Lorain poet Fran Davis 73 dies at home
Fran Davis a lifelong Lorain resident and 1941 Lorain High School graduate died at home on Monday at age 73. She was a published poet and skilled floral gardener, active in crafts interior decorating sewing and cooking. Survivors include husband Eugene William five grandchildren and relatives in Ohio Michigan and Connecticut. A private memorial mass was held at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery Lorain. Memorials to Nativity Church are suggested.
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Fran Davis
Nee Jurowski
Lorain
Davis
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic
Freda
Elyria
Loretta Engel
Avon Lake
Phyllis Gomcsak
Avon
Wanda Pijor
Sheffield Lake
Vincent
Anna
Nee Niznik
Pearl Garner
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
Ronald J. Turek
Robert J. Dybo
Calvary Cemetery
John J. Gluvna
Broadway
George Peake Broadwell
Old Greenwich
Conn
Oberlin
Oberlin High School
Broadwell
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Columbia University
New York
Port Chester
Tenn
Christ Church
Greenwich
Christ Episcopal Church
South Main St
Judy M. Easter
New London
Fisher-Titus
Waldorf Marking Devices
Young
Robert A
Dunbar
W.va
Shari O’connor
Sonny Harvey
Chippewa Lake
Jackie Wills
Pat Burke
Cleveland
Phillip Jamison
Arthur G
Marie M
Nee Battolph) Harvey
Helen Myers
Eastman Funeral Home
W. Main St
Mound Hill Cemetery
Seville
John Buda
Offici
Death notices gathered for Gage Blackman Lee and others in Lorain area
Obituaries note Henry Gage 73 of Lorain with several daughters and sons and services in Lorain. Also listed are James Jr 85 Ofsted Township with services in Elyria and burial in North Royalton. Other notices include Robert R Watkins 46 of Elyria. Audrey Hinderer 88 of Bethesda Md. Leda B Kress 90 of Vermilion. and Ted C Monday 77 of LaGrange. Burial and service details follow for each.
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Gage Henry
Lorain
Kathleen Gage
Minnie Blackman
Loretta Lee
Velma Burnette
Ida Gage
Dorothy Susie" Jackson
Willie
Kelvin
Henry
Keith
Carter
Elyria Ave
Mr. Gage
W. Lorain
James Jr
Ofsted Township
Karen Reeder
Kenneth
Kim
Bauer-Laubenthal-Wainwright
Chestnut Ridge Road
Elyria
North Royalton Cemetery
North Royalton
Obituaries Notice for Darvas and Lewis in Lorain Berea
Catherine Darvas 84 of Lorain died Sunday at Ohio Extended Care Center. Lenora May Lewis 89 of Berea died Thursday at home. Services to be announced and graveside and church services planned. Schwartz Spence Boyer and Baker Funeral Homes handle arrangements. St Paul Lutheran Berea referenced.
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Richard Charles Schultz
Vermilion
Riddle Funeral Home
South St
James Peter
St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Schultz
Catherine Darvas
Lorain
Ohio Extended Care Center
Tom Stephanchick
Toledo
Ohio
Schwartz-Spence-Boyer Home
Lenora May Lewis
Dumke
Berea
Middleburg Heights
St. Paul Lutheran Church
E. Bagley Road
W. Eric Rauch
Baker Funeral Home
Longtime Lorain man George Koscho dies after long illness
George Shorty Koscho 77 of Lorain died in Lorain after a long illness. A U S Steel Lorain Works retiree he was active in St Nicholas Church and the Greek Catholic Union Lodge 77. Survived by wife Genevieve a son a granddaughter and a brother, services in Lorain with burial at Calvary Cemetery.
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Ted C. Monday
LaGrange
Rhea Springs
Tenn
Elyria
Italy
Monday
York International Corp
Mihalis Vfw
Thelma
Nee Fugate
Earl of
Fla
James
Chanilly Underwood
Thomas
Martha
Nee Worley
Blackburn Funeral Home
Main St
Grafton
Larry Newsome
Pleasant View
Old Regular Baptist Church
Litchfield
River Road
LaGrange Township
Mihalis
George “Shorty” Koscho
Lorain
Ohio
Homer City
John
Elizabeth
Calvary Cemetery
Michael James Guerra
EMH
Ashtabula
Guerra
New York Central
Pennsylvania Central
Toledo
Buffalo
N.Y
Our Lady of
Reichlin-Roberts
Cleveland St. Elyria
Joseph Weigand
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Community Foundation honors Lorain County donors
Barbara Bass, Mike Bass Ford, and 70-plus contributors attended an appreciation dinner at DeLuca's Place in the Park. The Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County, with 185 funds and about $42 million in assets, recorded roughly 3,000 donors giving about $3 million this year.
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Lorain
Barbara Bass
Bass
Mike
Mike Bass
Mike Bass Ford
Rockefeller
Ford
Dolly Minter
Foundation
Community Foundation of
Greater Lorain County
Marianne Charles
Board of Trustees
Robert S. Cook
Doug Charles
DeLuca’s Place In the Park
College to Offer Job Seeking Skills Course and Workshops
Lorain County Community College outlines a 10 week Job Seeking Skills course starting Sept 15 and a series of free workshops from October to help unemployed and displaced workers, including Ford Lima plant staff, improve job prospects. An employment resource software is planned to match credentials with openings.
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Freconna
Lorain
Ford
Ballinger
LCCC
College
Employment and Career Services Department
Elyria Woman Dorothy I Gwin Dies at 80
Dorothy I Gwin aged 80 of Elyria died this morning at Center Ridge Nursing Home North Ridgeville arrangements announced by Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home Elyria with details forthcoming
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Dorothy I. Gwin
Finegan
Elyria
Center Ridge
North Ridgeville
Reichlin-Roberts
Cleveland St
Blair Defends Stance on Social Service Agency Oversight
Blair says no improprieties since Chil dren and Families First Council formed and calls dispute over agency control as much ado about nothing. She favors Human Services as fiscal agent. Vasi seeks more state enabled county control amid co appointed authority debates.
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Blair
Children and Families First Council
Vasi
Penny Wise
Pound
Commissioners
Human Services
Council
Michael Ross
Mary Lou Golski
Golski
Ohio
City weighs options for new jail and municipal court
Safety Service Director George Koury says the administration has not chosen a preferred plan to expand the police department and build a city jail. The proposal would use police levy funds plus general fund money, with court expansion funded from the general fund or Municipal Court Improvement Fund. Council will decide funding and a recommendation is expected before the council request.
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Safety Service
George Koury
General Fund
Koury
Lorain
Pris
Woodrow Mathna
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Okla
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Karen K
Robert Allen
Debra Mae Watkins
Melinda K. Fekete
Michael G. Gekete
Dicken
Middle Ave
Ray Carpenter
Faith
Audrey Hinderer
Carson
Grosvenor
Bethesda
Thelma Burge
Howard F
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Harry
Gertrude Carson
Leona Schnitzler
Edith O’malley
Evelyn Sullivan
Margaret Powell
Hillside Cemetery
Ormond Beach
Leda B. Kress
Lee
Community Health Partners
Kingsville
United Church of Christ Congregational
Ann Sapienza
Marty Deidrick
Paul Jr
Don
Frances Napp
Mildred
Atlanta
Paul Sr
South Street
Richard Wierwille
St. John’s United Church of Christ, Lorain
Ted C
York International
Lenora May
Lewis Berea
George “Shorty
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Monode Steel Stamp
New London Public Library
S. Main St
Jeff Mohrman
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