Longtime Lorain resident Jose Pedraza dies at 123
Jose Melendez Pedraza born September 1856 in Vega Baja Puerto Rico died Saturday at his Lorain home after a brief illness at age 123. He moved from Puerto Rico to Lorain in 1971 and ran a grocery. Surviving are his wife Primitiva Rivera and two Lorain sons, plus relatives in Puerto Rico. Funeral services set at Jobo R. Devin Funeral Home with burial at Calvary Cemetery.
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Jose Melendez Pedraza
Lorain
Pedraza
Puerto Rico
Long Ave
Pedroza
Vega Baha
Sacred Heart Chapel
Primitiva Rivera
Justino M. Rodriguez
Jose M. Rodriguez
Minerva Canales
Jobo R. Devin
Funeral Home
Father Martin V. Trieste
Calvary Cemetery
Otto George Vieritz
N. Oliver St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gorlitz
East Germany
Elyria
Thew Shovel Co
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Liddy
Richard P
Carl
Germany
Ernest
Martha) Kreutzke
Port Charlotte
Fla
Harold Dicken
C.A. Brumme
Brookdale Cemetery
St. John's Lutheran Church
Leo F. Kenzik
East 44Th St. Lorain
St. Joseph’s Hospital
U.S. Steel
Kenzik
St. Stanislaus Church
United Steel Workers Union
Kathryn
Leo J
Linda A
Joseph
Walter
John
John R. Devin
Frank Kucia
Calgary Cemetery
Daniel
Reidy Scanlan Funeral Home
Vermilion
Edward P. Abel
Adams St
Abel
American Shipbuilding Co
Donald
Nancy) Eddy
Barbara Cupp
David L
Phyllis
Fisher Funeral Home
William Claim
Church of Christ
North Ridgeville
Maple Grove
Eva P. Lange
Seventh St
St. Joseph Hospital
Lange
First United Presbyterian Church
Steel City
Grandmothers’ Club
Republican Club
Eva McFeaters
Cecil
Catherine) Post
Michael
Henrietta) Wolchanski
Margaret Barbella
Dallas
Texas
James
Anna-Jean) Ragland
Cudahay
Calif
Ruby) Moore
Garland
Sam Bair
Boynton Beach
Ralph Bair
Harrisburg
Penn
Henry
Bodrash Funeral
Donald Lammers
First Unitd Presbyterian Church
Elmwood
Lorain area obituaries and accident report roundup
A long list of Lorain area obituaries and death notices appears from Mary E Nolan to Eva Lange with multiple survivors and funeral details. The report includes Frank J Tobias and other relatives, church affiliations, and funeral home arrangements. Also covered is Otto George Vieritz who died in Elyria Memorial Hospital, plus Leo Kenzik and Edward Abel with service details. A worker in Loudonville survived paint fumes after a tower incident, aided by rescue crews and a National Guard helicopter that arrived too late to aid. The item closes with a stray question about potential traffic enforcement for a hypothetical U-turn.
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Helen Tobias
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Hungary
Tobias
United States
Hungarian Reformed Church In
Senior Ladies Guild
Hungarian Reformed Church Sick Benefit Society
Hungarian Young People’s Society
Frank J. Tobias
James
Mary) Garns
Frank
Friends
Emil Dovala
Nicholas Novak
Hungarian Reformed Church
Novak
Elmwood
Loudonville
Mintz seeks bank stock control. Ohio approves plan
Attorney Marc H Morgenstern says Mintz legal to acquire a controlling stake in Lorain County Savings and Trust Co based on a May 15 1978 public notice. Ohio Division of Securities confirms compliance. bank appeals and seeks to block access to stockholder list while court stays ruling.
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Mintz
Lorain Bank
Cleveland
Delbert Mintz
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Ohio
Marc H. Morgenstern
Morgenstern
James F. Hurd
Ohio Division of Securities
Hurd
Division of Securities
Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Mikus
Lakewood mother delivers baby at home party ready
In Lakewood Ohio Deborah Forguites delivered her baby alone in a small apartment less than 96 hours after birth. She chose to keep the newborn with her and refused Memorial Hospital guidance to stay 72 hours. The 7 pound 4 ounce infant was born Friday after a quick labor she attributed to tea and instinct.
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Lakewood, Ohio
Deborah Forguites
Lakewood
Cleveland woman hurt in car crash on I-71 near Ashland
A 28 year old Cleveland woman escaped serious injury when her car deflated tire caused a loss of control and rollover on southbound I-71 at mile marker 198 near Ashland. Rosha K. Carter was treated at Samaritan Hospital, Ashland, then released. She was alone.
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Cleveland
Ashland
Rosha K. Carter
Samaritan Hospital
Ashland Highway Patrol
198 Mile
Middle income families can still get college aid
Industry Week reports middle income families can access aid despite beliefs they earn too much. Sally Smith, a Maryland mother, pays about 3500 dollars yearly for each daughter at Yale and Stanford with scholarships loans and work income filling the gap. Other cases at University of Michigan show aid for families with 37000 income and several dozen variables affect final figures. Yale and College Scholarship Service leaders urge early preparation and awareness of aid options.
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Sally Smith
Maryland
Gaithersburg
Yale
Stanford
Elizabeth Suchar
College Scholarship Service
College Entrance Examination Board
New York
University of Michigan Financial Aid Office
Harvey P. Grotrian
Grotrian
Connie White
Vermilion Duo Charged in Nakomis Beach Purse Theft
Two Vermilion men Greg Lacourse and Frank Hall were charged with grand theft after police linked them to the theft of two purses from a Nakomis Beach area car Saturday afternoon. A third suspect, a girl, was referred to Juvenile Court. The purses and contents were recovered and Lacourse and Hall await municipal court on Tuesday.
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Erie County Juvenile Court
Lacourse and
Hall
Vermilion City
Marine Cpl. Hubbard reports for duty on Okinawa
Marine Cpl. Dwayne D. Hubbard, son of Horace Hubbard of 514 West River Street, has reported for duty with the 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa. A 1975 Elyria High School graduate, he joined the Marine Corps in November 1975.
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Cpl
Dwayne D. Hubbard
Horace Hubbard
W. River St
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
Elyria High School
Marine Corps
Five Elyria men arrested on gambling charges
Five Elyria men were arrested Saturday afternoon and charged with gambling at 136 Lowell Street after an investigation by Ohio Department of Liquor Control agents. Those charged were David Williams Edward Todd Clarence Powell Sam Davis and Bob Stacy Williams also faces one charge of operating a gambling house Powell faces two counts. An undercover investigator witnessed 12 people betting on a dice game and later identified Williams as the operator.
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Elyria
Lowell Street
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
David Williams
Irondale
Edward Todd
Purdue Ave
Clarence Powell
Wooster
Sam Davis
Bond St
Bob Stacy
Wayne St Williams
Powell
Liquor Control Department
Lowell St
Williams
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Jose Melendez Pedroza
Jose Rivera
Mary E. Nolan
Neegreen
Loraim
James P. Nolan
Mrs
Frank Tobias
Otto G. Vieritz
Senate
Galway
Ireland
St. Mary's Church
William Mclaughlin
Harvard Ave
Reichlin
Henry Lange
Frank Wilamosky
Reynoldsburg
Mohican State Forest
Wilamosky
Mohican
Funneral Home, Inc
Greater
Rave
C. Curtis Ernest W. Scheufer
New London
The
Clowns of
Ms. Forgustes
Ms. Forguites
Booth
Industry Week
Elyria Police and Fire Departmentr
Beverday
EOS &. c
Pensey’s
Midway Mail
Ametia Draw
Boston
Midway Boulevard
Maxine Backman
North Ridge
Broad St
East Aveeee
Third Street
Vibea
Jia Lan
Roma Bockeston
Hemet Ave
Ieee
Lorain Boulevard
Gateway Boulevard
Fremont Street
Injertes
Pga
Dawid
Lorain Bosleverd
Nitway
Laurice Maxine Koury
6Th St
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