Lorain Obituary: Francis Kempa Purple Heart Veteran
Francis Kempa 71 of Lorain died at home after a career at Ford plants and service as a WWI Navy veteran who landed on Omaha Beach He was awarded a Purple Heart and survived by wife Lois son Terry Hrnt daughter Bonnie Dahlke and several grandchildren. Also noted are obituaries for Marie Brown Maria Robles and Donna Watson with survivors, service details, and burial plans.
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Francis Kempa
Lorain
Mr. Kempa
Shadyside
Ohio
Ford Motor Co
Avon
Omaha Beach
United Auto Workers
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Indians
Lois
Alan
Terry Hrnt
Berlin Heights
Bonnie Dahlke
Tom Kempa
Mary Ann Jeffries
Obituaries Chronicle Local Residents Susan McConnell Tammy McKee
Susan McConnell former area resident dies in Pittsburgh from complications of multiple sclerosis. Services to be announced by Garland Misencik Funeral Home in Amherst. Tammy McKee of South Amherst dies at home from apparent heart attack. Born in Great Falls Montana she lived in South Amherst since 1975 and has survivors including two West Virginia children and South Amherst relatives. Services were private. Hempel Funeral Home handled arrangements. Edith Virginia Brinson a former Elyria resident died October 6 in Kentucky. Burial at Kidder Cemetery followed a Liberty Baptist Church service. Survivors include Howard Brinson and several children and siblings. Pulaski Funeral Home of Somerset Kentucky handled arrangements.
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Coral Springs
Fla
LaPorte United Methodist Church
Brookdale Cemetery
Elyria
Forest Lawn Funeral Home
Pompano Beach
Fila
Bauer- Laubenthal-Wainwright
Susan McConnell
Gargasz
Amherst
Pittsburgh
Garland-Misencik
Tammy McKee
South Amherst
Great Falls
Mont
South Amherst High School
Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church
William Lee Vickers Jr
West Virginia
Megan Elizabeth Vickers
Thomas L
Janet Sue (Nee Saling
Thomas L. McKeeff
Navy Sea Bees
Europe
James A
Shannon L. Swiney
Chesapeake
Hempel Funeral Home
Edith Virginia Brinson
Hardwick
Liberty Baptist Church
Kidder
Alanda Price
Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Newcomers Club
Somerset
Senior Friends of
Columbia Lake Cumberland Hospital
Howard
Howard Jr
Antwerp
Charles
Diyeia
Gauguhis Gwenduiyn Niemiec
Linda Westall
Clovis
N.M
Obituaries of Donna M Jones and Elwin Herbert Wiley
Donna M Jones 38 of Elyria survived by husband Jerome daughters Angel and Danelle son Chad mother Jeanette Frye one sister and two brothers. Visitation 6 to 9 pm today at Bau er Laubenthal Wainwright Funeral Home Elyna Services 11 am Thursday funeral home burial Resthaven Memory Gardens Avon. Elwin Herbert Wiley 35 of Grafton survived by wife Lilly daughters Juanita Spiroff Jeanne Barden son James and 25 sisters. Visitation 4 to pm today at Blackburn Funeral Home Grafton services private.
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Marie Brown
Everidge
Grafton
Perry County
Lorain County
Margaret Slone
Blackey
Aileen Hall
Viper
Fern Wetzel
Peggy Sturgill
Happy
Marvin
Luther
Larry Everidge
Abbe Everidge
Blackburn Funeral Home
Main St
James Gordon
Elyria Baptist Church
Brown
Puneia
Blackhawk Cemetery
Kentucky
Jones Donna M
Nee Frye
Elyria
Jerome
Angel
Danelle
Chad
Jeanette Frye
Chestnut Ridge Road
Route 7
Wiley Elwin Herbert
Lilly
Juanita Spiroff
Jeanne Barden
James
Blackburn
Main SL
Betleski Ward Wins Highlight Races and Wakeman Correction
Betleski swept all four wards and most precints while tying one precinct, with Rousseau noting the home precinct leans Republican. A Tuesday Wakeman Village Council story corrected that Citizen's Ambulance Service remains in business.
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Gi Rifigeville
Betleski
Rousseau
Wakeman
Citizen’s Ambulance Service
Cop in sex lawsuit gives safety talk to women
Elyria officer Todd Zack, accused of molesting three women in a police interview room, spoke to the Lorain County Society of Medical Assistants about safety precautions. He recommended preparation and pepper spray over panic whistles, while the civil case against him remains pending and no charges are indictable.
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Elyria
Patrobnan
Todd Zack
Zack
Lorain
U.S. District Court
Cleveland
Mark Herron
Penny Lynch
Lynch
City Safety Service
Tim Coey
Coey
Society of Medical Assistants
Lorain County Community College
Fraud crackdown targets workers compensation fraud
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation began a fraud crackdown in 1993 and has convicted 116 people to date. Industry estimates warn about $160 million in annual losses from workers' compensation fraud in the state. Reports can be made via the BWC hotline 800 OHIO BWC with anonymity.
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Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
BWC
Ohio-Bwc
City sewer project shifts to municipal ownership
The city would take control of sewer segments within its limits, with an estimated 17 million dollar project cost. Residents along the route must connect if within 250 feet, and rates would be 2.95 per 10 cubic feet, down from 3.60. Tap-in fees: 3055 for residential and 5310 for commercial, plus 24 per front foot, 385 per acre, and 850 for a six inch lateral.
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Cioff
Breast cancer study volunteers sought in Columbus
Columbus hospital seeks women aged 48 to 78 who have early stage breast cancer treated surgically within a year to join the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study. Participants must use Tamoxifen or chemotherapy, stay at least five years, with no cost to join. Call The James Line at 800 293-5066.
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Columbus
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
United States
William Farrar
Division of
Surgical Oncology
the James
James
Brick shatters van window injures Lorain woman
A 19 year old Lorain resident, Angel Payne, was treated for a head injury after a brick was tossed through a van window on Laurel Avenue. She remained in stable condition at Lorain Community/St Joseph Regional Health Center Tuesday evening.
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Lorain
Lorain Community/St Joseph Regional Health Center
Angel Payne
East 37Th Street
Lorain Community
St. Joseph Regional Health Center
Payne
Laurel Avenue
Elyria Mediclinic
East River Street
Elyria
Hearty
Anderson builds schools in Vietnam after war years
Former Marine and prisoner of war James Anderson leads an Interfaith Alliance advisory council and funds a Vietnam school project with corporate and private donors. He plans a third school as Vietnam’s youth rise, while filming a CNN documentary to reshape American views of the region. The CNN Presents special airs December 1 at 9 pm.
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National Advisory Council
Interfaith Alliance
Vietnam
Anderson
MCI
Coca-Cola
Lebanon
Middle East
den of Lions
CNN
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Purple Heart
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Anna
Nee Spisak) Kempa
Doom Funeral Home
Elyria Avenue
Funeral
Charles Tackett
West Ridge Baptist Church
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Atlas Technical
Maria Robles
Matos
Lakewood Hospital
Mrs. Robles
Canovarias
Puerto Rico
New York
Andres Matos
Ana Maria Incarnacion
Canovanas
Milagros Matos
Doris Matos
Marta Matos
Carmen Matos
Julio
Pito Matos
Iplesia Pentecostal Cristo Misionera
Broadway
Devin Funeral Home
Donna M. Watson
Brecknock
Cleveland Clinic
Ft Lauderdale
Soviene
Watson
Elyria High School
Brinson Services
Angela E
Haviland
You
Mom
Jesse
Rachel
William Reschmidt
Susan
T.J. Moraco
the Chronicle-Telegram
Herron
Brick
Raymundo de la Pena
M.D
Judith W. Mays
The
Othe
Man
American Pain Specialists, Inc
American Sleep Disorders Center
Gary A. Mellick, D.O
N. Abbe Road
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