Area Deaths Include Scanlan Drake Roe and Frazier
Lorain area obituaries note the deaths of John J. Scanlan 78 of Lorain following a long illness at St. Joseph Hospital. He lived in Lorain most of his life and was a Notre Dame graduate and Monogram Club member. Also listed are Roy L. Drake 83 of Grafton who worked 40 years at Owen Bucket Co. and Merlin G. Roe 77 of Orlando formerly from Elyria, and Larry A. Frazier 25 of Lorain. Funeral details follow for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. “Jack” Scanlan
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Cathedral Latin High School
Cleveland
Scanlan
Notre Dame University
Monogram Club
Murphy Phoenix Co
St. Mary’s Church
Roy L. Drake
Grafton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
West Mansfield
Ohio
Lorain County
Owen Bucket Co
Drake
Pauline
Fleet
Louise) Newhart
Ft., Wayne
Ind
Marilynn Clark
Palm Springs
Fla
Richard
Gerry) Clevenger
Nobel
Kenton
Merlin G. Roe
Orlando
Wellington
Elyria
Florida
Larry A. Frazier
St Joseph Hospital and Health Center
John R. Devin
Ranshaw Figler Parks among area obituaries and services
Multiple obituary notices list deaths of Lorain and Elyria area residents. Included are Clara May Lee Figler 84 of Brunswick died at Pearl View Nursing Home. Elizabeth Dime of South Amherst. Loram Logan and related family memorials. and Clara May Lee Figler with services at Blackburn Fiftem Pamera Home. Funeral services and burial plans vary across Dunn, Resthaven, and Calvary cemeteries with caller times 7-9 p.m. and masses scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara May Lee Figler
Knapp
Pearl View Nursing Home
Brunswick
Marie OConnor obituary in Elyria with large family ties
Marie F Ursem O Connor 89 of Elyria died Sunday after long illness. Born in Cleveland she lived in Elyria most of her life and was a seamstress. She belonged to St Jude s Church Altar Rosary Society Mission Circle Catholic Daughters and Third Order of St Francis. Surviving are daughters Rosemary Lear Geraldine Diederich Jo Anne Scott and sons James and Richard plus 22 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren and a brother Joseph Ursem. Funeral services at Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home with wake at 8 p.m. and mass at St Jude s Church next day. Burial in St Mary s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie F. O'Connor
Nee Ursem
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
Rosemary Lear
Wayne
Geraldine) Diederich
Columbia, Conn
John
Jo Anne) Scott
South Amherst
James J
Richard C
Joseph Ursem
Keeling services for Billie Jean Keeling held in Lorain
Services for Billie Jean Keeling, 54, of Lorain, will be Tuesday at 10 am at John R. Devin Funeral Home Lorain. The Rev. Joe T. Winn of Church of God Sheffield Village will officiate. Friends may call today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm at the funeral home. Burial at Calvary Cemetery Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidy- Scanlan Funeral Home
Lorain
Daniel O. Divis
St. Mary’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Blackburn-Fulton Funeral Home
Grafton
Richard Wallace
Grafton United Methodist Church
Nesbett Cemetery
Logan Bette Jane
Loram
Syber An
Carl
Carter Funeral
Rome
Bunal Seit
Elmrood
Loramn
South Amherst
Mare
Costenza
Jody Brien
Tom A. Oneseter
Irene
Femeral Bome
Amherst
Sereves
Bernal
Rodge Bill Memorial Park
Lorard
Elpna
Ter Vaurlemd
Fipper
Elizaleth Ann
Oden Haynes
LaPorte United Methodist Church
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Eaton Township
Bogner Funeral Home
North Ridgeville
Chapel
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Avon
Reichlin-Roberts Funeral Home
Elyria
Billie Jean Keeling
John R. Devin
Joe T. Winn
Church of God
Sheffield Village
Campaign icons and mass rallies shape 19th century elections
Pike notes how 1840 and 1860 campaigns used accessible images like log cabins cider barrels and rail splitters to appeal to voters while avoiding issue discussion. He highlights how 1860 introduced ferrotypes from Brady and pins Garfield’s ascent to a toy cabin narrative with little on policy.
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Pike
Harrison
Battle of
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Baltimore
Bowen
Alfred Pease
Oberlin
Smithsonian Institution
Abe
Girl injured by lawn dart out of coma
An 11 year old girl from Nashville has emerged from a drug induced coma after eight hours of brain surgery to remove a lawn dart that pierced her skull. Vanderbilt doctors will monitor her recovery as swelling subsides and she regains consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Amy Herrin
McMinnyilie
Nancy Humphrey
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Humphrey
T Hal
Amy
Reagan to campaign at Baldwin Wallace in Berea
President Ronald Reagan will campaign at Baldwin Wallace College gym in Berea with an expected attendance near 8,000. Tickets are by invitation through Ohio Republican groups. Reagan will speak for George Bush and George Voinovich, with local Republicans on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Baldwin-Wallace
Berea
Ronald Reagan
Baldwin- Wallace College
B-W
George Bush
Cleveland
George Voinovich
U.S. Senate
Voinovich
John Whipple
Beres
Republican Party
Bush
Mary Ellen Roche
Berea Fairgrounds
California
Roche
Trio arrested in theft of radio from Elyria car
Elyria police arrested two men and a Lorain juvenile about 2 a.m. Sunday in connection with stealing a car radio from a High Point in the Park Apartments vehicle on West River Road. Rogelio Velez 18 and the Lorain juvenile face multiple charges. Franchot Johnson is charged with complicity.
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Elyria
High Point
Park Apartments
West River Road
Rogelio Velez
Oxford
Lorain
Franchot Johnson
Johnson
Tillton Street
Johnson and Velez Brothers
Girls find glass in box of candy on Halloween
In Lorain, a trick or treater found a piece of glass in a Milk Duds box from a West 37th Street home. Police were told the package appeared sealed except for one end that had been pulled apart slightly. The girl could not identify the exact house in the 2700 block.
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Lorain
West 37Th Street
Births in Elyria and surrounding areas announce eight newborns
A daughter to Lary and Debra Gardner at 415 Wesley Ave Elyria. A daughter to Michael and Juillet Eppley at 11316 West Ridge Rd Elyria. A son to Richard and Gina Scherer at Lakeview Or Grafton. A son to Gary and Gwett Stone at 167 Railroad St LaGrange. A daughter to Daniel and Sally Brown at 147 Woodhill Dr Amherst. A daughter to Alan and Emily Dillon at 1635 Maryland Ave Lorain. A daughter to Mark and Shirley Falcon at 1819 S Abbe Elyria. A daughter to Robert and Constance Dawson at 663 S Lake St S Amherst. A son to Tony and Pamela Mitchell at 317 Niagara Rd Vermilion. A son to Brian Smith and Jean Eckenroad at 117 Hillsdale Ct Elyria. A daughter to Robert and Georgia Meyers at 4908 W 271h St Lorain.
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Lary
Debra Gardner
Wesley Ave
Elyria
Michael
Juillet Eppley
West Ridge
Richard
Gina Scherer
Lakeview
Grafton
Gary and
Gwett Stone
Railroad St
LaGrange
Daniel
Sally Brown
Woodhill Dr
Amherst
Alan
Emily Dillon
Maryland Ave
Lorain
Mark
Shirley Falcon
Abbe
Robert
Constance Dawson
Lake St
Tony
Pamela Mitchell
Niagara Rd
Vermilion
Brian Smith
Jean Eckenroad
Hillsdale Ct
Elyria police offer trick-or-treat safety tips
The Elyria Police Department advises light colored costumes with reflective patches and a disposable light stick for visibility. Ensure flameproof costumes, visit homes with lights on, and trick-or-treat with supervision. Do not enter strangers' homes or sample candy before inspection by parents. Oberlin hospital offers free candy X ray on request by Wendy Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital X-Ray Department
Wendy Simmons
Hosital
Lakewood Hospital to X ray Candy in ER Tonight
Lakewood Hospital will X ray candy in its emergency room tonight from 7 to 9 to check for tampering. No injuries reported as staff scan treats for safety.
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Lakewood Hospital
Lakewood
Lakewood’ Hospital
Evolution of campaign buttons through American history
Ohioans shaped campaign tactics from Benjamin Harrison to Mark Hanna and the use of buttons and lithographs. The rise of television boosted campaigns after 1952, reducing button use. Willkie’s 1940 button failed, and modern buttons vanished from candidate efforts though sold as souvenirs. The museum plans to add Bush and Dukakis buttons to its Bowen’s Shoe Store collection.
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Bush
Dukakis
Bowen
Wellington Trucker Alex Horvath Named Driver of the Year
Alex Horvath of Wellington, with 38 years on the road and 5.75 million miles driven without a chargeable incident, received the 1988 Driver of the Year award from the Ohio Trucking Association at the Airport Radisson Inn in Columbus. He oversees drivers at Manfredi Motor Transit in Huron and recently trained as a road team driving instructor. he and wife Joyce attended with daughters Heather and Pamela and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jones
C-T
Wellington
Ohio Trucking Association
Alex Horvath
Sheila Dr
Raddison Inn
Columbus
Jack Walsh
Ohio Highway Patrol
Horvath
Ohio
Ohio Trucking Associaion
Motor Transit
Mafredi
Glidden Paint Co
Huron
Dayton
Manfredi
Joyce
Heather Simmons
Pamela Minnich
Ohio Tracking Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Scanlan
Huth
Jerome N
Las Vegas
Nev
James T
Washington, D.C
Mary Ellen Seanlan
Denver
Colo
Gertrude G. Seanlan
Eugene
Cincinnati
Mary Jarvis
West Orange
N.J
Margaret Murphy
Shaker Heights
Roy Drake
Merlin
Mr. Roe
Eleanor
Maxwell
Orlando, Fla
Larry Frazier
Bille Dean
Dsuehet
Thana G Perez
Stepeon
Tora
Juhia Doom
Sereires Sil Te Roesday
Bunal
Loran
Douglas Ranshaw
Aegis
Lincoln
England
Ford Motor Co
Brook Park
Ranshaw
St. Jude’s Church
Rita Mary (Nee Patterson
Brenda Sheldon
Dorothy Dubyna
Vancouver
British Columbia
James
Boston
Mass
Joseph Callahan
Catholic Social Service Bureau
Church of the Open Door
Maxine Kiesel
Raymond Lee
Michael Figler
Martha Parks
Martha L. Parks
Foster
Winterhaven
Winterhaven Hospital
Moundsville
W.va
North Eaton
Continental Can Co
Jeffrey
Marie O'Connor
Gerald J
Edward
Ralph Ursem
Eleanor Moran
Frank P. Kosem
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Keeling Services
Matthew Brady
Ulysses Grant
Rutherford Hayes
James Garfield
Garfield
Orange Township
Cuyahoga County
White House
Whipple
49Th Street Bridge
Elyria Memorial
Georgia Meyers
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Mark Hanna
Hanna
Hickinley
Canton
William Taft
Warren Harding
James Cox
Eisenhower
Wendell Willkie
Lora
Fiorists
Ohio House of Representatives
House
Vern Riffe
Marie Tansey
Huron Divison
D.C. Patel
Gates Medical Center
E. Broad ST
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