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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1997
Page
9
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for Billy J. Estep Sr. of Elyria. Guy F. Scardami of Lorain. Anna Catherine Hartman formerly of Berlin Heights. James A. Greenless of Vermilion. Details cover surviving relatives, service times, funeral homes, burial sites, and memorial gifts. Includes birthplaces, careers, military service, and community ties.
Thomas D. Ellis 88 of Elyria died Saturday after a short illness. He worked as a high lift driver at Lorain Products Co and retired in 1984. Survived by wife Harriet, children Conrad, Thomas L., Richard, Faith, 11 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and other relatives. Services Tuesday at Carter Funeral Home with burial at Brookdale Cemetery. Luella M. Coven 85 of Elyria died Saturday at EMH Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was a homemaker a St Jude Church attendee and mother of three with 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Mass Tuesday at St Jude Church with burial at St Mary's Cemetery. Burial arrangements by Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home. Donations to American Heart Association welcome.
Lloyd R Turton 77 of Lorain died Sunday after a one year illness. He served with the 82nd Airborne in World War II and retired in 1983 from Ohio Edison Edgewater Plant after 36 years. Survived by daughters Patricia Zakutny Janet Turton a son Donald Turton three grandchildren a brother and a sister. Burial Calvary Cemetery Lorain. Memorials to Nativity Restoration Fund or New Life Hospice.
Joseph Fallis 54 of Lorain died Friday after a sudden illness. He was a longtime truck driver for Jefferson Trucking Co and previously Gold Bond Building Products. Survived by wife Cheryl, three daughters, three grandchildren, sister and stepmother. Services 1:30 p.m. at John J. Gluvna Funeral Chapel Lorain. Burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Beatrice Leota Smith 79 of Grafton died Sunday. Born in Scranton PA, she lived in Elyria area ~70 years and worked for General Industries during WWII. Survived by husband Clarence, daughter Marsha Tackett, son Dennis Smith, seven grandchildren, four great grandchildren, sister. Visitation Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Blackburn Funeral Home Grafton. Services Wednesday 11 a.m. Burial River Road Cemetery LaGrange Township. Contributions to Magyar United Church of Christ or American Diabetes Association.
Eleanor Root, 59, of Avon died Sunday at the Cleveland Clinic. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Busch-Burmeister Family Chapel, 32000 Detroit Road, Avon. Service arrangements will be announced later.
Civil Air Patrol will recruit at 7 p.m. on Sept. 23 at Lorain County Regional Airport Russia Road in the Midwest Building Army Reserve Quarters. Citizens may join the drive and learn about CAP activities and assignments.
Eight inventors were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron. Among them two youngest honorees are Dennis Moeller and Mark Dean for a computer networking system. Others include George H. Babcock, Stephen Wilcox for the Water Tube Steam Boiler and Seymour Cray for the Supercomputer.
James Davis and Melissa Davis of East Liverpool Ohio were charged with reckless homicide after their 6 week old son was found dead in a motel room during a vacation. The couple is jailed on bonds while their 5 year old daughter Dusty was taken into state custody. Police say no external injuries were visible and the couple claimed the infant was accidentally crushed when a parent rolled over in bed.
A routine monthly test at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe found 15 percent of inmates using drugs. Reginald Wilkinson of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced a crackdown expanding to test all employees in January despite guards union opposition. Court records show prison employee arrests accounted for about 6 percent of drug arrests in 1994 and 1995, yet they involved larger quantities.
At Gay Day the park draws thousands of LGBTQ+ people wearing red to show solidarity. Some attendees push the display further with flamboyant outfits as Dave Bolton and Hunter discuss public affection, noting that views on kissing or groping vary among individuals.
The piece details how Steele and Brookside high schools implement technology courses, cost cutting by students, and teacher roles shifting to facilitators. It notes Amherst initiations, North Ridgeville adoption spurred by former mayor Hill, a state audit, and plans for grants and partnerships to underwrite costs.
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