and relatives are listed in multiple area death notices. Katherine Gravatt 75 of Mentor died after a two week illness in Lake County Memorial Hospital East. Eden Hubbard 89, widow of geology professor George Hubbard, graveside services planned in Oberlin. Ralph Slack 72 of Wellington, retired plant manager, services at Norton Funeral Home. Aaron Lopez Jr. 55 of Oberlin, claims adjuster for Utica Mutual Insurance. Frederick Turner 62 of Lorain, janitor at Oberlin College, services at Walter A. Frey Funeral Home. Charles Zvosec 44 of Lorain, plumber and WWII veteran, services arranged. Infant daughter of Ramon Agosto, stillborn in Lorain. Leo Arcaba 53 of Amherst, funeral and mass at St. Mary Church. Mary Maline LeCours 55 of Avon Lake, services at Holy Spirit Church. Olive Schriner 68 of Lorain, widow, services at Reichlin Funeral Home. Multiple listings note further arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Gravatt
Mentor
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Painesville
Oberlin
Kirkland Fills
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Cleveland Heights
Avery Murray
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Eden R. Hubbard
Westwood Cemetery
Frederick Schumacher
First Congregational Church
Hubbard
George D. Hubbard
Oberlin College
Professor Hubbard
Lakeview
Ore
Cowling Funeral Home
Sullivan
Ralph W. Slack
Wellington
Mr. Slack
Telling-Bell-Vernon Co
Cleveland
Lois
Lawrence
Findlay
Kenneth
Bedford
Hugh
Norton Funeral Home
Charles Barrick
Sullivan Congregational Church
Sullivan Cemetery
Funeral
Aaron M. Lopez Jr
East College St
al- Ten Memorial Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lopez
Utica Mutual Insurance Co
Rodhantor
Jeanne
David
Berea
John Lopez
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lorain
Frederick Charles Turner
West
Ralph Splain
Reynoldsburg
Paul Mayer
Lakewood
Walter A. Frey
Gordon Wilson
First Baptist Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Charles Zvosec
Middle Ridge Rd
St. Joseph Hospital
Mr. Zvosec
Zvosec
Pacific
Army Air Force
Union
Clara
Nee Molnar
Kathy
Cynthia
Carla
Charles
Christ
Michael Zvosec
Elyria
Nick
Love
Gene
Dorothy
Dan
Andrey) Bruck
George
Roy
Robert
Donald Zvvosec
Richard Zvosec
Josephine Koler
Reidy Scanlan
Agosto
Ramon Agosto
West 17Th St
John R. Devin Funeral Home
Leo Arcaba
Dombrowski
St. Mary Church
Arcaba
RD 1
Amherst
Avon Lake
Mary Hermaline LeCours
Holy Spirit Church
James Mosovsky
St. Mary Cemetery
Avon
LeCours
Lakewood Dr
Isabella Guild
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Lebanon
N.H
Holy Spirit Guild
Legion of Mary
Wilfred G
Anne Marie Porter
Keene
Celina Nolty
Baltimore
Olive M. Schriner
Reichlin
Ralph Neighbour
Church of the Open Door
Ridgehill Memorial Park
Schriner
Oakwood St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
John Schriner
Alfred
Dorothea) Vandersommen
van Wert
Allen Schriner
Robert Schriner
Grafton
Clara Krueck
Theodore
Helen) Derby
Bay Village
Personal note from Elyria resident shares memories and neighbors
The writer describes Mike Adams Andrachik as a lifelong Elyrian with a wife Phyllis Jean and daughter Tracey Lynn born underweight in Amherst Hospital. It recounts Mike’s high school football star past at Elyria Catholic, Purdue scholarship, and a radio career at WWIZ Lorain and WERE Sandusky, plus a guess he is now settled with a weekend show Fun Line. Also mentions two ball point pens from Army Air Force Sgt Wayne Varnes and suggests displaying an American flag at the Nye County Tonopah base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Mike
Cleveland
Mike Adams
Andrachik
Brandtson
Phyllis Jean
Tracey Lynn
Amherst Hospital
Mike Andrachik
Elyria District Catholic High
Purdue University
Purdue
Boilermaker
Erich Barnes
Cleveland Browns
WWIZ
Lorain
WERE
WLEC
Sandusky
Army Air Force
Wayne Varnes
Tonopah Air Force Base
Tonopah
Nevada
Varnes
Nye County
Nye Co
Card of Thanks for Allen Gordon Death
Mere words cannot express our sincere appreciation for the generosity and expressions of sympathy extended by friends neighbors and organizations at this time of sorrow due to the death of Allen Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. Justin Gordon William Lloyd Robert and Ruth express gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Gordon
Justin Gordon
William Lloyd
Robert
Ruth
In Memoriam for Albert Price in Memorial Page
In loving memory of Albert Price who died May 7 1967. We who think you are gone are wrong for in our hearts you live forever. Bathryn and nieces and nephews announce a Memorial Day page on May 30 with tribute ads. Deadline May 27. Phone Grace Lane in Elyria or Lorain for details. Cost starts at 31.85 for 22 lines and 1.43 for each additional line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Price
Bathryn
Chronicle-Telegram
Grace Lane
Elyria
Lorain
Clearview tap-in request denied by Lorain council
Lorain city council, acting on the sewer and drains committee, rejected the Clearview Board of Education request to tap Reid Avenue for sanitary sewer service. Two factions debated funding, with concerns about extending sewer coverage and future Broadway connections to Clearview, while Clearview officials and some council members urged caution in delaying service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Clearview Board of Education
Reid Avenue
James Kokinda
Sewers and Drains
Clearview
Parker
Broadway
Alex Olejko
J. Leonard Camera
D-2
Councilman backs 63 hour fire force as station closure option
Council members debated fire department staffing with talk of returning to a 63 hour work week or closing a station. Tracey noted past attempts to keep a 56 hour week while keeping all stations open, but flaws remain. Robinson sought layman’s explanation of the schedule before deciding. The issue heads to a safety committee meeting next Tuesday at 7 30 p.m with Fire Chief Scott invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Bara
Edward A. Robinson
Tracey
Safety Committee of Council
Richard P. Seward
D-1
Lyle C. Scott
Wellington Officials and Workers Hit With Pay Hike
Wellington council adopted an ordinance granting salary increases for village officials and employees though elected officials’ raises depend on reelection. The measure creates a police sergeant, raises part time officer funding, boosts uniform allowances, and adjusts holiday pay for policemen. The council also approved parking restrictions, discussed a memorial bell, cemetery budgeting, and noise regulations affecting bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Police Department
Council
Courtland Street
North Main Street
Taylor Street
Sisters Hit By Car Leave One In Guarded State
A six year old girl, Michelle Brown, remained in guarded condition in the ICU at St. Joseph Hospital after being struck by a car on Broadway at 15th Street in Lorain. Her sister Yvonne, four, was treated and released. The driver, Leona Marks, said she was moving south at about 15 mph when the sisters darted into the street. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Broadway
15Th Street
Michelle Brown
16Th St
Yvonne Brown
Michelle
Sarah Brown
Leona Marks
Riverside Dr
Military investment totals eight billion for air defense
The U S Air Force Aerospace Defense Command reports an investment of nearly eight billion dollars in defense programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force Aerospace Defense Command
City income tax debate persists amid past promises
The council faces continued pressure over a proposed city income tax with backers citing prior endorsements since 1960 61 under Oscar G Dunn and noting editorial criticism during last election. Reichlin says editors labeled him unrealistic for opposing voter initiated taxes while council later enacted the ordinance. The mayor cites council deliberations on the tax and promises to police and fire personnel, stressing the citizen services at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar G. Dunn
Reichlin
Chronicle-Telegram
Booth Bazley
Teen hit with brick guards condition at hospital
A 19 year old, Paul Finerd Jr., of 212 10th Street in Lorain, remained in guarded condition at St Joseph Hospital after being struck on the head with a brick by two youths near 11th Street and Broadway. He suffered head injuries and cuts to the upper arm. He had been threatened by the same two youths earlier Sunday. Police are investigating motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
10Th Street
St. Joseph Hospital
Paul Finerd Jr
Finerd
11Th Street
Broadway
Trene Renzhofer
Housing center loan approved by Amherst council
Amherst city council approved a 10000 federal loan from HUD for appraisals and cost estimates for the Golden Age Center. The loan funds advance work while council debated wording and awaited Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority
Robert Pash
Pash
Ex-area residents feared drowned in Lake Erie boat mishap
Coast Guard ended search for two former North Ridgeville residents believed drowned near Edgewater Park Marina in Lake Erie. James Grice, 42, and his son Charles, 15, perished when their 14 foot boat sank in rough waters after motor failure. Survived by wife, James Jr, Cheri Lynne, Lucia, Ada, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Coast Guard
North Ridgeville
Lake Erie
James Grice
S.W
Charles
Edgewater Park
Edgewater Yacht Club
Grice
Charles and
John
Willam McCanless
West 95Th St. Cleveland
John Grice
McCanless
Lorain Rd
James Jr
Cheri Lynne
Lucia
Ada
AFTRA strike talks set for Tuesday at Americana Inn
A third mediation session in the 43 day old WEOL strike is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Americana Inn on Route 37. Seven union announcers and newsmen seek a new contract with Elyria Lorain Broadcasting Co. Mediator Nicholas Fidandis notes both sides disagree on several points. This is the first formal session since April 5. The Cleveland AFTRA unit, recognized last November by the NLRB, represents the newsmen and announcers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
AFTRA
Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co
Weol-Am
Wbea-Fm
Americana Inn
Rt. 37
Broadcasting Company
Nicholas Fidandis
Fidandis
Cleveland Aftra
National Labor Relations Board
Injury suit asks $92,059 against New York Central Railroad
Arthur Tuttle of Tiro Ohio filed in Lorain County Common Pleas Court seeking 929059 dollars for injuries from Sept 1 1966 while working on tracks near Wellington a spike machine and trailer struck him causing a serious back injury the petition states The suit names New York Central Railroad as defendant and cites railroad work as cause of damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
Lorain County
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Chronicle-Telegrametyria
Ohio
Mrs
Frederick C. Turner
Chicago
Arcaba Services
Lecours Service
C. Schriner
Broad Street
Sears Roebuck & Co
Memoriam
Sudro-Curtis
Harvey C. Curtis
Ernest W. Scheuffler
Richard Paysor
William Parker
Norma Jones
Board of Public Affairs
Elyrian Sam Katz
Town Hall
Village Square
Southern
Lorain County Historical Society
Katz
Harrison Comstock
West Street
Thane Council
Wellington Township
Greenwood Cemetery Board
Ralph Ward
Prospect Street
Ward
Sanford
Howard T. Rice
C-T
Ske
March Afb, Calif
Upi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Waters
Archer Insurance Agency
Alcoholics Anonymous
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