Area deaths in Lorain County leave multiple families mourning
A cluster of obituaries from Lorain and nearby towns details the deaths of Paula Ann Lacy and her husband Michael A. Lacy of Green Springs after their pickup collided with a train in Seneca County, along with Tonya Michelle Sheets and others. The notices list survivors, affiliations, and upcoming funeral arrangements, including services in Clyde, Lorain, Oberlin, and Valley City, with multiple references to family members and former occupations.
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Paula Ann Lacy
Dugger
Michael A. Lacy
Mrs. Lacy
Tonya Michelle Sheets
Green Springs
Seneca County
Elyria
Clyde
Mr. Lacy
Fremont
Obituaries for Constance Bickers and William Haynes
Constance R Bickers 57 Lorain Community Hospital executive died at home after a long illness. A Lorain native and Brookside High School alumna she earned degrees from Lorain County Community College Duke College and Ohio nursing home administration license. She held executive roles at Lorain Community Hospital Bay View Hospital Blue Cross entities and others and served with several local organizations. William John Haynes 56 Grafton berry farmer died at home after a six month illness. A Marine veteran of the Korean War he operated a Route 57 blueberry and raspberry farm, worked 23 years at National Gypsum, helped found Grafton Hot Stove League, and was survived by Barbara, six children, and several relatives. Funeral arrangements were handled by Reidy Scanlan Funeral Home with burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Memorials suggested to St Joseph Hospital Hospice or American Cancer Society.
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Constance R
Connie” Bickers
Lorain Community Hospital
Woonday
Lorain
Brookside High School
Lorain County Community College
Duke College
Ohio
Bay View Hospital
Bay Village
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Northern Ohio
Northeast Ohio
Disinvestiture Women’s General Hospital
Cleveland
Ridgecliff Hospital
Willoughby
McGeachie Plumbing and Heating
Panneylvania Rubber and Snply
Packard Motor Car Company
Women’s City Club
United Way Services of
Leadership Lorain County
Greater Lorain County
William
Blackburn Funeral Home
Main St
Grafton
St. Joseph Hospital
American Cancer Society
Oberlin Woman Nellie Whiteside Dies at 70
Nellie Daniels Whiteside 70 of Oberlin died at home Friday. Born in Tracy Minnesota she lived in Oberlin since 1952 and belonged to First Church and its Sewing Circle. Survived by daughter Holly and son Taylor and granddaughter Cassia. Memorial services were held Monday with burial planned in Minnesota. Main St Oberlin in charge of arrangements.
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Nellie Daniels Whiteside
Oberlin
Tracy
Minn
Obituary of Howard B. Chapman Elyria tool maker 89
Howard B. Chapman 89 of Elyria died Sunday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Sullivan he lived in Lorain County most of his life. He retired in 1966 after 44 years with Western Automatic Elyria as a tool and die maker. Survived by daughter Vivian Bumback four grandsons and sister Thelma Donovan. Preceded by wife Opal 1983 and daughter Elaine Dennis 1978. Visitation Wednesday at Laudenhal DeCarlo Funeral Home Elyria. Burial at Brookdale Cemetery.
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Earl Davis
Lorain
Woodville
Miss
Davis
South Lorain
Compassion Baptist Church
Rachiel
Farr Jr
Anthony W
Ruben “Butch
Germany
Marlene Jackson
Cecelia Alston
Marsha Sharply
Pittsburgh
Hubert Thompson
Gary Thompson
Cornell Thompson
Army
Watertown
N.Y
Johnny Byers
Akron
Minerva Barden
Mr. Davis
Gustand
Murdock
John
Howard B. Chapman
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Sullivan
Lorain County
Chapman
Western Automatic
Pilgrim United Church of Christ
Elyria Eagles Club
Vivian Bumback
Richmond Heights
Thelma Donovan
Mr. Chapman
Opal
Elaine Dennis
Memorial services for Pauline Lutz in Spencer
Memorial services for Pauline F Lutz 69 formerly of Wellington who died January 1 will be 11 am Friday at Spencer United Methodist Church Spencer with Rev Robert A Baker officiating Burial will be in Spencer Cemetery Parker Son Funeral Home Spencer is in charge of arrangements Also obituary notice for Sandra S Lonnie Brooks nee Lambdin 44 of Wakeman who died this morning at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a brief illness Burial details and survivors listed Memorials to American Red Cross Elyria Ohio
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Carter Funeral Home
Elyria Ave
Lorain
E. 35Th St
Compassion Church
J.L. Williams
Elmwood Cemetery
Emmanuel United Church of Christ
Valley City
Charles
Mary Ellen Tackett
Betty Good
Brook Park
Aimee Geisinger
Medina
Bauer Funeral Home
Columbia Rd
Emmanuel Ucc
Henry Noffke
Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Church Sanctuary Restoration Fund
George Bender
Lake Shore United Methodist Church
Avon Lake
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Domonkcas Library
Sheffield Lake
Lorain Community Hospital Foundation
Laudenthal- DeCarlo Funeral Home
Washington Ave
Elyria
Martha Boyer
Pilgrim Ucc
Brookdale Cemetery
Pauline F. Lutz
Wellington
Spencer United Methodist Church
E. Main
Spencer
Robert A. Baker
Spencer Cemetery
Parker & Son Funeral Home
Sandra S
Lonnie” Brooks
Busy weekend planned by Lorain County Parks
Lorain County Metropolitan Park District schedules a busy weekend with Friday hikes at French Creek Interpretive Center and Lake Carlisle Equestrian Center for wildflowers birds and nocturnal animals. Saturday snake search at the center. Sunday bird watch at Mill Hollow Reservation and nature films at Mill Hollow Nature Center with popcorn.
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Lorain County Metropolitan Park District
French Creek
Sheffield Village
Lake Carlisle Reservation
Carlisle Township
State seeks 35626 from Noland and Buckeye Insurance
In Lorain the State Auditor issues a finding for recovery of 35626 against former Hawthorne Boone School Principal Herman Noland and Buckeye Union Insurance Co after a special audit of the district’s student activities funds. The district must tighten controls as Noland diverted activity money.
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Lorain
State Auditor's
Hawthorne-Boone
Herman Noland
Buckeye Union Insurance Co
Buckeye
Noland
Thomas Ferguson
Joan
LaGrange fires gear firm over unpaid bunker pants
LaGrange Township Trustees reported the prosecutor gave the firm 30 days to repay $1,055 paid in December for ten bunker pants not delivered by Best Fire and Safety Co. The firm is insolvent after repeated calls. trustees seek groups to manage the government commodity food distribution and approved fire department and road projects.
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Lagrange Township
Best Fire and Safety Co
Ver Milion
Airport rates high in state audit
The Lorain County Regional Airport Authority earned a clean bill of health from the State Auditor. Two citations were issued against the City of Oberlin for noncompliance: Records Commission meetings not held in 1989 and a Capital Account shortfall exceeding $982,000. No financial findings were issued against Oberlin.
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Lorain County Regional Airport
State Auditor’s
Oberlin
Thomas Ferguson
Mayoral Candidate's Husband Hospitalized in Elyria
John Eichenlaub husband of Republican mayoral candidate Jo Ann Eichenlaub is in Elyria Memorial Hospital cardiac care unit after heart problems this weekend. Condition reports and details on his status were unavailable at press time.
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Elyria
John Eichenlaub
Jo Ann Eichenlaub
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Eichenraub
Michigan Ave
Two Men Arrested in Auto Break-ins
Two Cleveland men, both 18, were arrested after admitting to breaking into five cars on Maybelle Drive. They were stopped around 3 a.m. one theft preceded the stop. One suspect remained in the city jail. the other was released pending prosecutor action.
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Westlake
Cleveland
Maybelle Drive
Two area residents charged in liquor crackdown
Elyria reports two area residents face first degree misdemeanor charges in a state wide under age drinking probe. Sean P. Andrews of Bay Village was charged with purchasing beer at Pizza Cutter Beverage in Avon Lake while Gail K. Parsons of Avon Lake was charged with selling to him. The crackdown by the Ohio Department of Liquor Control yielded 40 citations and 192 criminal charges statewide.
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Elyria
Sean P. Andrews
Bay Village
Pizza Cutter Beverage
Avon Lake
Gail K. Parsons
Andrews
Parsons
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
David Krall
Car thieves target Kings Way Drive two suspects flee
A man confronted two burglars breaking into a friend’s car on Kings Way Drive. He pursued them after spotting the theft, caught one, and was punched in the nose before the suspects escaped. police did not release the victim’s name.
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Westlake
Kings Way Drive
Open House at Allen Memorial Oberlin Hospital
Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin hosts an open house for National Hospital Week featuring a new CT scanner on display. Visitors can tour renovations including an expanded gift shop and physical therapy department, view a repaved parking lot, and receive free cholesterol tests.
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Oberlin —. Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Lorain leaders vow cooperation between schools and city
Lorain City Council and the Board of Education pledged to work together Monday night in a bid to resolve tensions over tax abatements and revenue. Board President Kenneth Kramer urged collaboration, noting shared stake in Lorain's future, and Councilwoman Mary Jo Cook said a special retreat would be held to iron out differences.
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Lorain — City
Board of Education
Board
Kenneth Kramer
Council
Lorain
Kramer
Mary Jo Cook
R-7
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Paula and
Michael Lacy
Tonya
Michelle Sheets
Shirley A. Carter Lacy Hall
Robert White
Rodney Sharp
Arkansas
Shirley Lacy
Mary Dennis
Cindy Lacy
Donna Davis
Sherol Lacy
Florida
Gertrude Grover
Kenneth Lacy
Lacy
Richard E. Lacy
Green
William D. Taylor
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Taylor
Oberlin High School
Ashland College
Westshore Unitarian Church
Rocky River
Lake Shore Railway Association
Adele W
Geoffrey
New York City
J. Ransom
Thomas
Downers Grove
Ill
Warren
Dicken Funeral Home
Middle Ave
Katherine Dore
Black
Philo
Church of Jesus Christ Restored Gospel
Deer Track Middies
Philip
Timothy
Amherst
Michael
Paul Black
New Port Richey
Fla
Elizabeth Costello
Dorothy Vandersommen
Mansfield
Helen Easter
Roanoke
John R. Devin
Church of Jesus Christ
Bessie A. Nichols
Shangri la
Donald J. Crawford
Donald F Crawford
Crawford
LTV Steel
Donald
Connie Keller
Dawn
Teresa Crawford
James R
Richard
Miami Beach
Walter
Lucille
Cowling Funeral Home
S. Main St
Funeral Home
Westwood Cemetery
William John Haynes
Constance R. Bickers
Graftonberry
American College of Osteopathic Hospital Executives
American College of Hospital Executives
Route
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Broadway
21St St
Mr. Haynes
National Gypsum
Green Circle Growers
Grafton Hot Stove League
Barbara
Nee Hellinger
Debra Herschler
Marcia Kidney
Dennis
Dale
Dorothy
Dolan Springs
Ariz
Ronald
Shirley Durkee
Judith Poll
Forbes
Little Falls, N.Y
Holly
Kittery Point
Maine
Cassia
Minnesota
TNER
Frank Barney
Reichlin-Roberts Funeral
Cleveland St
St. Mary Church
SL Mary
Cricks
Francis Eb, Whitney
Tammy Fitepatrick
Jerry
Bart
Main SL
St Mary Cemetery
Taylor Ethel
Lisa
Yvonne R. McWilliams
Tracey
Mark
W. Bridge St
Second Baptist Charenurial
Tery
Howard
Sutz Services
Sandra S. Brooks
Pennington Gap
Wakeman
Brooks
Rauncsole Manor
John B
Valerie A. Sengstock
Charleston
8.C
Joey P. Sengstock
Mike T. Sengstock
Pat
Daphne (Nee Doss) Lambdin
Earnest Lambdin
Randy” Lambdin
LaGrange
Priscilla Roberts
Dayton
Peggy Miller
Ricky Lambdin
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral
Busch Family Chapel
Second St
American Red Cross
West River Rd. North
Mill Hollow
Brownhelm Township
Mill Hollow Nature Center
Brumback
Price Waterhouse
Duke Coursen
Robert Wikle
Fire Department
Wheeler Road
Allen Memorial
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