Elyria Names First Black Mayor Thomas Shores
Thomas Oliver Shores 85 Elyria mayor and councilman died Monday after a long illness He was a longtime resident of Elyria born in Belvidere Tennessee and active in Second Baptist Church He served on the City Council over two seven year terms was council president since 1995 and held roles in Finance Committee Strategic Planning and Envision 2000 He headed Riverside Home Program and worked 45 years at Elyria Foundry Survived by wife Jennie Irene Shores daughter Vanessa Ann Shores Booker son Thomas P Shores three grandchildren a great grandchild and several siblings Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Garden Avon Funeral arrangements are by Carter Funeral Home
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Thomas Oliver Shores
Elyria
Emh Regional Medical Center
Belvidere
Tenn
Second Baptist Church
Curch
Greater Church Fellowship
Shores
Envision 2000
Lorain County Alliance
NAACP
Martin Luther King
Riverside Home
Elyria Foundry
Molders Union
Jennie Irene Shores
Vanessa Ann Shores- Booker
Thomas P. Shores
James W
Eugene G
John E
Thomas A
Elese Shores
Floyd Shores
Chapman Lane
16Th Street
Carl P. Small
Day, Freeda M. obituary in Oberlin and Avon Lake notices
Freeda M. Day 80 of Oberlin died Wednesday at Welcome Nursing Home after illness. Born in Sizemore W.Va she moved to Oberlin in 1958 from Elyria and was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening painting and papering. She was a Cleveland Indians fan and a Murray Ridge Church of God member. Survived by husband Clarence 56 years and sons Timothy D. of Oberlin and sisters Veda Jerrell Ruby Tanner Mary Lee O'Dell. Preceded by parents Homer and Vilda nce Hambrick Cottrell brothers William Grandville Cottrell sisters Lora Griffin Athelene Cottrell. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday Busch Curtis-Scheuffler Elyria. funeral 1 p.m. Saturday Rev. Winford Walters officiating. Interment Resthaven Memory Garden Avon. Memorial service for Jean Russell Dixon 61 Avon Lake formerly of Lakewood Rocky River 10:30 a.m. Saturday Avon Lake United Church of Christ 32801 Electric Blvd Avon Lake. Died Oct. 21. Memorials to Avon Lake United Church of Christ. Busch-Burmeister Family Chapel Avon Lake is handling.
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Freeda M. Day
Cottrell
Oberlin
Welcome Nursing Home
Sizemore
W.va
Elyria
Cleveland Indians
Day
Murray Ridge Church of God
Clarence Wason
Timothy D
Veda Jerrell
Virginia
Ruby Tanner
Mary Lee O'Dell
York
8.C
Homer and
Vildance Hambrick Cottrell
William
Grandville Cottrell
Lora Griffin
Athelene Cottrell
Busch-Curtis-Scheuffler Family Chapel
Second St
Winford Walters
Murray Ridge Church
Jean Russell Dixon
Fitzsummons
Avon Lake
Lakewood
Rocky River
Anna M. Christ
Knezevich
Avon
Good Samaritan Nursing Center
Council Bhuffs
Town
Avon Christ
Sheffield Lake
Christ
Holy Trinity Church
Avorn
Nancy Zee
Cleveland
Stephen
Joseph Knezevich
Council Bluffs
Lowa
Samuel
Eva Nekich
Louie
Eva
Nee Tomich) Knezevich
Nick
Steve
Mary
Amanda
Busch-Burmeister Family Chapel
Detroit Road
Michael John Honoshofsky
Westmoreland
Elyria Foundry
Honoshofsky
First United Methodist Church
Lorain County Fair
United States
England
Europe
American Rabbit Breeders Association
Lorain County Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Association
American Cavy Breeders Association
George
Andy
John
Anne
Elizabeth
Blackburn Funeral Home
Main St
Grafton
Henry Bruner
William Leith
Zion United Methodist Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Amherst Township
Avon and Elyria Obituaries Chronicle Local Losses
Multiple obituaries from Avon North Ridgeville Elyria and surrounding areas note the deaths of Anna M Christ 87 of Avon Audrey L DuBroy 79 of North Ridgeville Michael John Honoshofsky 87 of Elyria and Clarence W Mattice 77 of North Ridgeville. Surviving relatives include children Nancy Zee Stephen Barbara Thomas Shirley Banks Carol Mattice Judy Amonett Diane Wells Kelly Schmeltzer and others. Services and burial details listed with call hours and church and cemetery names.
Charles Norbert Wohlever Jr dies after short illness at 54
Charles Norbert Wohlever Jr 54 of Milan died Oct 16 at home after a short illness. Born in Fairview Park he worked for General Motors and was a United Auto Workers member. He enjoyed coins and antiques. Survived by wife Sandra nee Simmons and nine grandchildren, plus sons Charles J and Sean, daughters Deanna Jackson Roth Tonya Simmons Danielle Wohlever Heather Wohlever, brothers Kenneth Terence Jeffery, sisters Gale Julia Nancy, father Charles Norbert, infant sister. No visitation or services. Arrangements private Stein Hospice Sandusky. Evans and Groff Funeral Home Sandusky handling.
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Charles Norbert Wohblever Jr
Milan
Fairview Park
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Sandra
Nee Simmons
Charles J
Minnesota
Sean
Bellevue
Deanna Jackson Roth
Toledo
Tonya Simmons
Oberlin
Danielle Wohlever
Heather Wohlever
Obituary notes for George I Johnson Jr and Dan B BeVier
Two obituaries memorialize George I Johnson Jr of Mt. Clemons Michigan a former Lorain resident Navy veteran and master technician with survivors and funeral details. Dan B BeVier of Lake Forest Illinois a Wellington area native and business figure remembered with family survivors and a memorial service announced.
Menges Services for Mary Jane Menges in Avon Lake
Services for Mary Jane Menges 80 of Avon Lake will be held at 11 30 am Friday at Busch Burmeister Family Chapel Avon with Deacon Howard Masony of St Joseph Catholic Church officiating She died Tuesday at SA And Care and Interment will be in Avon Meadowlawn Cemetery if mentioned in source
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Menges
Mary Jane
Mame” Menges
Goebl
Avon Lake
Busch-Burmeister Family
Detroit Road
Avon
Howard Masony
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Lorain resident Donna Arthur Wylie Ruth Luard dies
Donna Rose Arthur Wylie Ruard Lud, 64, of Lorain died Tuesday in the emergency room at Community Health Partners West in Lorain after a brief illness. Born in Cleveland, she grew up in Sheffield Lake and lived in Elyria before moving to Oak Hills Nursing Home in Lorain in May. She worked at Murray Ridge Production Center in Elyria and enjoyed cats. Visitation Friday 10 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Walter A. Frey Funeral Home, Lorain, with services to follow. Her parents Floyd A. and Helen are named in the obituary.
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Ub Lorain
Community Health Partners West
Lorain
Cleveland
Sheffield Lake
Elyria
Oak Hills
Miss Arthur
Murray Ridge
Floyd A
Helen
Friends
Walter A. Frey
West Erie Ave
Resthaven
Maine
Carlen Aven
Ohio debate highlights higher ed policy clash
Taft and Hagan spar over tuition, funding, and a promised drug discount plan as they trade claims on higher education. Hagan accuses Ohio of lagging in competitiveness while Taft touts a 28 percent rise in college funding and tuition controls. Eastman of the Natural Law Party also slated for the Cleveland debate.
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Hagan
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Bob
John Eastman
Natural Law Party
Cleveland
City moves offices to temporary trailer HQ
The Finance Department will stay in the base ment while first floor space will house the Law Civil Service Recreation and Health departments. Engineering moves from the service complex to the south end. Clerk Kathy Lynch, retiring in April, laments not moving before she leaves. Berner jokes about crowded quarters as Pam May notes staff will adapt. Contact Dan Harkins at 329-7148.
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Law
Civil Service
Recreation
Engineering
Kathy Lynch
Berner
Pam May
Lawmakers clash over TV conferencing and cigarette tax
Bruening claims media videos raise issues. Manning defends budget balance without income or sales tax increases. He labels cigarette tax a user fee to cover health costs and reduce youth smoking, noting broader fiscal concerns and executive branch limits. Contact Dave Perozek at 329-7119 or dperozek chronicletelegram.com.
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Bruening
Columbus
Executive Branch
Manning
Dave Perozek
Dperozek
Chronicletelegram
Fall Color Walk at Elyria park and quilt memorial planned
Friends of Cascade Park will host its 21st Fall Color Walk at 2 pm Saturday along the Two Falls Trail by the Black River, with stops at the ruins of the former city power plant and the Great Cave. Southview High School volunteers will sew quilt squares for a Sept 11 memorial on Make A Difference Day Saturday from 11 am to 2:30 pm.
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Friends of
Cascade Park
Elyria
Two Falls
Black River
West Falls
Lorain
Southview High School
Career
Community Leaders of America
Pentagon
World Trade Center Towers
Southview
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Karen
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Thomas
Marjorie Slutzker
John McIntire
Amherst
Louis
William and
Grace
Nee Trago) Hayth
Liston Funeral Home
Busch- Bogner Family Chapel
Center Ridge Road
Tor of Jesus Christ Community Church
Resthaven Memory Garden
Clarence W. Mattice
Berea
Litchfield
U.S. 1468Th Army Air Force
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Couch Uthe Company
Ridge Tool
Elyria Manufacturing
Matt-A-Matic
VFW
Christopher Stanziano
Clarence
Hazel Mattice
Otis Walsworth
David Bogner
Litchfield Cemetery
American Lung Association
South Shore Branch
Norwalk
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Stein Hospice
Sycamore Line
Sandusky
Evans and Groff Funeral Home
George I. Johnson Jr
Mt. Clemons
Mich
St. Joseph West Hospital
Alaska
Admiral King High School
US Navy
Johnson
Hutchinson Mechanical
Dave
Mt. Clemens
Larry
Wakeman
Allan
Retha
Nee Dorinski) Johnson
Dale
Devin Funeral Home
Elyria Ave
Dan B. BeVier
Watt
Lake Forest
Wellington High School
Wellington Dukes
BeVier
BeVier Dry Goods
Wellington
New London
Crestline
Shelby
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Mary Alice
Mundelein
Rush Hospice Partners
Lake Forest Hospital
Westmoreland Road
West Avenue
East Avenue
Cedar Street
Washington Avenue
Don Wimsatt
City Engineer's
Depot Street
Harrison Street
Christina Jolliffe
Arthur
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Dharkins
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