Elyria area obituaries recall many local lives
A string of death notices from Elyria area mentions Dorothy J. Kiser, Alvin D. King, John J. Conrad, Helen R. Baus, Louis J. Ladrach, and Nina E. Merasco among others. The notices detail birthplaces, family survivors, and funeral arrangements, with services at local churches and mortuaries, and burials in Ridge Hill, Resthaven, and North Murray Ridge Cemeteries.
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John 8. Conrad
North Eaton Township
Lorain Community Hospital
Sharon
Lorain County
Conrad
Iron Workers Local 17
Christian Apostolical Church
Cleveland
Don Engram
North Murray Ridge Cemetery
Elyria
Trial Stated Today in Traffic Death Case
A Grafton woman Jeanne M. Anderson 34 faces vehicular homicide charges in the death of 18 year old Kipton man Gary L. Haymond 31 State St. Haymond died after their vehicles collided on West Ridge Road Elyria Township July 30 with the trial before Municipal Judge John Howard set for today in Elyria Municipal Court.
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Elyria
Death notices from Avon Lorain and Wooster areas
Helen M Berchar 81 of Avon survived by husband Louis L and one brother with services at Bogner Funeral Home Ridgeville and St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Avon. Patsy Coleman 59 Lorain survived by sons and Tucker family with service at Mt Zion Baptist Church Lorain. Donald E Lahner 60 Wooster survived by wife and children with services at John R Devin Funeral Home Lorain. Frances J Nicholas 70 Lorain survived by sister with Mass at St Stanislaus Calvary Cemetery arrangements.
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St. Jude's Church
Elyria
St. Jude’s Church
Joseph Callahan
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Lorain
Donald E. Lahner
Wooster
John R. Devin
Jeff Gindlesberger
Henrietta
South Amherst
Sophie
Elmhurst Park Cemetery
Avon
North Eaton
Mary E
Elyria United Methodist Home
Virginia King
Henrietta United Methodist Church
Jeff W. Gindlesberger
Henrietta Township
Bogner Funeral Home
North Ridgeville
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Helen M. Berciak
Avon Oaks Nursing Home
Berchar
Helen M
Coleman Patsy
Nee Tucker
Thomas
Arlanders
Richard
Courtney Tucker
Joseph Tucker
Brown Funeral Home
Tucker
East 28Th St
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Nicholas Frances J
Skelnicki
Uke
Ain
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Drug case suspects bound to grand jury
Two men arrested earlier this month in connection with drug charges were bound over to the county grand jury. Stanton Edwards, 39, of Elyria, and Ralph Bowden, 18, of San Bernardino, Calif., face felony aggravated drug trafficking and misdemeanor paraphernalia counts. They were arrested Nov 13 during a raid at Edwards' home, where paraphernalia and suspected narcotics were seized. Edwards is jailed on a $3,250 bond, Bowden on $5,750.
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Elyria
Stanton Edwards
Clinton Ave
Ralph Bowden
San Bernadino
Calif
John Howard
Edwards
Bowden
County Meg
Lorain Police Seek Owners Of Recovered Stolen Items
Lorain police ask residents to identify radios video recorders and jewelry recovered after a drug arrest. Burglaries may have produced the items. Call the narcotics bureau at 246 2323 if homes were burglarized and items belong to you.
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Lorain
Cleveland couple wins 405000 suit over car truck crash
A Lorain County jury awarded Loret ta Cooper 305000 and James Cooper Sr 100000 for injuries from a July 27 1984 crash on Route 20 in western Lorain County. American Cortage Co. of Cleveland faced liability as established by judge’s earlier ruling.
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Elyria
Cleveland
Route 20
Lorain County
Loretta Cooper
James Cooper Sr
Cooper
Coopers
James Cooper
Fairview General Hospital
School toilet pipe bomber on probation after plea
Firelands High School student Michael W. Yakunovich 18 of 70 Rosa Dr pleaded guilty August 10 to possession of a dangerous ordnance a fourth degree felony. Aggravated arson dropped the judge Floyd D Harris suspended an 18 month prison term and placed him on three years probation restoring restitution. An explosion in the first floor men's room May 5 caused $150 in damage.
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Elyria
Firelands High School
Michael W. Yakunovich
Rosa Dr
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Floyd D. Harris
Ohio State Reformatory
Yakunovich
Woman arrested in eatery robbery
A second suspect, a 21 year old Elyria woman, was arrested in Lorain in connection with Saturday’s robbery at Kenny King’s restaurant on Oberlin Avenue. She faces complicity to aggravated robbery charges. Todd Miller, 20, of Lorain, was already charged with aggravated robbery. Police say she drove the robber to the restaurant and picked him up afterward. A man in a ski mask demanded money at about 9 45 a.m. with a knife to an employee’s throat.
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Lorain
Oberlin Avenue
Elyria
Todd Miller
Robert Edwards
Elyria Woman's Car Taken For Joy Ride
Elyria police investigate a joy ride that damaged a woman’s car on Middle Avenue. The ignition key was missing and a juvenile suspect is being investigated with no arrests yet.
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Elyria
Middle Avenue
Lorain seeks citywide enterprise zone designation
Lorain officials will seek state approval to designate the entire city as an enterprise zone to lure new and expanding businesses through tax incentives. The plan, recommended by the Federal Programs Committee, aims to boost development while school officials warn that broad tax breaks could erode the education funding base.
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Lorain
State Department of Development
Lorain Grants Back Toni Morrison Film Project
Lorain city officials recommend two grants totaling 20000 to the Lorain County Arts Council for a feature film based on Toni Morrison's novel. The Arts Council had sought the full amount earlier, but 1987 budget constraints gave council members pause.
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Lorain
Toni Morrison
Lorain County
Elyria Teen Wins James Cobb Memorial Award for Horsemanship
The correct recipient is 16 year old John Toth of Elyria. Richard Toth, listed in Monday's Farm section, is his father and was misnamed in that story. The award recognizes outstanding horsemanship.
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Elyria
Richard Toth
John Toth
James Cobb
Jacobs brothers push 50 story tower with fed loan aid
Cleveland backers back a 15 million federal loan for a 97 year old building to anchor a 306 million Public Square project. Richard Jacobs said the 50 story office tower would rise taller than Terminal Tower next to the Society Building, with a potential 50 to 60 million hotel and a 900 foot height to fit the plan.
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Cleveland
Richard and
David Jacobs
Public Square
George L. Forbes
Jacobs Brothers
Cleveland Indians
Erieview
George V. Voinovich
Jacobses
Society
the Society
Richard Jacobs
Voinovich
Hearing postponed for charged trucker in Wake Man Girls crash
An Elyria municipal court postpones Frank Cocking from Westville Indiana, charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of not yielding an assured clear distance, to December 10. Co-defendant Darlene Baker of Cleveland faces a January 7 trial on three vehicular homicide counts and a charge of illegally parking on the highway.
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Elyria
Indiana
Wakeman
Frank Cocking
Westvile
Ind
Cocking
John Howard
Darlene Baker
Cleveland
Baker
Nova OTC Faces State filing and vault concerns
Nova OTC files its application with the state while CAP members protest the facility size. An IF consultant warned ash vaults could reach the size of 12 football fields within 20 years. Officials claim vaults use hard clay liners with thin plastic, but critics fear leaks contaminate water wells near Imperial County and affect residents, farmers, and Amish communities.
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OTC
CAP
Roberto Frulla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Kiser
Dorothy J. Kiser
Nee Christian
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Vermilion
American Legion Post 12
Lahner Services
Alvin King
Alvin D. King
Grafton
King
Wagner Sign Company
Sign and Display Union
Woodmen of the World
Senior Citizens Bowling League
Brunswick Center Ridge Lanes
Ruth
Nee van Horn
Michael
Donna) Carr
Dallas
Donald
Edna Wehrle
Margarite Nehrenz
Louis A. Diehl
Fields United Methodist Church
Resthaven Memory Gardens
John Conrad
Helen R. Baus
Merthe
Allen Memorial Hospital
Amherst Township
Amherst High School
Oberlin Business College
U.S. Automatic
Nordson
Amherst
Newton
Church of the Open Door
Wayne A
Oliver
Shirley) Shubert
Oberlin
Doris E. Merthe
Curtis-Scheuffler
Lewis Ladrach
Lewis J. Ladrach
Birmingham
Mr. Ladrach
Henrietta Grange
Lorain County Farm Bureau and
Farm Bureau Council
Kenneth
Wilma) Sprague
Robert
Judy) Murray
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
Dicken Funeral Home of
Nina Merasco
Nina E. Merasco
Nee Mischler
Erie
Richard Parmerter
Virginia Carrell
Lancaster
Ohio
Lora Berger
Theresa Cathey
Berchak Services
Louis L
Lon
Louis Bodnar
Sheffield Lake
Mary Schmidt
Vera Weber
Barbara Verdas
Elizabeth Huber
Steve Bodnar
Jack
Julius
Chuck
St. Mary's Cemetery
Columbia Station
Sanford Prudoff
Lorain Okis
City Planning Commission
Obojski
Imperial County
Butt
Texas
Dicken
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