Obituary Notes From Elyria and Nearby Areas
Thecord chronicles a string of deaths spanning Elyria North Ridgeville and nearby towns. Thelma Bahl 62 formerly of Elyria died in Clare Michigan after a month long illness. Elder Charles R Beane 68 former pastor of Glorious Faith Tabernacle Elyria died after brief illness. William Schrauf 51 North Ridgeville owner of Bill Schrauf Landscaping died at home after a heart attack. Marie Cullins 84 Lorain formerly of Elyria died in Parma after five months illness. Frederick Krage 75 North Ridgeville died in Parma after long illness. James Akers 58 formerly Elyria drowned while birding in Cape May New Jersey. Ruth Plato 93 Amherst area nursing assistant Elyria Memorial Hospital died in California after one year away. John Clifford 53 Grafton Ford Brookpark millwright died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Burial and service details appear for each, with various funeral homes and churches named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Bahl
Peninsula Drive
Farwell
Mich
Elyria
Clare
Pennsylvania
Charles R. Beane
W. Bridge St
Glorious Faith Tabernacle
Oberlin
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Beane
Elyria Foundry
Huntland
Tenn
Greater Christ Temple
Thomas
Charlene) Searcy
Darlene Gibson
New York
Dorothy Larkins
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mary Williams
Lorain
Robert
Cleveland
Gerald
Mattie Fitzpatrick
Tyree Wilson
Murthyville
Calvin
J.L. Mathews
Brookdale Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Marie Cullins
Hillgrove Drive
Holy Family
Parma
Walter Rothgery
Cullins
Detroit
St. Mary Church
Irene Cullins
Josephine Abbe
Leo
Laubenthal
Ruth Virginia Plato
Amherst
Mount Diablo Hospital
Concord
Calif
Russ
Sharon) Kopis
Vallejo
Elizabeth Knispel
Chatahoochee
Fla
Plato
Hempel Funeral Home
Brownhelm Cemetery
Vermilion
Adam Radcliff Jr services held in Cleveland
Adam Radcliff Jr age 53 of Elyria and Reseda Calif died at the Cleveland Clinic after a brief illness. Services were held in Cleveland Saturday with burial in Highland Park Cemetery. He owned Radcliff Brothers Construction Co and was an Elder in the Elyria East Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Survivors include his wife Mary and children Reba Victoria Eve of Reseda and a Cleveland step son William Reddick, plus his mother, brothers Clarence William Lincoln and Arthur and sisters Edna Dorothy and Susie, all of Cleveland or nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Radcliff Jr
Elyria
Reseda
Calif
Cleveland
Highland Park Cemetery
Radcliff
Obituaries and funeral notices from Westlake and Sheffield Lake
G Dewey Bailey of Westlake died Saturday at Lakewood Hospital after health issues ending a 33 year police career. Evelyn and three daughters, 14 grandchildren, and a brother survive. Visitation at Jenkins Funeral Chapel with burial at Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials to charity. Vincent A Lenhard, lifelong Sheffield Lake resident and US Steel foreman, died suddenly in Florida. Surviving wife, three sisters, two brothers, and other relatives. Visitation and funeral at Reichlein Coojey Funeral Home with services at St Thomas Church. Louis B Pitts of St. Petersburg died Saturday. former Elyria and North Ridgeville resident and WWII Army veteran. Surviving sisters and brother. services at St Jude Cathedral with burial at Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Schrauf
Chestnut Ridge Rd
North Ridgeville
Bill Schrauf
Mr. Schrauf
Merchant Marines
Westlake
St. Peter Church
Holy Name Society
Estelle
Symbol
Robert
Order
Friars Minor Capuchins
Washington, D.C
William D
Ohio State University
George
Avon Lake
Bernice Kerschner
Twinsburg
Brendan Malloy
Order Friars Minor Capuchins
St. Peter Cemetery
Chronicle-Telegram
WEOL
First United Methodist Church
Elyria
Order of Eastern Stars
White Shrine of
William Berry
Lear Nagle Road
Charleston
W. Va
Berry
Midland Ross
Cleveland
Debra Kerns
Port. Royal
Dreama Sue Sherrill
Janet Carte
Akron
Ann Patton
New Jersey
Lillian Wolf
Camel's Creek
V. Va
G. Dewey Bailey
Dover Center Road
Lakewood Hospital
Bailey
Fraternal Order of Police
Police Association
Cleveland Area
Willis
Jenkins Funeral Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Vincent A. Lenhard
Ocean Drive
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Buckeye Drive
Sheffield Lake
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
United States Steel Corporation
St. Thomas’ Church
U.S. Army
Disabled American Veterans
DAV
U.S. Steel Management Club
Antoinette
Dolly
Margaret Felton Henderson
Gladys Lanhart
Albert Ruth Matyi
Charles
Robert Lenhard
Reichlein-Coojey Funeral Home
St. Thomas Church
Claude J. Gaebelein
Calvary Cemetery
Louis B. Pitts
First St
St. Petersburg
Bay Front Medical Center
Pitts
Toledo
The
Gascon Paper Co
St. Jude Cathedral
Mary Jane Pitts
Esthere Fye
Alice Wilczak
Wellington
Albert C. Horwedel
Burbank
Calif
Leroy Horwedel
Anderson-McQueen
Ninth St
North
Francis Pack
Burail
Death notices from Hobart and Elyria area
Pauline Nes Hobart 44 of 2127 E Aist St died recently. Survived by husband Donald and several children. visitation today at John R Devin Funeral Home Lorain 2 to 4 and 7:69 PM. Service Tuesday at 9:30 AM at the funeral home and 10 AM at St Johns Church. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Len Yonkus 77 of 36286 Butternut Ridge Elyria survived by cousin Jeanor Patzzer and aunt Meta Streving. Visitation today from PM with services at Teed’s 1 PM. burial at Butternut Ridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Pauline
E. Aist St
Donald
Michael
Dennis
Timothy
Kevin
Brian
Debra
Karen Visitation
John R. Devin Funeral Home
Lorain
Funeral
St John's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Yonkus Len
Butternut Ridge Elyria
Jeanor Patzzer
Meta Streving
Funeral Home
Teed
Bunn
Rutternut Ridge Cemetery
Pizza Hut worker assaulted robbed in North Olmsted
The Pizza Hut assistant manager at 27845 Lorain Road was assaulted and robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash around 2 a.m. Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at the North Olmsted location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Olmsted
Pizza Hut
Lorain Road
Lorain law director rules on panel voting
Lorain City Law Director John Hritsko ruled only council committee members may vote at committee meetings. The decision followed councilmen objecting to a roofing amendment proposed by Councilman Thomas Gallo and debated as a political issue tied to Squire's Construction Co. support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain Law Director
Lorain
John Hritsko
Hritsko
Thomas Gallo
Gallo
City Law Department
Squire’s Construction Co
B. G. Koury
Council
John Koseho
Fish Fries Start at St Joseph Church in Lent
Amherst St Joseph Catholic Church announces monthly fish fries beginning Friday from 4 to 7 pm at the church. The event will occur on the first Friday of each month and every Friday during Lent, inviting parishioners and neighbors to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
St. Joseph Catholic
Adult high school classes start Tuesday in New London
Adult Basic Education classes begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday under high school principal Robert Wenner. Open to anyone 18 or older not having a high school diploma, the program runs 7 to 9:20 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the high school Resource Center with no charge. First aid, a metabolic system workshop and two consumer education courses will be offered, and Wenner seeks ideas for additional courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Robert Wenner
ABE
Wenner
High School Resource Center
C T ad exec comatose after heart attack
Richard B. Corlett 38 retail advertising manager for the Chronicle-Telegram remains in a coma at Mt. Carmel West Hospital after a massive heart attack Friday night. He was at the Advertising Executives Association meeting with Jack E. Weaver and Robert Larkin when stricken in a parking lot opposite a West Fifth Street restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Richard B. Corlett
Chronicle-Telegram
Mt. Carmel West Hospital
Corlett
Jack E. Weaver
C-Tv
Robert Larkin
Advertising Executives Association of Daily Newspapers
West Fifth St
Rural Lorain County Water Authority schedules sign up sessions
The Rural Lorain County Water Authority announces registration sessions this week for Litchfield and Amherst Townships. The Litchfield meeting is at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday in the town hall on Route 16, and the Amherst session is at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Amherst Township Building on Oberlin Road. Residents of the two townships or others within the district not yet receiving water may sign up at either session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Lorain County Water Authority
RLWCA
Litchfield
Amherst
Town Hall
Route 16
RLCWA
Thomas Greene
Amherst Township
Oberlin Road
Greene
Salvation Army Honors Supporters At Elyria Dinner
The Salvation Army marked its 90th anniversary with an appreciation dinner in Elyria recognizing community organizations and individuals who supported its works. Major H S Knickerbocker spoke, Captain Gary Long and Frances Long were honored, and Harold Dicken received a plaque. Myron Averbook was named board chair with Joseph Alferio as new member. officers and local groups were praised for years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
London
Elyria
H.S. Knickerbocker
Marion
Clarence W. Kinner
Northeast
Ohio
Gary Long
Frances
Long
Elyria Corps
Army
Elyria Advisory Board
Harold Dicken
Dicken
Myron Averbook
Joseph Alferio
Averbook
Jack Weaver
Fredrick Green
City to Demand Adherence to Trash Pickup Dates
Sanitation chief Jack T. Eyam cautions residents who place trash at the curb too early or abandon empty cans in yards after collection. Those violating rules will receive written notices to desist. Eyam says early trash setouts and stray cans are a growing problem for the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Sanitation Department
Jack T. Eyam
Ford resumes 10 hour shifts as rail strike eases
Ford Motor Co Lorain County plants return to 10 hour shifts as rail traffic clears. Last week 8 hour shifts on passenger car lines and Econoline van lines slowed car and truck shipments. Chessie System executives expect normal operations by noon Tuesday. Elyria Fisher Body in GM Cleveland office confirms weekly normality. statewide production rebounding by midweek as rail workers return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Co
Lorain County
Tom Johnson
Chessie System
Bé O
C&o
Chessie
Dave Bodkin
General Motors Corp
Cleveland
Elyria Fisher
Elyria City Schools may discuss another levy tonight
The Elyria board of education plans a 9:30 p.m. special meeting to discuss negotiations with the teachers association and potentially authorize a new mill levy. The talks relate to money items after last week’s 6.9 mill levy failed, with possible borrowing for 1979 if approved before Christmas. The session delays to accommodate a Lorain County superintendents meeting at the Holiday Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debbie Demmon-Berger
Elyria City
Board of Education
Chronicle Telegram
Teachers Association
Wayne McQuillan
Lorain County
Holiday Inn
Unidentified man found in marshy field near Oberlin
An elderly black man was found in a marshy field north of Oberlin by hunters Saturday afternoon. The Lorain County Coroner is investigating to identify the body, which may be 76 year old Thomas Barnett who disappeared from a nursing home in Oberlin last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Lorain County
Butternut Ridge Road
SR 58
Russian Township
Sheriff's Department
Allen Memorial Hospital
Thomas Barnett
Carter Nursing Home
Jame
Barnett
Ohio
North Carolina
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Kermelerlagrs
Michigan
Frederick W. Krage
Sugar Ridge
Mr. Krage
South Amherst
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
US. Steel Co
Evelyn
Ralph
Pat
Russell
John
Reubin
Jeffersontown
Wainwright Funeral
Bela Bacso
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Mrs
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Ina Gay
Bogner Funeral Home
Ray Carpenter
Faith Baptist Temple
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Avon
James F. Akers
Ely Woods
Cape May
Mr. Akers
Brigatine
N.J
NAFEC
Atlantic City
Federal Aviation Administration
Jean
Tattersall) Akers
Lynne Ward
Pleasantville, NY
Fred Akens
Liverpool, N.Y
Antoinette Akers
Martha Zier
Middleburg Heights
Ruth Virginia Plate
John Clifford
N. Avon-Belden Road
Grafton
Glascow
Scotland
Mr. Clifford
North Eaton
UAW
Millright
Ford
Pat) Kohl
Hap
Mary) Bunce
Maureen
Catherine Clifford, Glascow
Mary
Wendesay
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
David D. Liberatore
St. Elizabeth Anc Seton Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Brookpark
Curtis Scheuffier Fomeral Howe, Inc
Sarcing Greater Elyria and Vicinity
Harvey C. Gertis Erpest
Wf. Schewffier
By Beth Boyd
Pat Hamilton
South Central High School
J.D. Hamilton
B.D. 1
Jeanene Ray
Darla Bailey
Jody Koudsen
C-T
Blaine St
Weaver
Larkin
By Blanche Wack
Paul Brand
Capt
Police Department
Westwood
Cascade
Windsor
Hamilton
Margaret E. Barnes
Kiwanis Club
Hi- Club
Boy Scouts
Rotary
Thomas Vabey
William Kishman
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