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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1998
Page
14
Multiple obituaries from Elyria and surrounding areas noting deaths of Viola N Barnett Ruth Barnett Alice M Strelau Mary Zahradnik George Johnson LaVerne E Coonley Pete Carlos. Details include ages birthplaces church affiliations family survivors service times and burial plans.
Ronald Roy Gast 61 of Grafton died Saturday at home after a sudden illness. A Navy veteran who served aboard the USS Grand Canyon in the 1950s, he worked at USG Interiors in Westlake since 1973. Survived by wife Evelyn, daughter Wanda Dempsey, daughter Renee Gast, son Jesse Gast, six grandchildren, and several siblings. Visitation 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at Blackburn Funeral Home. Services in Fergus Falls Minnesota with burial at Tonseth Cemetery Otter Tail County Minnesota.
Alberta Torres 67 a Puerto Rican native born in San Lorenzo Puerto Rico died Saturday at Community Health Partners Hospital Lorain after a long illness. She lived in Cleveland since 1956 and recently moved to Lorain. Survivors include son Luis Torres Elyria daughters Maria Garay Lorain Carmen Torres Chicago 14 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and five sisters. Funeral 10 am Tuesday at Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal Lorain with burial Riverside Cemetery Cleveland. Arrangements Devin Funeral Home Lorain.
A Beacon Journal poll of 714 registered voters conducted Oct 6–22 shows undecided voters described as amazing near election day. Taft calls the gap 8–10 points. Fisher calls the race a dead heat. Reform candidate John Mitchel and independent Zanna Feitler each at 2 percent. Plain Dealer poll similar findings with 1,012 likely voters surveyed Oct 16–20.
About 70 Hungarians gathered at the Hungarian Reformed Church in Lorain to mark the Oct 1956 revolt. They recall Budapest protests, fighting, and the exile of more than 70,000 refugees. Speakers include refugees and relatives, with a Hungarian service led by Rev Szucs and Magda Koos.
CJ Schneider, president of Inter state First Development Co., seeks to build an 84 acre shopping center south of Interstate 90 along Detroit Road in Pepper Pike. He offers 1.8 million for road widening and faces zoning battles and possible Native American burial site concerns. Groundbreaking could occur in spring 1999 with a 18 month build and opening in 2000. construction costs projected at 65 million and annual city income tax impact about 2 million. Other developers propose a larger 800 acre mixed use project nearby with a 15 million interchange plan for I 90. Residents remain opposed, warning once built it cannot be undone.
The Akron Beacon Journal published a Sunday poll showing education as the top concern among registered voters surveyed. A court battle persists over whether the state funding for education is constitutional or unfair to poorer districts.
William E Eddington 44 of Sandusky died Friday at Medical College of Ohio Toledo Born Elyria lived Bellevue 26 years Purchasing agent for Central Soya Bellevue Ohio Active in Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Vickery and Future Farmers of America at Bellevue High School Survived by wife Deborah Sut ton Eddington daughters Stacey Johnson Kris Eddington Becky Eddington sons Brian Mark Eddington sisters Margaret Carver Cathie Prosser Earlene O Connor and Earl Eddington father Earl Eddington Calls 6 to 9 pm tonight Mitchell Buxter Clyde Services 10:30 am Tuesday at funeral home Burial Greenlawn Memory Gardens Bellevue Memorials Bellevue Credit Union Napoleon Filling Home or Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
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