Area obituaries from Elyria and nearby towns
Multiple local obituaries record deaths in Elyria Amherst Vermilion and Lorain with details on birth origins professions church affiliations military service and survivors. Notable names include Isabel Heywood born in Jarrow England and long time secretary at Precision Castings Co. and Pfaudler Co. plus Robert A. Pittman and Lorene Huffstatler among others with funeral arrangements and memorial gift notes.
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Isabel Heywood
Elyria
Alercare
North One
Jarrow
England
Precision Castings Co
Cleveland
Pfaudler Co
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
Altar Guild
Margaret Murphy
Betty McBride
Ernest
Nancy) Haylor
Richard
John
Revener Pierce
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Dicken Funeral Home
Robert A. Pittman
Amherst
Amherst Hospital
Brownsville
Tenn
Vermilion
Ford Motor Co
Pittman
Lakeview Baptist Church
American Legion Fiebirch
UAW
Vera
Nee Bevell
Robert
Lorain
Joseph M
Dell) Weaver
Denver
Cole
Milton
Nell) Bradley
Mobile
Ala
Louise Cogbill
Garland- Misencik
John Gallagher
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
The
Heart Association
Death notices from Elyria and Lorain area
Death notices list Fred M 80 Elyria and Robert A 79 Lorain with funeral arrangements. Fred M's service at Dicken Funeral Home includes 1 pm Wednesday burial at Ridgelawn. Robert A’s combined wake and rosary at Dombrowski Funeral Home Lorain precedes Nativity BVM service and Calvary Cemetery burial. Solomon job HL 69 Lorain name appears with unclear details and burial in Lorain area.
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Fred M
Elyria
Robert A
Lorain
Clara
Dombrowski Funeral Home
Altar Rosary Society
Holy Name Society
Nativity
Calvary Cemetery
Solomon Job HL
Siaters
Wodentay
Beral
Strip search evokes nationwide debate in Elyria case
Last spring The Village Voice reported on the Elyria strip search involving 21 girls questioned during a missing watch and ring probe. A Texas incident followed three days of thefts prompting school officials to approve the search despite concerns.
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Main Street
Elyria
Texas
Ribbon cutting set for relocated Rt 252 in Ohio
A 2 p.m. ribbon cutting Thursday marks the opening of the 2.32 million relocated state Route 252 south of Great Northern Mall. The 0.7 mile four lane relocation ends a 4.3 mile car detour and a 17 mile truck detour on Columbia Road. Invitations went to local and state politicians and planners, per an Ohio DOT District 12 spokesman.
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North Olmsted
Columbia Road
Great Northern Mail
Ohio Department of Transportation
District 12
Cleveland
LaGrange Lions Parade at Fire Station Tonight
The Lions Club Halloween parade will be held at the LaGrange fire station tonight at 7. Cider and doughnuts will be served. Trick-or-treating in the village is scheduled for Thursday from 6:30 to 8 pm.
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Lagrange
Lions Club
Elyria teachers back Bennett and Reinker in school race
Elyria Education Association screening endorsed Gary Bennett and Gale Reinker for two open seats on the seven member Board of Education in the November election. Incumbent Moreno seeks re election to a four year term.
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Elyria
Gary, Bennett and
Gale Reinker
The
Elyria Education Association
Association
Lorain man arrested after attacking vending machine
A 25 year old Lorain man who claimed a robbery attacked a city hall candy vending machine on Monday a second time after police warned him off. Officers found him intoxicated and he was arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Lorain
Willen Liey
Hopefuls voice priorities in Litchfield trustee race
In Litchfield Township two candidates for trustee plan to maintain roads and zoning codes while avoiding overspending. Incumbent Stanley Barth, 60, backs preserving codes and roads. Herbert Gladden, 47, urges strengthened zoning and upgraded roads. John Metter, 62, wants a larger tax base via commercial and industrial growth.
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Litchfield
Litchfield Twp
Medina County
Stanley Barth
Avon Lake Road
Barth
Herbert Gladden
Shank Road
Gladden
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
John Metter Sr
Norwalk
Police and Fire Log for Elyria and Nearby Areas
Police and fire call notes from Elyria and Lorain County with multiple incidents including fires at Broad Street and Warden Avenue, attempted break-ins on Warden and Logan, purse thefts, jewelry theft, seizures, assaults, and two arrests for felonious and other assaults. Includes tool thefts and a vehicle incident.
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Windsor Dr
Benya Ase
Warden Ave
Gander
13Th Street
Middle Avenue
Logan
Hilliard Rd
Arby's
Griswold Ri
Baldwin Ave
Steve A. Bring
Elyria
Kids with matches blamed in Bay fire
Bay Village fire investigators blamed children playing with matches for a Sunday morning blaze at 31115 Roxbury Park Dr. The fire caused about $80,000 in damages but Robert J. Kassouf his wife Kate and their three children escaped unharmed from the home.
Amherst raises delayed by legal point dispute on effectiveness
Amherst officials stalled proposed pay raises for city leaders after a dispute over effective dates. Councilman Higgins urged January 1, 1988 for the mayor and law director while others would take effect January 1, 1986. Councilwoman Litkovitz pressed for all raises to start in 1986 and sought an extra 1988 boost for the mayor and safety service director.
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Amherst
John Higgins
Kathy Litkovitz
Safety Service
Litkovitz
Council
Ken Sroka
John Jaworski
Thomas Sanborn
Correction clears Zapotosky candidacy details from board race
Background information on Keystone Board of Education candidate Barbara Zapotosky was omitted. She joined the board in August 1981, was elected that November, serves on curriculum and policies committees, works as a Lorain County Community College secretary, led the board in 1983, and was a representative to the Lorain County Joint Vocational Board for two years. The item notes pay raise debates for city officials and potential legal overrides under home rule, with council discussing delaying action until research and a ruling can be made.
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Sanborn
Higgins
Municipal League
Supreme Court
Homer trustees run unopposed in Tuesday election
Homer Township will see two incumbents, Arthur D. Cather and C. Douglas Hummel, re-elected without opposition. Cather, 48, lives on Camp Road and is a farmer serving four years as trustee. Hummel, 54, of Greenwich Road, has eight years on the board and previously sat on the Black River Board of Education as a soil conservation technician for Medina County SWCD.
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Homer
Arthur D. Cather
Camp Road
C. Douglas Hummel
Greenwich Road
Black River Board of Education
Medina County Soil and Water Conservation District
Columbia votes on party center site at Bronson School
A Columbia School District referendum on conditional zoning for a party center and catering service at the former Bronson School on Root Road asks voters to approve uses, with eleven conditions including a 6 foot tree screen, controlled access, and limited hours. The Dantes of North Olmsted have a $150,000 purchase agreement pending approval.
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Columbia
Bronson
Terry
Donna Dante
North Olmsted
Columbia School Board
Root Road
Columbia Zoning Board
Columbia Township
Jessen
Hawke Road
Ex-Chatham trustee makes comeback bid in local race
Four candidates including former trustee William Brown and newcomer William Kalfas seek two seats on the Chatham Board of Township Trustees. Incumbents Kenneth Siman and Wayne Schlaugh run alongside Brown and Kalfas, with focus on road resurfacing and zoning enforcement. Siman aims fifth term. Schlaugh, 45, is a former mayor and tool plant foreman. Brown, 64, retired from Dow Chemical. Kalfas, 41, real estate investor. Trustees paid $24 per meeting.
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Chatham Twp
Chatham Board of Township Trustees
Kenneth Siman
Wayne Schlaugh
William Brown
William Kalfas
Simon
Old Mill Road
Walnut Valley
Schlaugh
Chatham Road
Darlene Zuchowski
Sehlaugh
Gloria Glens
Chatham
Mogadore
Cornwell Tools
Brown
Dow Chemical Co
Kallas
Chatham Rd
Siman
Board of Zoning Commissioners
PH Bet
Two face charges in Cooks store theft
Elyria Township sheriffs department charged Otis J. Slaughter aged 21 with robbery and Timachien A. Hamzah aged 19 with complicity to robbery after a television was wheeled out of Cooks Department Store on North Ridge Road. A third man was being investigated.
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Elyria Twp
Sheriff Department
Cooks Department Store
North Ridge Road
Otis J. Slaughter
17Th St
Lorain
Timachien A. Hamzah
Ashland Ave
Slaughter
Hamzah
Fairhome pupils in pumpkin contest at Pumpkin Hollow
Fairhome Traditional Academy hosts a pumpkin carving contest with about 370 pupils receiving pumpkins. Prizes will be awarded at a Halloween party and judging at 1 30 p.m. with Lorain High School Marching Band performing. Students are rewarded for litter cleanup with a free T shirt reading Litter Free Lorain.
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Lorain
Fairhome Traditional Academy
Lorain High School
Drug arrest No 7 reported in Elyria
Elyria police reported a seventh arrest in a three month drug investigation. Gary Newberry, 28, of 525 S Abbe Rd Elyria, was seized at his apartment and charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs and permitting drug abuse. Police say six others were arrested last week and more arrests are expected.
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Elyria
Gary Newberry
S. Abbe Rd
Rodger Griffith
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Mieywood
Lorene Huffstatler
Lorain Community Hospital
New Albany
Miss
Vermilion-Huron
First Baptist Church
Birmingham
Huffstatler
Greg
Glenda) Hatmaker
Steven
Teresa) Young
Harold
Sharon) Stern
Bridgewater
Nui
Louise Mills
Memphis
Marvin Camp
Carl Camp
Buford Camp
Riddle Funeral Home
Ron E. Lightfoot
Maple Grove Cemetery
Willa Jean Nye
Westlake
Fairview General Hospital
DuBois
Nye
Ohio Bell Telephone
Lakewood United Methodist Church
Bell Telephone Pioneers
Ford H. Nye Jr
Dolan
Shirley Braughter
Washington
William
Betty) Brown
Painesville
Daniels- Parker
Lakewood
Kidney
Raymond A. Weber
Lorain Commuunity Hospital
Lorain County
William Kishman
Will
B. F. Goodrich
Avon Lake
Weber
St. Peter Church
Josephine
Nee Wagner
Gervase Weber
George
Margaret) Baier
Ocala
Fla
Reichlin- Cooley Funeral Home
Richard Hudak
Village Voice
New York City
Endorse Bennett, Reinker
Steve Fogarty
C-T
Ers
Bennett
Blaszak, Shilling, Coey
Ethan
Metter
Litchfield Equipment
Broad St
E. Raver St
Rebbish
Pam
Kevin D. Whalen
Blaine St
Trater
Bay Fire
Robert Reichard
Party Center
Fairhome
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