Death notices and obituaries mix in Elyria area
A series of obituaries from Elyria and nearby towns list Lawrence F Fritz 61 of 835 West River Street North who died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include wife Winifred two daughters and four sons plus 25 grandchildren. Friends may visit Wainwright Funeral Home with services Thursday. Memorials suggested to American Heart Association or First Baptist Church North Ridgeville. Other notices recall Capt Donald C 71 Vermilion with funeral arrangements and burial, infant Syneetra Taylor, and several adults including Benjamin D Kearney 72 South Amherst and Clara Ford 73 Lorain with memorials to diabetic foundation or private services. Burial details span Ridge Hill, Maple Grove, Brookdale, and Berthville Cemeteries. Funeral homes listed include Edward M Fisher, Sudro Curtis, Hinman, Harold Dicken, Carter, and Bogner.
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Lawrence F. Fritz
West River St
North
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Fritz
Detroit
Mich
Elyria
First Baptist Church of
North Ridgeville
Winifred
Larry
June
Augustine
Garden City
Harold
Terry) Wood
Toledo
Robert
Donald
David
Leonard
Lewis
Charles
Theodore
Dearborn
Stella Lisike
Francis Ochman
Bertha Gureny
Wainwright
D.L. Kirby
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
American Heart Association
First Baptist Church
Donald C
Ferry St
Vermilion
Jean Stendaughter
Carol Boudinot
Murray Todd
Edward M. Fisher
Masonic
Funeral Home
Maple Grove Cemetery
Earl
Stanford Ave
Lulu J
Linda Taylor
Harold Dicken
Brookdale Cemetery
Benjamin D. Kearney
South Amherst
Amherst Hospital
North Lake St
Smithfield
W. Va
Kearney
Wheeling Steel Corp
East Steubenville
Grace Apostolic Church
Goldie C. (White
Paul R. Kearney
Martha Criswell
Zephyr Hills
Fla
Joseph
Richmond
Robert Keenan
Christ Apostolic Church
Weirton
Union Cemetery
Sudro - Curtis
Clara Ford
Gentry
Didrickson
Lorain
Kentucky
Arnold B. Ford
Arnold B. Jr
Edsel H
Oakland
Calif
LaRoice Benton
Brownhelm
Frank Gaskey
Parma
Ray Salisbury
John Bielich
Dorothy
Glendale
William C. Linn
Westfield
N.J
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Gordon Wilson
Harry Kimmel
Washington Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
New York City
Kimmel
Kimmel Products Co
Lorain High School
First United Methodist Church
Lions Club
The
Moose, Eagles and Elks Lodges
Gae
Herb
Long Island
N.Y
Schwartz, Spence and Boyer
Floyd Sartwell
Quota Club
Hard of Hearing Fund
Emma A. Sprenger
Middle St
Amherst
Amherst Manor
Sprenger
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
Philathea
William
James
Thelma) Powers
Esther) Fassinger
Raymond Sprenger
Elmer Mathes
Jamaica
Donald Mathes
Kenosha
Wis
Hempel Funeral Home
Russell C. Behm
Crownhill Cemetery
William F. Haynes
Grafton Rd
Grafton
Sunshine Biscuit Co
Haynes
Trinity Lutheran Church
Duane
Shirley) Durkee
Roman
Judith) Poll
Louise Evans
Cleveland
David Haynes
Arizona
Fred Haynes
Russell D. Fulton
M. Charles Groth
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Ardell Boss
East Lorain St
Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital
Obituaries and funeral notices from Lorain area
Infant Anastasia Georgas laid to rest in Lorain at Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Burdened by stillbirth, she is survived by parents Alex and Mrs Georgas and brother Alex Jr. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs Georgas of Greece and Mr. and Mrs. Fogo of Lorain. Funeral arrangements by Boyer Home for Funerals.
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Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Lorain
Anastasia Georgas
Alex Georgas
West 21St St. Lorain
Boby
St. Joseph Hospital
Alex Jr
Andy Georgas
Greece
Joseph Fogo
Schwartz, Spence and Boyer Home
Card of Thanks for ValDoris A. Grella
The family of the late ValDoris A. Grella expresses deep gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for sympathy and acts of kindness during bereavement. Special thanks to the funeral home and pastor for extra services and to floral donors. Mr and Mrs Arthur Grella and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ValDoris A. Grella
Arthur Grella
Gratitude Note From Elyria Memorial Patient Dorothy Postle
Dorothy Postle of 958 Center St Grafton thanks doctors nurses and staff at Elyria Memorial Hospital for four weeks of care during illness and invites others to visit the hospital if unwell. The message also credits Fr Lajack Fr Englehardt Dr Linstruth and Reichlin Funeral Home for services at Amherst Hospital and posthumous support to Mary Shook family.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Postle
Center
Grafton
Mary Shook
Freinds
Lajack
Englehardt
K Linstruth
Amherst Hospital
Reichlin
In Memoriam Raymond Bolin Dies September 2 1970
In loving memory of Raymond Bolin who passed away September 2 1970. Acknowledges family sorrow and tribute to his life, with friends and relatives remembering his kindness and humor.
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Raymond Bolin
Lincoln Nomination Aboard 1860 Hartford Daily Courant Copy
A July 18 1860 Hartford Daily Courant edition was found in an old Ely Home rafter during demolition for a parking lot. The paper notes Abraham Lincoln of Illinois as the Republican Party presidential nominee, with Chicago nominating on May 16 1860 and Lincoln later elected that year. The Courant, established 1764, still prints daily with a large circulation.
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Ely
Hartford
Courant
YWCA meeting on open housing to feature Operation Equality speakers
Two staff members of Operation Equality in Cleveland will discuss open housing at a public Elyria meeting tomorrow at Holly Hall 8 p.m. The Racism Committee of the Elyria YWCA sponsors the event with moderator Mrs. Frank Sessions.
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Operation Equality
Cleveland
Elyria
Racism Committee
Elyria Ywca
Holly Hall
Helen Mulholland
YWCA
Charles Drake
Jerome Berner
The
Cleveland Urban League
Frank Sessions
Black Women's Club
Mulholland
Ward W.B. Young
Robert Thomas
Charles R. Miller
James McIntosh
Henry Kleinberg
Edward Nessner
Mrs. Mary Bowman Dies in Pittsburgh
Mrs. Mary Bowman of Pittsburgh died Sunday morning. Survivors include son James of Elyria, two daughters Genevieve at home and Mrs. Charles Geraldine Swenson of Irvin Pa., two grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Services at Jones Funeral Home Pittsburgh tomorrow at 11 a.m. Seferis Dies at 71 After Pneumonia and Stroke. Greece mourns Nobel poet George Seferis who served as ambassador to London 1957 to 1962 and won the 1963 Nobel Prize for literature.
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Mary Bowman
Pittsburgh
James
Elyria
Genevieve
Charles
Geraldine) Swenson
Irvin
Greece
George Seferis
Seferis
Evangelismos Hospital
London
UPI
Oberlin Forms Committee to Seek Federal Planning Aid
A nine member committee was appointed by Oberlin city council to advise on filing a preliminary application for federal funds under the New Communities Acts of 1968 and 1970. The group, chaired by Councilman David Sonner, includes Oberlin College faculty and staff, a high school principal, and a local industrial worker, to explore paths for controlling development over the next 25 years. The effort follows a citizen committee recommendation to pursue community planning grants to shape the city’s future.
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Oberlin
Joseph Horn
Lorain Council Approves Defense Fund for City Officials
Lorain city council authorized a legal defense fund up to 3000 for City Prosecutor James Parobek and City Auditor Wanda Tully amid a 750000 suit by Police Chief John Malinovsky. Safety Director Joseph Price may also be covered, per committee chair James Kokinda. The measure follows assurances from Solicitor John Hritsko that the city may cover defense costs for officials, while police officers remain non reimbursable. Also approved a back pay settlement totaling 1876 to eight school crossing guards from August 1969 to August 1971 for wages below federal minimum.
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Lorain
James Parobek
Wanda Tully
John Malinovsky
Joseph Price
Finance Claims Committee
James Kokinda
John Hritsko
Ohio
Buchanan
Council
Hritsko
Lorain Receives More Federal Funds for Relief Jobs
Lorain will gain 57,600 in federal funds under the Emergency Manpower Act to hire the jobless. The city council approved leasing a garbage packer to provide its share of a 206,400 program, increasing employed workers to 35. Mayor Woodrow Mathna said the extra grant was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Charles Mosher.
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Lorain
U.S
Woodrow W. Mathna
Mathna
Charles Mosher
R-13
Kokinda
Jack Glick
Paint and
City council trims cost on 34k garbage packer lease plan
The council reduced the proposed $34,000 garbage packer to a $25,000 purchase cap and lowered the monthly lease payment. The city seeks a federal grant to fund 90 percent of the cost under the Emergency Manpower Act, with the city’s share around $22,000. Administration questions include who will manage the program and how to pay for the vehicle.
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Council
Mathna
Thomas Giasomo
James Kokinda
D-6
Mother and children escape fire at Avon Belden home
A Grafton Township mother awakened to smoke in a baby's room then grabbed her three children and fled to a neighbor for help. Firefighters from Belden town station responded with 21 volunteers, dousing a bedroom fire and assessing smoke and water damage at Danny Clark’s Avon Belden Road residence. Cause undetermined as of first report.
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Belden
Grafton Township
Danny Clark
Avon-Belden Road
Rt. 76
Clark
Belmorning
Fireden
Grafton
Maurice Hill Ship
Christmas Like Traffic Lights Plague Elyria Downtown
Elyria city officials again discussed malfunctioning traffic lights downtown where rain causes cables to wet and rot. Safety Director James Tracey proposed replacing overhead cables at three intersections for about $3,500, with the issue referred to the finance committee for action.
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Elyria
Broad Street
Court Street
Lodi Street
Middle Avenue
Coun
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Tracey
Council
Wanted Elyrian arrested by Oberlin police
Oberlin police arrest 26 year old Elyria man Michael Henson at 404 Lowell Street during patrol near Albrecht and Oberlin roads. He faces two counts of carrying concealed weapons and one of illegal weapon possession after officers found a sawed off shotgun and a 54 inch knife. He is jailed pending Oberlin Municipal Court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Elyria
Michael Henson
Lowell St
Albrecht
Oberlin Roads
Lorain
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Lawless
Taylor
Syneetra
East Ave
Elyma
Lonnie Taylor
Tonya
Bueford Taylor
Cleo Johnson
Roy Lee Harris
Carter Funeral Home
Holzhauser
Albert
Berlin Heights
Warren
Herbert Kaiser
Helen Clements
Herndon Jordan
Ernestine Hazlett
Hinman Funeral Home
Berthville
Higginbotham
Mrs. Arnold
Ford
Leick Service
Bogner
Lloyd R. Leick
Center Ridge Rd
Leick
Ont
Cornell University
North Olmsted Sportsmen Club
Arline
William Sprenger
Ardell
Mrs
Carl Berry
Caroline
Carrie) Berry
McKinley St
Bay View Hospital
Berry
Gold Star Mothers
Carl
Joseph Wolf
Sheffield
Homer Hiles
Newark
Minnie Carp
Helen Rutkowski
Cpl
Charles Berry
Grant Carothers
Emmanuel United Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Ralph E
Theodore A
Margaret Zalka
Rollin Mohler
Memoriam
Pat
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home, Inc
Greater Elyria and
Harvey C Curtis
Ernest W. Scheutfler
Ywca Meeting
Jones Funeral Home
Pittsburg
Oberlin College
Arthur Hess
Edith Bows
Bayley Mason
Charles Thodt
National Association of College Stores
Oberlin Planning Commission
Dave Segal
Econom
Ics
Leroy Ervin
Don Crockett
Oberlin High School
McKinley Williams
David Sonner
Lorain Council
Oks Legal Defense Fund
Parobek
Tully
Malinovsky
Lorain County
Grand Jury
Price
Ronald Buchanan
Price and
John Koscho
Koziura
Joe Koziura
C-T
Ed Shulik
Hill
Elyrian
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