Obituary for Haj Joseph Khalil of Oberlin
Haj Joseph Khalil longtime Oberlin resident died September 8 2021 at age 90. He enjoyed gardening outside and raised strawberries watermelons and chickpeas winning awards for his gardening. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was married to Sarah Kaye for over fifty years and leaves daughters Phadrah Fatima and son Joseph Belden. Private services will be held with Norton Eastman Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haj Joseph Khalil
Oberlin
Sarah Kaye
Phadrah
Fatima
Joseph Belden
Norton-Eastman Funeral Home
Norton-Eastmanfuneralhome.com
Obituary for Lora J. Peterson of Avon Lake and Avon
Lora J. Peterson 82 of Avon Lake died September 12 2021 after a life of ministry and community service She taught at Avon High School for 29 years and was active with Anchor Church University Hospitals Health Center Workshop Players and several missionary efforts Survived by three children ten grandchildren and two sisters services set September 16 17 at Misencik Funeral Home Avon with interment at Resthaven Memorial Gardens Memorials to cancer research and missions.
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Lora J. Peterson
Wellsville
New York
Avon
Richburg High School
Avon High School
Anchor Church
Avon Lake
University Hospital Health Center
Amherst
Lora
David
Laura) Peterson
Marysville
Christopher
Wanda) Peterson
Lori
Curt) Leckron
State
Cora Greene
Richard C. Peterson
Harold
Hazel
Clarence
Misencik Funeral
Detroit Rd
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Misencik Funeral Home
Memorial for Ohio sailor Maxton Soviak honors hero of Kabul mission
The funeral at Edison High School in Ohio remembered Maxton Soviak 22 who died amid Kabul airport evacuations. Gov. DeWine and Lt. Gov. Husted attended a 90 minute service with a C 130 flyover. Soviak, a Navy Corpsman with the 1st Marine Regiment, was posthumously promoted and awarded the Purple Heart. He had learned jiujitsu and ukulele and started a Guam wrestling program.
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Milan
Ohio
Afghanistan
Navy
Maxton Soviak
Florida
Edison High School
Soviak
Guam
Maxton
Kathleen Soviak
Max
Roger Pace
U.S
Kabul
Mike DeWine
Fran DeWine
Jon Husted
Ohio Air National
83Rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron
Fleet Marine Force
Edison Charger Stadium
Avon City Council votes to form tree commission
Avon council voted to form a tree commission as a step toward Tree City USA status. The plan includes establishing ground rules, educating residents about suitable tree species, and long term efforts to preserve city trees with input from the Legal Committee and mayor.
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Avon City
Tree Commission
Avon
Tree City USA
Arbor Day Foundation
Council
Rick Varga
Dennis McBride
2Nd Ward
McBride
Tammy
Holtzmeier
Bryan Jensen
Commission
USA
Herrick Library Hosts COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
The Herrick Memorial Library hosts a 2 to 4 p m vaccination clinic on Wednesday September 29 with the first sixty recipients receiving a $50 food voucher for Village Market or Apples in Wellington funded by the Coronavirus Relief Act. The event is in partnership with Village Market.
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Herrick Memorial Library
Village Market
Wellington
Connect to a Cause fundraiser accepts checks by Thursday
Donations for Connect to a Cause are streaming in with postmarked checks due this Thursday to 9080 Leavitt Road Elyria Ohio. In person gifts are welcomed at the Community Foundation office with a donation form from the foundation website. A minimum five dollar gift applies and Thursday 8 p.m. will reveal a preliminary total with final October results. Last year the drive raised one hundred forty seven thousand dollars from one thousand fifty six donors including the Lorain County Community College Foundation Main Street Amherst and Lorain County Metro Parks.
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Seniors, Inc
Emily Lockshine
North Ridgeville
Leavitt Road
Elyria
Community Foundation
Connect
Lorain County Community College Foundation
Main Street Amherst
Lorain County Metro Parks
Ex-Korean case: Boy killed by guardian in alleged mercy killing
South Korea crime case details a woman’s police statement claiming she beat a child to death to send him to heaven due to an evil spirit. Donna Calhoun recalls Noa as an energetic boy who helped his father, who faces a Korea-bound trial as his family plans funeral expenses via a GoFundMe page.
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Stars and Stripes
Donna Calhoun
Noa
South Korea
Two Falls Bridge debate shifts to city council review
City considers Metro Parks plan to remove Cascade Street side of the Two Falls Bridge and keep the Cascade Park pier for an overlook. Ziemnik notes risk of land movement, estimates $150000 to $160000 for Metro Parks project, councilmen urge engineering assessment before funding. Police fleet update also approved for 10 vehicles with costs totaling about 450000.
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Cascade Street
Metro Parks
Cascade Park
Elyria
East Falls Riverwalk
Two Falls Bridge
John Schneider
Cascade
Ziemnik
Two Falls
Frank Whitfield
Safety Service
Kevin Brubaker
Kenny Oswald
D-4th Ward
Cade Park
Brenda Davis
D-2nd Ward
Finance Committee
Duane Whitely
Ford
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Dylan Reynolds
Dreynolds
Chroniclet
Lorain
Harrison Cultural Community Center
Harrison
Jeff Pye
Evanssa Cardero
N. Ridgeville Senior Center
Avon Belden Road
North Ridgeville Lions Club
Office For
Lovett
Jason Hawk
Sicnewspapers.com
James Calhoun
GoFundMe
Calhoun
Gofund.me
Cas
Laina Yost
Lyost
Chroniclet.com
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