Robert Brown first black foreman at Lorain Works
Robert Brown 69 of Elyria a longtime U S Steel Lorain Works foreman and craftsman died Friday after a long illness. He became the first black plant foreman at Lorain Works serving 1961 to 1976 and later worked as a plumber. He was a NAACP member and U S Steelworkers Local 1104 leader with a political role in Elyria. Burial will be at Resthaven Memory Garden Avon after services at Unity Baptist Church.
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R.C.” Brown
Elyria
Unity Baptist Church
Fuller Rd
Willie Gardner
Brown
Emh Regional Medical Center
Resthaven Memory Garden
Avon
Carter
W. Bridge St
Elyryria
Bentonia
Miss
Cahoma Junior College
Mississippi
U.S. Steel
Lorain Works
U.S. Steel Lorain Works
United Steelworkers
Retired Avon Lake Machinist Russell Bergenstein Dies
Russell J. Bergenstein 70 of Avon Lake died Saturday at MetroHealth Medical Center Cleveland after a monthlong illness. Born 1923 in Cleveland he moved to Avon Lake in 1951 and worked as a machinist for Lester Engineering Cleveland retiring 1983. He attended St Joseph Church enjoyed golf. survivors include daughters Connie Hambly Patricia Bergenstein sons Russell Robert John four grandchildren two great grandchildren sister Dorothy Murphy brother Chuck. services 1 p.m. Tuesday Burmeister Busch Family Chapel Avon Lake with Rev J Norman Riley officiating. burial Holy Cross Cemetery Brook Park.
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Russell J. Bergenstein
Avon Lake
MetroHealth
Connie Hambly
Punta Gorda
Fla
Patricia Bergenstein
Dayton
Russell
Robert
John
Columbia Township
Dorothy Murphy
Cleveland
Chuck
Dennis
Bill
Eleanore Skally
Burmeister-Busch Family
Avon-Belden Rd
J. Norman Riley
St Joseph Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Brook Park
Infant dies shortly after birth in Chatham area
Brian David Mennell infant son of Jeffrey and Kathy Mennell of Chatham died Friday at Fairview General Hospital Cleveland shortly after birth. Private graveside service will be at 11 am Tuesday at Chatham Cemetery with Pastor Amy Crump officiating. Parker & Son Funeral Home 210 Medina St Louis handles arrangements.
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Jeffrey
Kathy Mennell
Chatham
Fairview General Hospital
Cleveland
Bradley Keith
Karen Ives
Lads
Charles Davis
Medina
Ruth Mennell
Walter Davis
Chatham Cemetery
Amy Crump
Parker & Son Funeral Home
Medina St
Loui
Drevicky Mass Services for Darlene Drevicky in North Ridgeville
Prayers for Darlene Drevicky nee Krajeski 45 of North Ridgeville include a wake at the Bogner Busch Family Chapel 26408 Center Ridge Rd then a 10 am Mass at St Peter Catholic Church led by Rev Thomas J Hyland. She died Saturday at St John West Shore Hospital after a heart condition. Survivors include husband Michael J daughter Robin and parents John and Marie Krajeski. Burial in Brook Park Cemetery.
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Krajeski
North Ridgeville
Bogner-Busch Family
Center Ridge Rd
St. Peter Catholic Church
Thomas J. Hyland
Drevicky
St. John West Shore Hospital
Westlake
Friends
Strickler
West Tech High School
Cleveland
Sacred Heart
St Peter School
Michael J
Robin
John
Marie
Nee Punjock) Krajeski
Brunswick
Barry
Winslow
Ariz
Holy Cross Cemetery
Brook Park
Lorain Woman Ida Avery Dies After Illness at Local Hospital
Ida LaVern Avery 46 of Lorain died Saturday in St Joseph Hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband James of Columbus, daughters Tecca JONES Jonda Sparks Chellie Sparks all of Lorain, son Desmond Sparks of Lorain, eight grandchildren, brother Pearlie Roddy Baton Rouge, nieces and nephews. Services at Mt Zion Baptist Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Brown Funeral Home and at aunt Nettie Rogers home. Previous notices include Dorothy Kuznik Avon Lake obituary and Albert J Croll Vermilion death with Masonic services. Wilma Faragher Lorain obituary with memorials to cancer society.
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Roddy
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St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
James
Columbus
Tecca Jones
Jonda Sparks
Chellie Sparks
Desmond Sparks
Pearlie Roddy
Baton Rouge
Nathan
Bernice Roddy
Nathan Roddy Jr
Carolyn Taylor
Brown
27Th Street
Broadway
Nettie Rogers
Avery
Fulton Rd
Cornelius Spraggins
New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Albert J
Bud” Croll
Jong Vermilion
American Crucible
Mr. Croll
Vermilion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ely Lodge
Free & Accepted Masons
P.B. Morgan
Royal Arch Masons
Vermilion
Royal Selected
Carl
Fanny
Nee Oppliger) Croll
Riddle Funeral Home
South St. Vermilion
John D. Hood
Wilma B. Faragher
Services for Barbara Sheri dan in North Ridgeville
Funeral services for Barbara J Sheridan 50 of North Ridgeville will be at 1 pm Tuesday at Bogner Busch Family Chapel. The Rev Patrick Thurmer will officiate. She died Saturday after a 32 year illness and is buried in North Ridgeville Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society. Born Martins Ferry moved from Buffalo 15 years ago. She worked at National City Bank Westlake 12 years. Survived by James R Sheridan husband and sons Michael Akron John Elyria mother Mildred Windom Hoover sister Carolyn Brow brother Jeff Windom father Russell Windom.
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Windom
North Ridgeville
Bogner-Busch Family
Center Ridge Rd
Patrick Thurmer
Sheridan
American Cancer Society
Friends
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Buffalo
National City Bank
Westlake
New Life Community Church
Alanoa
Edwards
James R
Michael
Akron
John
Elyria
Mildred Windom Hoover
Nee Bell
Columbus
Carolyn Brow
Pittsburgh
Jeff Windom
Richmond, Va
Russell Windom
Five candidates to vie for two Olmsted trustee seats
Five candidates will run for two Olmsted Township trustee seats in Tuesday's election. A Sunday headline misstated that five sought three seats. Trustee Joe Coury’s seat is not up. Jean Chapin’s name was misspelled in a photo caption. she took part in the Read-All-About-It program at Northwood Junior High School in Elyria.
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Olmsted Township
Joe Coury
Jean Chapin
Northwood Junior High School
Elyria
Leona Gardner, Berea educator, dies at 89
Leona E. Gardner 89, of Berea, died Thursday at Century Oak Health Care Center after a car diopulmonary arrest. She taught home economics in Medina County and Lakewood then special education in Lakewood, retiring mid-1980s. She held degrees from Baldwin Wallace College and Western Reserve University. Survivors include a sister, nieces, nephews, and great nieces. Memorial service 11 am Wednesday at Berea United Methodist Church Chapel. Memorials to Baldwin Wallace College. Baker Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Berea
Century Oak
Middleburg Heights
Middleburg Township
Medina County
Lakewood
Miss Gardner
Berea High School
Baldwin-Wallace College
Western Reserve University
White Rose
Order of Eastern Star
American Association of University Women
Berea Historical Society
Berea Garden Club
Berea United Methodist Church
Weslyan Service Guild
Linda
Nee Milton) Beyer
Hazel Haskins
Jeanete Gardner
Berea United
George B Johannsen longtime foundry crane operator
George B. Johannsen 79 of Litchfield died Saturday after a long illness. Born 1914 in Lorain he lived in Litchfield 51 years and worked over 30 years as a crane operator at W.O. Larson Foundry now Larson Foundry in Grafton, retiring 1975. Survivors include his wife Lorene daughters Marjorie Hines Connie McRoberts a son Bruce 11 grandchildren eight great grandchildren a sister Jeny Tremain brothers Carl Flo and Jack. Services at Parker & Son Funeral Home 210 Medina St Loui with Rev James Zimmerman officiating at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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Litchfield
Lorain
Johannsen
W.O. Larson Foundry
Larson Foundry
Grafton
Lorene
Funeral set for David Knight Ford in Cleveland
The funeral for business leader David Knight Ford, who died Thursday at University Hospitals of heart and lung failure at age 99, will be held November 13 at Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. Ford helped found The Lubrizol Corp and served as secretary and longtime director, was a major stockholder in Cleveland Trust Co. and Central National Bank, and held roles in Defiance College and Schauffler College. He earned Yale University and Western Reserve School of Law degrees, was a senior law partner, received the 1982 Western Reserve College Medal for Distinguished Achievement, and contributed to the 1957 United Church of Christ merger. He is survived by four sons, 11 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
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Cleveland
David Knight Ford
Euclid Avenue Congregational Church
Ford
University Hospitals
Lubrizol Corp
Cleveland Trust Co
Central National Bank
Yale University
Western Reserve School of Law
Defiance College
Schauffler College
Defiance
Western Reserve College
United Church of Christ
Edwin Walker Dies at 84 in Dallas
Edwin Walker a retired major general and noted anti integration figure died Sunday at his Dallas home aged 84 His death was listed as due to lung disease Dallas County medical examiner Joe McGuire said Walker led federal troops to enforce school integration in Little Rock and later opposed integration at the University of Mississippi He was a World War I veteran and served as a commando in Sicily President Kennedy relieved him of command in Germany in the early 1960s over indoctrination methods and Bircher literature concerns
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Edwin Walker
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Joe McGuire
Dallas County
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Sicily
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Germany
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Robbery Drives Elyria Man to Friend’s Mobile Home
Kelly Boros, 22, of Elyria said a man flagged his car on Fulller Road near Pratt Boulevard at 4 am and forced him at gunpoint to stop. A woman on the ground was described as injured while the robber took 300 from Boros before fleeing toward Pratt Boulevard. The car stalled on Wood Street and Boros fled through woods to a Colonial Oaks mobile home park. Police checked hospitals for arm injuries and towed the stalled vehicle.
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Wilkes Villa
Kelly Boros
Fuller Road
Pratt Boulevard
Boros
J Boros
Wood Street
Colonial Oaks
Cincinnati’s cross protest and famed sports scandals mar city image
The article recalls a 10 day Ku Klux Klan cross display on a downtown square amid protests. It notes Pete Rose’s 1989 baseball ban for gambling and Marge Schott’s 1993 season suspension for racial slurs. Local reaction includes varied views from residents like Kathy Schmit and retiree Guy Chandler as Cincinnati vies for broader appeal alongside top cities.
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Ku Klux Klan
Cincinnati
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Marge Schott
Kathy Schmit
Cincinnati seeks to rebuild positive national image
Tourism supports about 8 billion dollars annually as Cincinnati markets itself to visitors. Executives highlight film productions, the Maisonette restaurant’s five star Mobil guide status for 29 years, and a robust arts scene while competing with Seattle and other cities for rankings.
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Cincinnati
Charlton
Dustin Hoffman
Melanie Griffith
Mobil Travel Guide
Tape blamed for fire in Pikewood mobile home
Fire officials say heat from plastic tape wrapped around a sewer line beneath a trailer caused a blaze at 354 Lark Lane Pikewood Manor Mobile Home Park. Damage estimated at 60000 dollars. owner Edward Robinson was away when flames started.
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Elyria
Lark Lane
Pikewood Manor Mobile Home Park
Greg Castle
Castle
Edward Robinson
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Dot” Kuznik
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