Veterans Day loss and family grief span two Ohio families
Army Staff Sgt. Charles Douglas Sawyers of Sheffield Township died on Veterans Day 1967 at age 25, a birthday death. The Cottrell brothers from Wellington, Timothy and Sidney, died in Vietnam and near the Cambodian border. The piece shifts to Elyrian women whose lives were changed by the war, including Mary Ella Jones Mauldin welcoming the author into her kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Charles Douglas Sawyers
Sheffield Township
Cottrell
Wellington
Timothy James Cottrell
Sidney Allen Cottrell
Oberlin Chronicles: Bobby Jones and Cindy Mason’s Paths
Mary recalls her brother Norman Jr. known as Bobby a hustler with a red Murray bike who helped neighbors and danced at Marcell Hall. Bobby avoided the street and quit school before a Ford job dream was cut by a draft notice. Cindy Mason, starry-eyed nursing student, joined the U S Army Nurse Program in 1967 continuing a family Army lineage.
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Mary
Elyria
West Side
Norman Jr
Bobby
Bell Avenue
Mama
Marcell Hall
Elyria High
Ford Motor Co
Norman Jones Jr
Cynthia Mason
M.B. Johnson School of Nursing
McAllen
Texas
U.S. Army
Cindy
Donald
Jack” Mason
South Pacific
Hearts of Patriots aids vets spouses for holidays program
Hearts of Patriots a Northeast Ohio group aids caregivers of veterans with PTSD or TBI by pairing sponsors with spouses for holiday gifts and meals. Applications close December 1 with pairing starting November 11 and sponsors urged to visit vetspouse.org for details.
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Hearts of Patriots
Hop
Denise Weller
Weller
Ohio
Vetspouse.org
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Vietnam
Mary Ella Jones
Mauldin
de. Luce
Oberlin
Tos
Mary Jones Mauldin
the Chronicle-Telegram
Nagy
Freedom Too Smile
N. Abbe Rd
Sheffield Village
NagyFamilyDental.com
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