Archive for June 19th, 2007
James L. Austin
James L. Austin, 74, of Lorain, died Thursday, June 14, 2007. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel of Sheffield Twp.
Karen Borocz
Karen Borocz, (nee Herczeg), 55, a resident of North Ridgeville for 30 years, passed away Monday, June 18, 2007. Karen was born in Cleveland. She was a 1970 graduate of Midpark High School in Brook Park. She was an L.P.N. working at Grace and Parma Hospitals and most recently worked as a legal secretary. Karen [...]
Raymond A. Brown
Raymond A. Brown, of Rialto, California, formerly an Elyria and Oberlin resident, died June 12, 2007, after a lingering illness. He was born September 17, 1939 in Elyria. Raymond, a 1958 graduate of Oberlin High School, was a retired Postal Service employee, and a business entrepreneur in Mexico. His hobby was as a visual artist. [...]
Mildred B. Carruthers
Mildred B. Carruthers, 100, of Sullivan, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2007, in Crystal Care Nursing Home, Ashland, after a short illness. She was born March 19, 1907 in Penfield, and had lived in Lorain County most of her life. She was a 1928 graduate of LaGrange High School which was a class of 13 [...]
Virginia Lee Cathey
Virginia Lee Cathey (nee Dockrey), 90, passed away at her home in Avon Friday, June 15, 2007 after a short illness. She was born 1917 in Mayfield, KY and moved to Lorain in 1927, living most of her life in Elyria. Virginia attended Lorain High School, worked for Elyria Memorial Hospital, and Western Automatic while [...]
Tom P. Davenport
Tom Paul Davenport, 66, of Spencer, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2007 at his home. He was born February 28, 1941 in Elyria, to Paul and Lois M. Kime Davenport. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1959, Bowling Green State University in 1963 and later received his Masters degree from Kent State University. Mr. [...]
Ruford D. Freeman
Ruford D. Freeman Ruford D. Freeman, 77, of Lorain died Friday morning, June 15, 2007 in his home following a three month illness of cancer. He was born on June 1, 1930 in Wise County, VA. Mr. Freeman lived in Wise County until 1952 when he moved to Lorain where he resided for the remainder [...]
Helen A. Hentges
Helen A. Hentges (nee Kiser), 100, passed away June 17, 2007 at Avon Oaks Nursing Facility in Avon. She was born on December 19, 1906 in Elyria, the daughter of the late George J. and Louise Kiser (nee Foss). Helen graduated from Elyria High School in 1925 and married Robert J. Hentges, of Lorain in [...]
Nathan Johnson, Jr.
Nathan Johnson, Jr., 68, formerly of Lorain, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania following a lengthy illness. He was born May 19, 1939 in Whitfield, Alabama. He was a young child when the family settled in Lorain, after leaving Alabama. He attended Lorain City Schools and graduated from Lorain High School. [...]
Barbara Ann Krueck
Barbara Ann Krueck (nee Vollmer), 74, and a resident of New Russia Township, passed away Monday, June 18 2007, at New Life Hospice Residential Center in Lorain following a two year illness. She was born February 2, 1933 in Amherst, where she was raised, and graduated from Amherst High School with the class of 1951. [...]
Catherine C. Lauffer
Catherine "Kay" C. Lauffer, (nee Ross), 87, of Elyria died Sunday, June 17, 2007, at her home following a brief illness. She was born in Elyria where she was a life long resident. Mrs. Lauffer worked at the former First National Bank as a teller for 16 years, retiring in 1979. She was a member [...]
Douglas P. Malone
Douglas P. Malone Sr., 72, of Grafton, died Monday, June 18, 2007 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Glen White, WV, and had lived in Grafton for the past eight years. Prior to moving to Grafton he resided in North Ridgeville for over 30 years. He was a 1953 graduate [...]
Jake P. Nolan
Jake P. Nolan, 18, of Elyria, died Saturday, June 16, 2007, from injuries sustained in a automobile accident. He was born July 3, 1988 in Elyria and was a lifelong Lorain County resident. Mr. Nolan attended Western Reserve High School in Wakeman, and was employed as a laborer at DOT Diamond Core Drilling, Inc. in [...]
John A. Spisak
John A. Spisak, 67, of Avon, died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at EMH Health Center, Avon. He was born July 25, 1939 in Cleveland, and has lived in Avon 44 yrs., moving from Lakewood. He was employed by PLIDCO in Westlake, retiring in 2003. He enjoyed scuba, fishing, boating, and softball. He was a 44 [...]
Christopher M. Stawicki
Christopher M. Stawicki, 42, of Elyria, died unexpectedly Saturday, June 16, 2007. Christopher was born September 21, 1966 in Elyria where he has resided all his life. He was employed by Bob Morris Pontiac as an auto technician for the past 20 years. He was a member of St. Agnes Church, and enjoyed golf, hunting, [...]
Hits, hits everywhere – Indians 10, Phillies 1
But not a pop for Blake as hit streak stopped CLEVELAND — Casey Blake’s hitting streak came to an end at 26 games but that was about the only thing that went wrong for the Indians on Monday night. Blake went hitless in four plate appearances to end the majors’ longest hitting streak this season. [...]
Manuel enjoys return – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — The last manager to guide the Indians to the postseason was back at Jacobs Field on Monday, and it wasn’t Mike Hargrove. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, who led the Indians to their last Central Division championship in 2001, returned to Cleveland’s home park for the first time since managing the team from 2000-02. [...]
Struggles can’t keep Howard down
CLEVELAND — There is an immensity to everything that is Ryan Howard. Despite being in only his second full big league season, he is a hulking figure at the plate: 6-foot-4, 250-plus pounds. He has biceps that would take two large hands to fully encircle, thick powerful forearms and — more noticeable in the locker [...]
Tiger may be failing, but he’s hardly flailing
Doug Ferguson Associated Press OAKMONT, Pa. — Jack Nicklaus figures at least one of his major championship records is safe.Tiger Woods left Oakmont having squandered another chance to win a major while playing in the last group, unable to make but one birdie in the final round of the U.S. Open despite having a short [...]
Flunked Finals, tough grades: Cavaliers: 2006-07 report
The Cavaliers went to graduate school this season, advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, so Professor Noland is a bit later than usual with his final report cards. Shannon Brown (3.2 points per game, .378 field-goal percentage) The No. 25 pick in the draft had five starts, but averaged [...]
Successful school levy cost nearly $100K
Elyria committee spent most in May primary LORAIN — The biggest spender in the May primary was the committee to construct a new school in Elyria, spending just shy of $100,000 of the more than $120,000 the group gathered during the election cycle. In the final two months before the election, the committee spent $69,163 [...]
Blazing trail: Runners brave 90-degree heat to carry Special Olympics torch
ELYRIA — The three troopers trotted along Chestnut Ridge Road at a steady pace. They were on the last leg of Lorain County’s first Special Olympics torch run Monday morning, and by about 10:15 a.m., in the middle of a two-mile jog, the sweat was dripping down their faces. It figures, of course, that the [...]
Fastest girl on wheels
10-year-old on her way to Guinness record GRAFTON — Stephanie Beane is definitely a risk taker — the 10-year-old lives for the adrenaline rush. So it’s probably fitting that the Grafton girl appears to have made her way into the Guinness World Records as the youngest stock car driver in the world when she hit [...]
Jamboree – same fun, different place
AMHERST — For the past 15 years, the front lawn of town hall has been the focal point of Amherst’s Old Time Jamboree, a three-day event that draws crowds upward of 15,000. This year, however, the event will be moved from the historic Five Points intersection to a parking lot on Church Street. The Amherst [...]
Consultant rips former treasurer
Analyst says loan concealed Lorain Schools’ financial crisis LORAIN — A financial consultant hired by the Lorain school board says bad fiscal management, along underestimating the effect of losing students to charter schools, is to blame for the district’s current financial crisis. Lowell Davis, who has previously served as a school treasurer and who is [...]