Samuel Adkins 72 Amherst resident dies after long illness
Samuel Adkins of Amherst, a retired steelworker and landscaper, died at home after an eight year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. He worked for U.S. Steel from 1950 to 1974 and owned Adkins Landscaping from 1974 to 1989. Survivors include his wife Margie, daughter Annette Blackshire, sons Sam Greg and Jim, eight grandchildren, and sister Hazel. Visitation 4 to 9 p.m. at Garland Misencik Funeral Home with services 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Memorials to PSP Society.
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Samuel Adkins
Aherst
Greenun Ky
Lorain County
Asaherst
West Portsmouth
Washington High School
Lorainia
Adkins
Cherry Ridge Country Club
Elyria
Adkins Landscaping
North Ridge Road
Amherst
U.S. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers of America
Lorain
Park Ave
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Amherst Township
Woodholme Medical Building
Green Tree Road
Baltimore
Funeral services for John W Hebebrand announced
Hebebrand 80 of Akron and formerly Elyria dies suddenly Tuesday at his residence. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. today at Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home Elyria with Daniel Reinke of First United Methodist officiating. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery Lorain. Viewing 9 30 a m until services. EMH Regional Medical Center Elyria listed as residence area.
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John W. Hebebrand
Reichlin-Roberts Funeral Home
Cleveland St
Elyria
Daniel Reinke
First United Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Lorain
Hebebrand
Akron
EMH Regional Medical Center
E. River St
Peck-Freda E Peck former Vermilion business owner dies
Freda E Peck 89 of Vermilion died Thursday at Kingston of Vermilion after active church work and business life. Born in Leamington Ontario she co owned Peck's Cottages with her husband and worked for Firelands Floors. Survived by daughter Linda Smiley three grandchildren three great grandchildren. Visitation 5 8 p.m. Sunday Rid dle Funeral Home Vermilion with prayers Monday 9 30 a.m. at the funeral home and mass at St Mary Catholic Church Vermilion. Interment Maple Grove Cemetery. Memorials to Vermilion Board of Education.-
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Freda F Peck
Hildebrandt
Vermilion
Kingston
Leamington
Ontario
Peck
Firelands Floors
Charles Hildebrant
Ruthenna Olive Green
Ida Margaret Hildebrant
Friends
Riddle Funeral Home
South St
St. Mary Catholic Church
Exchange St
Jim Holmer
Maple Grove Cemetery
Harry John
Freda Peck
Vermilion Board of Education
Beachview Drive
James E West 61 of Elyria dies at EMH Regional Medical Center
James E West 61 of Elyria died Thursday at EMH Regional Medical Center. He was born in Sidney and a 1960 Bryan High School graduate who moved to Elyria in 1965. He served in the Army 1968 to 1970 and worked as a designer drafter including at NASA Glenn. Survived by wife Marcia and sister Geraldine Daugherty. graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday at Resthaven Memory Garden Avon. Dicken Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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James E. West
Elyria
EMH Regional Medical Center
Sidney
Bryan High School
Bryan
West
NASA Glenn
Brook Park
Avion Travelcare Club
Marcia A
Dine Daugherty
Gerald
Marie West
Resthaven Memory Garden
Avon
Jimmy Madsen
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lorain
American Cancer Society
North Ridge Road
Dicken
Obituary for Wilbur Ulysses Knick of Lorain
Wilbur Ulysses Bill Knick, 73, of Lorain died Wednesday after a brief illness at Lakewood Hospital. Friends may call 5 to 8 p m Sunday at Gluvna Shimo Hodom Funeral Chapel 3224 Broadway Lorain. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the funeral home.
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Wilbur Ulysses
Bill” Knick
Lorain
Lakewood Hospital
Gluvna-Shimo-Hro
Mada Funeral Chapel
Broadway
Finneral
Bessie E Hales dies at 90. funeral set at First Baptist Elyana
Bessie E Hales age 90 died Tuesday. Survived by daughters Sandra Isaacson Sharron Vanek and Shirley Lantz. Also seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral service 11 am today at First Baptist Church 11400 LaGrange Road Elyna Bunai to be buried Ridge Bull Memorial Park in Amherst Township. Dicken Funeral Home 323 Middle Ave Elyma handles arrangements.
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Hales
Bessie E
Amelia J Sobieski 82 died Tuesday. services set
Amelia J Sobieski 82 nee Rodak died Tuesday funeral home calls Friday 4 to 8 p.m. Reichlin Roberts 32 Cleveland St Elyria. Funeral services 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home then a Mass at 10 a.m. St Jude Catholic Church 590 Poplar Elyria. Burial St Mary Cemetery Elyria. Survivors include husband Stanley B Sobieski sons Robert L and Richard Sobieski daughter Kathleen Conlin eight grandchildren and many relatives. Siblings Stanley Peter George Rodak Helen OConnor Mar Ann Warner Rosalie Witkowski
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Sobieski
Amelia J
Rodak
Diex
Stanley B Sobieski
Robert L. Sobieski
Richard Sobieski
Kathleen Conlin
Mndchildren
Twitter
Brotherstanley
Peter
George Rodak
Helen O'Connor
Mar Ann Warner
Rosalie Witkowski
Reichlin-Roberts Funeral
Cleveland St. Elynna
Funeral Home
St Jude Catholic Church
Poplar St
Elyna Bona
St. Mary Cemetery
Elyria
Elyria woman Yvonne Kovach dies after short illness
Dolores Yvonne Kovach aged 75 of Elyria died Friday after a brief illness. A 1945 Elyria High School graduate, she was an office manager for Barber Asphalt Co and a member of North Ridgeville Congregational Church. Survivors include stepchildren Lori Weber Steven Kovach and Michael Kovach. A memorial service is 11 a.m. Monday at Bauer Laubenthal Funeral Home. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Wellington.
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Dolores
Yvonne” Kovach
Hinken
Elyria
Elyria High School
North Ridgeville Congregational Church
Lori Weber
Carlisle Township
Steven Kovach
Laporte
Michael Kovach
Bauer- Laubenthal Funeral
Chestnut Ridge Road
Greenwood Cemetery
Wellington
Infant Layne Williams Dies, Funeral Planned
Layne Jeffrey Williams, 1-day-old son of Jason and Jamie Williams, died Tuesday at Akron City Hospital. Survived by brother Jace Smalley of Wellington and grandparents Jimmy and Leona Smalley of Wellington, Ricky Williams of LaGrange, Elinda Williams of Spencer. Graveside service at 2 pm Wednesday in Greenwood Cemetery, Wellington. Rev. Dale Huelsman to officiate. Norton Funeral Home, 370 Main St., Wellington, handling arrangements.
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Layne Jeffrey Williams
Jason
Jamie Williams
Akron City Hospital
Jace Smalley
Wellington
Jimmy and
Leona Smalley
Ricky Williams
LaGrange
Elinda Williams
of Spencer
Greenwood Cemetery
Dale Huelsman
Norton Funeral Home
Main St
Elyria Man Mathew Logan 75 Dies in Columbus
Mathew Logan died at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus at age 75. Arrangements are pending with Cowling Funeral Home in Oberlin.
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Mathew Logan
Elyria
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus
Cowling Funeral Home
Main St
Oberlin
Remembering Nancy Harner N L Ohio Wesleyan graduate dies aged 81
Nancy Ellen Harner of New London, 81, died at home after a long life that included teaching, operating Harner Printing, and deep involvement in local clubs and genealogical groups. Survivors include daughters Julia Mullane, Pamela Harner, Cheryl Brown, a grandson, four granddaughters, and sister Phyllis O Reilly. Services Sunday at Eastman Funeral Home with burial in Grove Street Cemetery.
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Julia Mullane
Chicago
Pamela Harner
Convoy
Cheryl Brown
Hilliard
Phyllis O’reilly
Austin
Texas
Robert Harner
Paul
Virginia
Nee Ward) White
Ginny” White
Eastman Funeral Home
West Main St
New London
Cathy Ake
Prosecutor Reopens 35-Year-Old Homicide Case in Cleveland
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Bill Mason says DNA testing may prove Andrew Prunella Jr. is the body washed ashore from Lake Erie in 1975. He ties the case to Owen and Martin Kilbane, indicted in 1982 for Prunella’s death, but whose trial collapsed without a body or weapon. Kilbanes face renewed hearings and possible grand jury action.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Bill Mason
Lake Erie
Andrew “Arnie” Prunella Jr
Lakewood
Mason
Prunella
Owen
Martin Kilbane
Owen Kilbane
Kilbanes
Euclid
Robert L. Steele
Marlene
Ohio Parole Board
the Plain Dealer
Grafton Correctional Institution
Phillip Christopher
Primella
Christopher
Promelia
Ex-convict convicted in officer’s murder in boardman
A Mahoning County Common Pleas Court jury convicted Martin L. Koliser Jr. 30 of Boardman of aggravated murder in the April 29 shooting death of Patrolman Michael Hartzell 26 and found him guilty on three death penalty specifications and a prior attempted murder charge.
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Mon Pleas Court
Martin L. Koliser Jr
Boardman
Michael Hartzell
Famous tenor Corelli dies at 82 in Milan
Milan born Franco Corelli, famed for a ringing romantic tenor and matinee looks, died at 82 after a hospitalization likely for a stroke. He debuted in 1951 at Spoleto and sang 368 performances at the Met, with key roles opposite Callas, Tebaldi, Nilsson, and Domingo.
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Rome
Franco Corelli
Milan
Corelli
la Scala
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Carlo Bergonzi
Associated Press
Bergonzi
Spoleto
Don Jose
Bizet
Carmen
Manrico
Leontyne Price
The
Met
Vienna State Opera
Verdi
la Forza del Destino
Aida
Ernani
Puccini
Turandot
Giordano
Andrea Chenier
Callas
Renata Tebaldi
Ane Nilsson
Joan Luther
Nilsson
Calaf
Boston
Edgar Vincent
Rudolf Bing
Cleveland
Barry Tucker
Richard Tuckey
Tucker
Mirella Freni
Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur
Tebaldi
Thad
Placido
Domingo
Ancona
Fabio Sturani
ACLU seeks records on anti-terrorism data exchange program
The ACLU asked five states including Ohio Connecticut Michigan New York and Pennsylvania for details about the Mainstate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange. They seek information sources access to the one stop search engine for public and private records amid concerns over privacy and possible misidentification. Seven states are involved with the program with Florida and Utah also linked. Officials in Ohio may join after next summer while six states have pulled out.
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Columbus
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Mainstate
Ohio
Connecticut
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Department of Homeland Security
Barry Steinhardt
Technology and Liberty
Institute For Intergovernmental Research
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Oregon
Louisiana
Alabama
South Carolina
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Bill Knick
Puffers Fienst
Oberim
Gardner and Macarthy
Loving
George Washington Hill
Mary Eden Hill
Tony and
Bosco
Yvonne’ Kovach
Nancy Ellen Harner
Ohio Wesleyan
Ashland College
C.E. Ward Co
Clyde E. Ward
Harner Printing
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Eileen Farell
Robert Memill
Umberto Giordano
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