Deaths of Local Notables Hit Lorain Area
Dr. Joe F. Calta longtime Lorain City Schools leader died at 74 after a long illness. Avon resident Thomas Botosan a carpenter and longtime Crystal Springs Church member died at St. John West Shore Hospital. George P. Cocco of Lorain a WWII veteran and former U S Steel inspector also passed away after a brief illness. Visitation and funeral details announced for each, with obituaries listing family survivors and memorials to local charities.
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Joe F. Calta
Lorain City Schools
Cleveland
Lorain
Calta
Air Corps
Lorain High School
Admiral King High School
Kent State University
Case Western Reserve University
Lorain County Community College
Lorain Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
al Koran Shrine
Lorain County Shrine Club
American Legion Post 30
Thomas Botosan
Avon
St. John and West Shore Hospital
Westlake
Higbee’s
Botosan
Crystal Springs
California
Burmeister County Line
Amer Shah
Crystal Springs Christian Church
Elmhurst Park Cemetery
American Heart Association
Vermilion elections director Jean Maiden dies at 60
Jean H. Maiden 60 of Vermilion died Saturday at her home after a long illness. Former Erie County Board of Elections director, she retired in June. A Vermilion councilwoman in the mid 1970s and active in Democratic Women, she also served as Vermilion finance director 1976-77 and helped found the Vermilion Democratic Women’s Club. She is survived by her husband John, five sons and daughters, and others. visitation tonight and Tuesday, funeral Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Riddle Funeral Home with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Bunce
Amherst
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Ashtabula
Ohio
Erie
Glenwood United Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Gridley
Harry
Suzanne) Chambers
David M
Westminster
Calif
Ernest Mackey
Los Angeles
Clarke
Garland-Misencik
Park Avenue
Dusckas
West
West 10Th Street
Funeral Home
Jerry Gray
Laurel Hill
Leon J. Schaffer
Norwalk
Maple City Ice Co
Schaffer
St. Paul Catholic Church
Donald
Roseann) Bloker
Vermilion
James
Gary Walters
St. Paul Building Fund
E. Main St
Jean H. Maiden
Vertilion
Lorain
Erie County Board of Elections
Erie County Federation of Democratic Women
Democratic Women’s Club of
Canadian Legion
Admiral King Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Daughters of Scilia
Donald Innes
Riddle Funeral Home
Louis Bertoni
Maple Grove Cemetery
Avon Lake teacher and principal Frances Casey dies at 60
Frances Marie Casey of Avon Lake died Saturday after a long illness at home. Born in Kingston New York she taught in California Horace North Dakota and Kingston where she became one of the first Lutheran school principals in 1950. Survived by husband Lawrence two sons Michael and Brian mother Emma Snyder and sister Carolyn Hoetger. Memorial services set for Wednesday at Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall Avon Lake. Arrangements by Burmeister Funeral Home. The American Cancer Society assisted.
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Lillian Rosa Woziak
Longwell
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Alder Grove
Neb
Grafton
Home League
Salvation Army
Leonard
Walter
Frances Longwell
Stephen
Reichlin-Cooley Funeral Home
Avon
Joy Blaney
United Methodist Church
LaGrange
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
American Cancer Society
Frances Marie Casey
Avon Lake
Kingston
N.Y
Seward
Concordia Teachers’ College
California
Horace
North Dakota
Lawrence
Michael
Brian
Westlake
Emma Snyder
Carolyn Hoetger
Jehovah Witnesses Kingdom
William E Hiles Death Notice and Services
Visitation is today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 in the funeral home. The VFW Post 451 will conduct a memorial service this evening at 8. Services are Tuesday at 1:14. Burial follows at Calvary Cemetery with all military honors by VFW Post 451.
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Hiles
William E Visitation
VFW Post 451
Calvary Cemetery
Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 451
Pease Listed Fair Recovering After Heart Surgery
U S Rep Don J Pease D Oberlin remains in fair condition at Cleveland Clinic after emergency surgery to replace a heart valve. He was admitted Nov 4 for a heart catheterization and hospitalized since Nov 2. doctors expect several days of recovery before possible return to work when Congress convenes in January.
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Cleveland
U.S
Don J. Pease
Oberlin
Cleveland Clinic
Pease
Congress
Lake Erie missing two Toledo men enter second day search
An extensive air and sea search for Tom Baker and John Laplante Jr both 18 of Toledo area entered its second day on Lake Erie. Coast Guard units from Marblehead Detroit and Traverse City plus five Coast Guard craft and two helicopters scoured Maumee Bay near Gard Island and Lotus Harbor Marina for the missing pair who left Saturday night on a 16 foot white fiberglass boat. Weather worsened with 6 to 12 foot waves lowering survival odds as crews pressed on through Sunday and planned to continue today.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
John Rachlyeft
Marblehead U.S
Rachlyeft
Gard Island
Lotus Harbor
Halfway Creek
Maumee Bay
Marblehead Coast Guard
Credo
Detroit
Traverse City
Mich
Davis-Besse workers fired after psychological testing
At least nine construction workers at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant in northwest Ohio were fired in recent months after taking a 50 year old test to identify psychological problems. The test included questions about preferences and doll play followed by a single interview with a psychologist hired by Toledo Edison Co. The plant lies near Oak Harbor about 30 miles east of Toledo. Some veterans with more than a decade at nuclear plants were barred from rehire.
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Cleveland
Davis-Besse
Ohio
Toledo Edison Co
Toledo
Oak Harbor
Stabbing suspect sought after Vermilion bar incident
Amherst man Michael Czompoly was stabbed twice in the stomach outside the Sand Bar on East Liberty Street after a 2 a.m. fight. He remained in fair condition at Lorain Community Hospital as police seek witnesses to identify the assailant.
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Vermilion
Amherst
East Liberty Street
Michael Crompoly
Middle Ridge Road
Lorain Community Hospital
Vermilion Police Department
Crompoly
Avon Lake man in serious condition after Moore Road crash
Avon Lake Frank Zingales 22 of 964 Moore Road remained in intensive care at St. Joseph Hospital Lorain with injuries from a Sunday afternoon motor vehicle crash on Moore Road. Hospital spokeswomen listed a fractured ankle among injuries. Police had no details pending a completed report.
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Avon
Avon Lake
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Moore Road
Frank Zingales
Moore Rd
Zingales
Dolphins Face Chilly Reception From Browns Tonight
North Ridgeville weather observer Ray Diederich warns of a cold front bringing rain and snow as the Miami Dolphins visit the Cleveland Browns. He notes snow can arrive by November, with early flakes sometimes in October, and forecasts a low around 31 degrees tonight.
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Miami Dolphins
Cleveland Browns
Ray Diederich
North Ridgeville
Diederich
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George P. Cocco
Windber
Coceo
U.S. Steel
St. Peter Catholic Church
Third Army
17Th Armored Division
Europe
Cocco
Louis Paul Proy
Disabled American Veterans of
Cecco
Rose M
Szabo
Georgette
Dianne
Daniel
Anthony
Thomas
John J. Gluvna
Kenneth Wolnowski
Joseph O'Donnell
Louis Paul
Lorain Kiwanis
First United Methodist Church
Sara Anne O'Donnell
YMCA
Schwartz-Spence and Boyer Funeral Home
Delores G. Brady
Sheffield Lake
Huron
St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Reidy- Scanlan
John J. McCaffrey
Jean Maiden
Barbara J. Eberling
United Church of Christ Congregational
John
Greg
Kathy) Atwater
Rebecca Innes
Chicago
Liz Innes
Jack Maiden
Robert Innes
James Innes
Tom
Bill
Ohio State University
Dale City
Potomac Hospital
Woodbridge
Elyria
Midview High School
Kenneth
Kenneth Jr
Donna Sue
Lisa Maria
Ethel Zebb
Walter J. Zebb
Elver Searles
Kipton
Cunningham Mount Castle Funeral Home
Occoquan Road
Lillian Rosa Wozniak
S. David Cupp
S. David
Sam” Cupp
North Olmsted
St. John and
West Shore Hospital
Columbus
J and L. Steel
John Knox Presbyterann Church
Ruth P
Susan D. Boyles
John M. Cupp
Bocca Raton
Fla
Kacirek Funeral Home
L. Gordon Blasius
Sunset Memorial Park
Leroy E. Kestler
Cary
Good Shepherds Hospital
Barrington
Ilinois
Kestler
Cary Screw Products
Stonington Lodge
F&am
Stone City
Order of Eastern Star
Margaret Baxter
Randall Holke
Ill
Florence Smith
Reichlin- Cooley
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Weatherman
Dolphins
Kaka Eeerk
Ethic
Ron Roberta
Reichlin-Roberts Funeral Home
Cleveland St
Lorain County Florists
Ridge Hill
Memorial Park
Cemetery OF the Chimes
Quiet
Eran & Jasons A
Herts
Ation
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