Local area obituaries note multiple deaths in Elyria region
Mrs. Ray Johnson of New London died at Memorial Home Norwalk after six weeks as patient. Louise Johnson, 82, of Avon Park Ave New London area, taught piano and served as organist at Carolyn Theater during silent film era. Marcella Hassel, 65 Avon Lake born North Ridgeville, died after four months illness. survivors include son Robert and daughter Joan Richards. Funeral services set at Holy Trinity Avon and Eastman New London. Other obituaries include Joseph Zima 68 Lorain. Charlotte Collins 81 Vermilion. Eva Meadows 44 Elyria. Elizabeth Williams 4 Kennedy Plaza Lorain. Gladys Levin 54 Sheffield Lake. Burial plans and memorials detailed for each, with churches and funeral homes named.
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Louise §. Johnson
Park Ave
New London
Memorial Home
Norwalk
Johnson
Carolyn Theater
Shiloh
Marcella A. Hassel
Lear Nagle
Avon
Fairview General Hospital
Hassel
North Ridgeville
Holy Trinity Church
Women’s Guild
Robert
Avon Lake
Joan Richards
Maurice Resar
Eva D. Meadows
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Meadows
Fraziers Bottom
W. Va
Elyria
Henry
James
Henry Jr
Larry
Cheryl
Gordon
Lucille) Meadows
Walter
Gladdis
Jerry's Run
Hazel) Dunn
Point Pleasant
Raymond Wright
Milin
Heck Funeral Home
Milton
Harold Dicken
Elizabeth H. Williams
Kennedy Plaza
Lorain
Selina Sander
Wales
Williams
Church of the Redeemer
Jacob
Sander
Havilah Kilpatrick
Gary
Ind
Margaret Stencil
Northfield
Martha Doyne
Florence Clark
Emil Dovala
Fayette Grose
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Death notices from Oberlin and Lorain area
Mary Jane Mason 87 of 121 East Lorain St Oberlin widow of Johnson survived by daughter Dr Marjorie Butler and Mrs Janis Leavelle son Harold Johnson two sisters and a brother visitation at Cowl ing Funeral Home Oberlin Tuesday 7 to 9 pm and Wednesday 2 to 4 7 109 pm funeral Thursday 1 pm burial Westwood Cemetery Oberlin Angeline Stanley 57 of 1839 Washington Ave Lorain wife of Stanley daughters Mrs Dolores Manosky and Karen Jean four brothers and three sisters visitation John R Devin Funeral Home Lorain Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 10 9 pm Christian wake service 8 pm services Wednesday 4 30 am at funeral home and 9 am at St Peter Church burial Calvary Cemetery Lorain Mary Wasil 80 of 305 Leonard St South Amherst survived by sons Alfred and Roman one brother visitation Hempel Funeral Home Amherst Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm funeral Wednesday 10 am burial Elmwood Cemetery Lorain
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Angeline
Stanley
Washington Ave
Lorain
Dolores Manosky
Karen Jean
John R. Devin
Lorai
St. Peter Church
Calvary Cemetery
Mary (Wasil
Leonard St
South Amherst
Alfred
Roman
Hempel Funeral Home
Amherst
Elmwood
Wellington Woman Claire Ehman 82 Dies at Allen Memorial
Mrs. Claire M. Ehman 82 of 242 Prospect St Wellington died this morning at Allen Memorial Hospital Oberlin after five months illness. She was retired private industrial secretary of Cleveland and registrar for Family Service Association Agency of the Cleveland Welfare Association. A Wellington High School and Oberlin School of Commerce alumna, she belonged to St Patrick Church Sorosis Club and Town and Country Club. Surviving sister Kathryn Murray of Wellington. Visitation Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Norton Funeral Home Wellington with rosary at 8 p.m. Friday funeral at 10 a.m. St Patrick Church. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Claire Murray Ehman
Prospect St
Wellington
Cleveland
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Ehman
Family Service Association
Cleveland Welfare Association
Wellington High School
Oberlin School of Commerce
St. Patrick Church
Sorosis Club
Town and Country Club of
Kathryn Murray
Norton Funeral Home
W. F. Wiesler
Greenwood Cemetery
Moody acquitted in assault case
A jury acquitted Walter Moody 26 of 111 W River St after a one day trial on felonious assault stemming from a December 1 shooting involving Thomas Wilson. The case was heard in Lorain County Common Pleas Court before Judge Paul J Mikus.
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Walter Moody
W. River St
Thomas Wilson
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Paul J. Mikus
Manzola Granted Divorce From Janice At Court
James Manzola of 553 Ohio Street was granted a divorce from Janice on April 29 according to court records. The divorce had been erroneously listed as a legal separation in Saturday's newspaper.
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James 4. Manzola
Ohio St
Janice
Oberlin Council Considers New Electric Rate Hike
Oberlin City Council introduced a second electric rate increase that would take effect if voters reject the first measure. The plan would raise residential rates about 30 percent, matching the initial proposal, with the ordinance advancing after a 6-1 first reading. A referendum petition containing 659 signatures awaits validation.
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Oberlin
Geraldine Donaldson
Kinzer Habecker
Cleveland man held in Amherst burglary
Cleveland man James R. Bragg, 24, was charged with attempted breaking and entering after a morning stakeout and chase. Lorain County deputies reported Zvosec and Schroeder spotted suspects, chased them from Zvosec’s Middle Ridge Road home, and Bragg was found hiding near a van with a flashlight later recovered. Three others remained at large.
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Cleveland
Amherst
Middle Ridge Road
Charles Zvosec
Middle Ridge Ra
Zvosec
Mark Schroeder
Middle Ridge Rd
Lorain County
Bragg
Officials clash over meeting site for fire protection talks
Birmingham Florence Township trustees and the Ohio Turnpike Commission dispute where a public meeting on turnpike fire protection should be held. Trustees refuse Berea headquarters, seeking a trustee meeting location. Johnson of the commission urges holding the conference at the turnpike commission offices in full view.
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Birmingham
Florence
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Commission
Allan Johnson
Turnpike
Berea
Johnson
Ohio Turnpike
Death ruled as own action in Sandusky woman’s death
Erie County Coroner Joseph Butler ruled the 50 year old Sandusky woman Carol Laird’s death a death by own action. Laird died at 2 50 p.m. in Sandusky Memorial Hospital from a personal safety related .22 cal gunshot wound to the head while alone in her bedroom. Her son Larry 29 was in the kitchen when the shot occurred according to deputies.
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Sandusky
Erie County
Joseph Butler
Butler
Carol Laird
Tiffin Ave
Greenfield Village
Sandusky Memorial Hospital
Erie County Sheriff's Deputies
Larry
Man Robbed at Knife Point on Lorain Street
Leonard Rose, 19, of 1924 W. 21st St., Lorain, was robbed at knifepoint early today as he entered his back door from the driveway. The assailant, who announced a demand for money, brandished a 12 inch knife and took 13 before fleeing to a car parked across the street.
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Lorain
W. 21St Street
Leonard Rose
W. 21St St
Rose
Elyria Catholic Honors 38 for National Honor Society Induction
Elyria Catholic High School inducted 38 students into its National Honor Society. Twenty one seniors became permanent members and 16 juniors were named temporary members who will gain permanent status as they become seniors.
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Elyria Catholic
Elyria Catholic High School
Two Lorain residents join Catholic school board
Lorain residents Regina Diamond and Thomas Traut were elected to the Lorain County Board of Catholic Education at a meeting last night. Diamond, mother of four, active in St Peter parish, and Traut, a Shefield-Sheffield Lake school teacher and father of seven, will serve terms succeeding John A. Gorney and Mrs Eugene Softank o. Officer elections set for June 16.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
John
Carroll University
St. Mary Parish
Catherine Nolan
Wellington man faces three drug charges in court
Wellington police arrested Richard A. Malinsky, 18, Apt. B-24, 226 Mill St., on three drug charges possession of marijuana keeping a place for use of marijuana and growing marijuana. He was to be arraigned today in Oberlin Municipal Court.
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James R. Bragg
98Th St
Oberlin
Wellington
Richard A. Malinsky
Apt. B-24
Mill St
Police Fire Log Highlights Local Incidents and Accidents
Saturday events include a brush fire on the Black River bank near Harrison Street and a motorcycle collision with a utility pole wire on West Pines Direct. Multiple car crashes reported on Abbe Road, Third Street, Bell Avenue, and Lorain Boulevard with no injuries. Shoplifting arrests at Gold Circle and Zayre Department Store. break-ins at Gates School and Eddie Goodwin home. burglarized items recovered on Lowell Street. gas leak check at Thelma Wilkerson’s home. peeping complaint at YWCA. theft of a pistol and change noted. various police and sheriff investigations ongoing on routes 57, 264, and 67.
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Black River
Harrison Street
Stanley Davis
Garden St
West Pines
Direet Newt
Gold Circle
Midway
Third Street
Zayre Department Store
Midway Boulevard
Bell Avenue
Lorain Boulevard
Elyria
Gordon Greaves
Morgan St
Elyra
Thelma Wilkerson
Eddie Goodwin
Obertin Rd
Fireman injured in cycle crash in Lorain
Lorain fireman Carl Williams 24 of 2258 Oakdale Avenue was hospitalized in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital after his motorcycle hit a tree on W 23rd Street at 6 53 p m. He rode right of a car that stopped suddenly at Kelly Place with no brake lights or turn signal. A motorist Kevin Harris 18 of 2151 Elyria Ave said brakes failed and police reported the car’s turn signal lit earlier witnesses said otherwise. No charges filed.
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Lorain
Carl Williams
W. 23Rd Street
Williams
Oakdale Aven
St. Joseph Hospital
23Rd Street
Kelly Place
Lexington Avenue
Kevin Harris
Elyria Ave
Pets Vaccinated in Lorain County Clinic Outreach
A total of 1,556 dogs and cats were vaccinated at the annual Farm Bureau Women’s Committee rabies clinic Sunday. Co sponsors were the Lorain County Veterinary Association and the Lorain County Health Department with three county locations Meyer Goldberg North Ridgeville Sheffield Shopping Center Lorain County Fairgrounds Wellington. Over 7,514 animals have been vaccinated in five years, says Norma Nichols secretary of the Lorain County Farm Bureau Federation.
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Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Lorain County Veterinary Association
Lorain County Health Department
Meyer Goldberg
North Ridgeville
Sheffield
Lorain County Fairgrounds
Wellington
Norma Nichols
Lorain County Farm Bureau Federation
Elyrian shot after parking lot argument at Westlake Log Cabin
A 34 year old Elyria man was shot in the left hip and reported in fair condition at Memorial Hospital. North Ridgeville police searched for a 33 year old suspect from the North Ridgeville North Olmsted area. The shooting occurred about 9 25 p m yesterday in a parking lot near the Log Cabin tavern at Rt 83 and Sugar Ridge Road following a prior disagreement. Further details were unavailable.
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North Ridgeville
Elyria
Log Cabin Tavern
Rt. 83
Sugar Ridge Road
Westley Cooper
E. River St
Memorial Hospital
Births at Elyria Memorial and area addresses
A list of birth announcements includes a son to Mr and Mrs Terry ce at 435 Melody Lane Graf ton a son to Mr and Mrs Henry ZAWADA Jr at 33995 Gail Dr North Ridgeville a daughter to Mr and Mrs Kurt SHUBERT 2% Evanston Lane Amherst a son to Mr and Mrs Michael EDWARDS RD J Box 175 Wakeman a son to Mr and Mrs Sid NEYHOFF 208 Sassafras Dr Vermilion a son to Mr and Mrs Robert DROP 5427 Seven Pines Dr a son to Mr and Mrs Daniel HALL 354 Iowa Ave Saturday Richard PIETCH 49890 Middle Ridge Rd Amherst.
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Henry ‘Zawada Jr
Gail
North Ridgeville
Kurt Shubert
Evanston Lane
Amherst
Mrs
Michael Edwards
RD J. Box
Wakeman
Sidneyhoff
Sassafras Dr
Vermilion
Robert Drop
Seven Pines
Daniel Hall
Iowa Ave
Richard Pietch
Middle Ridge Rd
Elyria man sought in Lorain hitskip that injured two bikers
Lorain police seek an Elyria man believed in a hitskip that hospitalized Virgil Williams 38 and Eddie Thomas Jr. 34. The collision occurred at 10 p.m. at Pearl Avenue and E 30th Street when a car turned left across northbound riders and fled. Williams suffered a broken leg and Thomas facial injuries. the abandoned car was found at EB 42nd Street and Oakwood.
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Lorain
Elyria
St. Joseph Hospital
Virgil Williams
Oakdale Ave
Eddie Thomas Jr
Canton Ave
Williams
Thomas
Pearl Avenue
E. 30Th Street
EB. 42Nd Street
Oakwood
Cigarettes start fire in church in Berea
Smoldering cigarettes discarded in a plastic trash container caused a fire at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Seminary and Bagley roads. The blaze damaged the rear kitchen in the old stone section, with losses estimated at 15 000 to 20 000. No one was injured and services will be held this Sunday. The fire department was summoned by Rev Howard R Keyse.
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Berea
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Seminary
Bagley Roads
Howard R. Keyse
Birmingham Seeks Parade Entrants for Memorial Day
Birmingham calls for participants in the Memorial Day parade next Monday at 2 30 p.m. Contact Bill Sandefur at 965-5677 or Edwin Cornell at 965 B356 for lineup at 2 p.m. followed by a short ceremony.
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Birmingham
Bill Sandefur
Market Street
Edwin Cornell
Portman Road
Miscaptioned Scout Troop Photo Mistakenly Listed
A photograph in Sunday’s Chronicle Telegram misidentified Boy Scout troop 139 as troop 134. The Elyria Township unit, sponsored by the North Elyria Grange, was incorrectly labeled in the image.
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Elyria Township
The
North
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Ray Johnson
Arthur Hassel
Ole
Grove St
New In
First United Methodist Church
Joseph V. Zima
Baldwin Blvd
J. J. Gluvna and Son Funeral Home
Frank D. Collins
Charlotte E. Collins
Deiner
Claus Rd
Amherst Hospital
Collins
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Amhest
Manuel E
Richard H
Pleasantville
Andrew F
Whiting
Fred
Margaret) Arndt
Frank D
Garland Funeral Home
Vilho Latvala
Brownhelm Cemetery
Henry Meadows
Jacob Williams
Arnold S. Levin
Gladys Levin
Stone
Lake Rd
Sheffield Lake
Cleveland Clinic
Warrensville Cemetery
Beachwood
Park Synagogue
American Cancer Society
Petroskey
Sabota
Harold G Kennedy
Harry P. Ramsey
LaGrange Baptist Church
Russell D. Fulton
Avis Kennedy
Memoriam
Reva F Smith
Sec
Ond Vishay
Fenerel
Olrocton
Harvey C. Curtis
Ernest
Scheottier
Claire M. Ehman
Moody
ALAC
Ikea
Sever Yano Spm
James Manzola
Oberlin Council
Delores Carter
Loraiite
Frank Marsio
Bernard Smith
Theresa Koons
Theodore Diedrick
Doug Yunker
Peter Zakrzewski
Michael Peck
Pat Wawrzenczak
Cheryl Hewitt
Joseph Gurtis
Susan Flanigan
Brenda Smithers
Sharon Serazin
J Callahan
Amy Serazin
Allan Diederich
Karen Brattoli
Christine Mikoy
Susan Janik
Cynthia Mutz
David Schlather
Amy
Cynthia Rodak
Debbie Schuster
Anne Farrell
John McCune
Eileen Yunker
Patricia L. Callahan
Kathy DeMaria
Caroline
Jean Ann Harris
Elly O'Connor
Susan Open Deborah
Mary Malik
Ellen Serasin
Dave
Catholic
Elyria Police and Fire Departments
Scumber
Abbe Road
Broad Street
Gates School
Lake Ave
Lowell Street
Koebring-Lorain
Filbert St. Alls
YWCA
West Ave
Sheriff and State Patrol
Elyrian
North Olmsted
National Hower Society
Lett
Deagles Chee Arcana Desall C. Yonker
Yonker Ct
Cass F
Ave
Bernard Seaith
Eugene Smith
Indien Hellen Ré
Grafton
C-T
Jeff Bishop
Elyria Memorial
Mrs. Terryce
Melody Lane
Grafon
St. Joseph
Oberlin Allen
Tery
Aras
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