Foster Industrial Coatings founder dies at 56 in Amherst
David Harold Foster of Amherst died Saturday at Amherst Hospital after a brief illness. A Navy veteran and former Harri son Manufacturing machinist, he owned Foster Industrial Coatings in Amherst for 17 years. He was senior class president at Clearview High School in 1958 and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Survived by wife Edith Louise, daughters Karen Migra and Elizabeth Churchill, sons Mark Foster and Dean Foster, seven grandchildren, a brother Clarence Fos.
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Clearview High School
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Foster Industrial Coatings
Harrison Manufacturing
St. Joseph Catholic Church
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Edith Louise
DiFrancesco
Karen Marie Migra
Elizabeth J. Churchill
Wakeman
Mark Anthony Foster
Elyria
Dean Harold Foster
Clarence “Casey
Fos
Obituaries Chronicle Local Residents Die After Illnesses
Multiple Lorain County deaths reported for Raymond Geres 30 Vermilion. Alvarado 75 Lorain. Donna Jones 38 Elyria. Elwin Wiley 85 Graf ton. Lloyd Smith 68 Amherst. Obituaries note service times, survivors, and funeral homes.
Gascoigne services for Thomas M Gascoigne Lorain
A Mass for Thomas M Tim Gascoigne of Lorain will be at 9 20 a m Wednesday at St Mary Church Lorain. Friends may call 6 to 8 p m today at Reidy Scanlan Funeral Home Lorain. The 90 year old died Saturday at Anchor Lodge Nursing Center. He founded Selected Spices Inc now part of Conzgra and retired as its president in 1975. A Navy WWI veteran, he belonged to St Mary Parish Holy Name Society Elks American Legion Post 30 and enjoyed golf and semi pro basketball in the 1920s. Survivors include his wife Mary Louise Buck Gascoigne. daughters Beverly Jane Carol and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial at Calvary Cemetery Lorain. Memorials to Catholic Community Services Lorain.
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Aibonito
Puerto Rico
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Brook Park
Alvarado
Sacred Heart
United Auto Workers
Antonio
Caparra Terrace
Angel L
Margarita Aponte
Bernardo
Evangelina
Osvaldo
Myrna Alvarado
Rosa Alvarado
Richard J. Reidy
E.ast St. Lorain
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Ohio
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Josephine Foster
Amara Louise Foster
Reidy-Scanlan
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Amherst
James Schmitz
Lipton Lata Tin Tahind Vary
Wiul
Donna M. Jones
Frye
Elyria
Emh Regional Medical Center
Euclid
Western Auto
Jones
Jerome Dauetters Angel Jones
Danielle Jones
Chad Jones
Jeanette Frye
Hudson
Howard Carroll
Free Will Baptist Church
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Avon
Wiley
Trinity Lutheran Church
Africa
Europe
Ridge Tool Co
VFW Post
Danish Brotherhood In America
Lilly
Juanita Spiroff
Jeanne Barden
New London
James Wiley
Charlotte Prunty
Frostproof
Lloyd L. Smith
Mr. Smith
Lorain Products
Shipping Department
Lear/ Siegler
Smith
Elyria American Legion
Elyria Vfw
Shirley J
Nee Fleming
Linda Wisniewski
Laura Smith
Francis Smith
Harold R. Smith
Christina
Corey Smith
Hempel
Cleveland Ave
Funeral
Michael Beynon
Amherst Congregational United Church of Christ
Birmingham Cemetery
Birmingham Township
Lorain County Kidney Foundation
Thomas M
Tim” Gascoigne
St. Mary Church
Eighth and
Reid Avenue
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Broadway
Gascoigne
Anchor Lodge Nursing Center
St. Mary High School
Selected Spices, Inc
Detroit
Conzgra
Swift and Company
Bowman Ice Cream
Basic Foods
Vermilion
Mr. Gascoigne
St. Mary Parish
Holy Name Society
Elks
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Beverly Gascoigne
Roswell
Jane Borrelli
Newnan
Carol Salisbury
New York
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Redmond
Wash
Mary Louise Gascoigne
Buck
Calvary Cemetery
Eighth St
Avon Lake council approves police cars cost bid and planning resignation
Avon Lake officials report each police car will cost 19 300 with 82 Ford Mercury Inc of Bata via Ohio the low bidder. The mayor's car will be leased at 4 464 yearly. Jan Mackert from the Planning Commission resigns and a replacement is sought to finish her term expiring December 31. The planning panel meets the third Tuesday monthly. A public hearing is set on a city law restricting bridges fences and plantings along ditches and creeks. The Public Service Committee will discuss at 4 30 p m November 20 at the Service and Engineering Building 750 Avon Belden Road and a 5 30 p m hearing will hear residents' comments. The law passed in 1978 aims to protect a site while aiding waterway access. about 20 property owners are known violators.
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Batavia
Ohio
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Avon Lake
Kathy Lynch
Council
Public Service Committee
Avon- Belden Road
Wakeman to join ambulance district plan
Wakeman council voted to join a new joint ambulance district being formed. The village had relied on Citizen's Ambulance Service but its closure due to financial difficulties prompts a May ballot tax levy to fund the district.
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Karamu Director to Speak at City Club Luncheon
Margaret Ford-Taylor executive director of Karamu House in Cleveland speaks at the City Club luncheon at noon Friday. She discusses Grassroots Community Organizing Through the Arts. Lorain County Urban League and Elyria YWCA sponsor. reservations call 322-6308 by Wednesday.
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Margaret Ford- Taylor
Karamu House
Cleveland
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Elyria Ywca
Veterans Day ceremony honors duty and forgiveness in Elyria
About 100 veterans gathered at Ely Park for a cold Veterans Day ceremony where Henry Woloszyn urged Korean and Vietnam era veterans to take up new responsibilities as World War I veterans pass away. He highlighted humanitarian work in former enemy lands and emphasized forgiveness. Woloszyn, a 20 year Army veteran with multiple wounds and honors, noted the need for active service. Mayor Keys spoke, a 21 gun salute was given by VFW 1079, Taps by Broadview High ROTC, and wreaths were presented by multiple veteran organizations. the Elyria Council organized the event.
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Proposal would allow boats and RVs to park in driveways
Lorain city council committee considers amending the property maintenance code to permit boats jet skis and recreational vehicles to be parked in driveways up to 28 feet long with 20 feet from sidewalks or streets and five feet from property lines in side or back yards. Violations could still bring fines up to 1000 dollars and six months in jail.
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Lorain
Kathy Tavenner
8Th Ward
City weighs replacement truck after $187,000 bill
The city faced an $187,000 shortfall for a replacement fire truck after EME Fire Apparatus offered a $640,000 replacement and provided a discount. Mayor Urbin and officials noted insurance will cover part while the prior repair was not blamed for the fire. The 1982 truck was to last ten more years and the new unit will have tall building reach capabilities.
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EME Fire Apparatus
Avon Lake
Zilka
Vincent Urbin
EME
Murphy cites occupancy checks cost under city plan
Murphy says certificate of occupancy inspections would cost 50 dollars. The plan makes failure to have city inspections before sale or transfer punishable by up to six months in jail and up to 1000 dollars fine, with each day a separate offense. He proposes two inspectors and a secretary to handle extra work at about 150000 dollars annually for salaries benefits and training.
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Murphy
Tower light controversy surrounds AT&T tower plan
Council members express concern over a strobe warning light required by the FAA at a proposed AT&T tower south of the water tower. Residents near the site say they were not notified and fear loss of input. Jason Bradford of AT&T estimates 500000 dollars for construction with lease talks ahead, while access faces private land owner objections.
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Jason Bradford
At&t
Miller beer leader in region settles top distributor status
Bires highlights his achievements as the leading Miller beer account in the area and one of the top five major beer distributors for seven years. He also ranks high in Ohio lottery sales and is the largest independent Pepsi distributor locally, employing eight workers and a manager. He notes profitability and the need to work at it.
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Bires
Miller Beer
Ohio
Wellington Lorain County Farm Board Rejects Expansion Plan
Three at large members will not be added to the Lorain County Agricultural Society this month. Directors, representing townships, debated adding three at large seats to the 21 member board but failed to approve the amendment. The plan will not go to the general membership this evening. The issue could reappear for a general vote at next month’s annual meeting per secretary Bernie Nirode.
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