Archive for September 25th, 2007
Angela C. Schlather
Angela C. Schlather (nee Weber), 86, of Avon Lake, formerly of Bedford, passed away, Saturday, September 22, 2007 at St. John West Shore Hospital, following complications of pneumonia. Mrs. Schlather was born, November 2, 1920 in Ft. Wayne, IN and had lived in Avon Lake for over 50 years. Angela was a homemaker and an [...]
Charles A. Zink
Charles A. Zink, 85, of Lorain, passed away Monday, September 24, 2007 in his home. He was born April 18, 1922 in Amherst, and remained a life long resident of Lorain County. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945, including service during WW II in the South Pacific and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater on [...]
Ethel M. Ducci
Ethel M. Ducci (nee Swegard), 86, of Elyria, and formerly of Pohatin Point, passed away Monday, September 24, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria, following a brief illness. She was born December 20, 1920 in Powhatan Point, and lived most of her life there until moving to Elyria in 1992 . Ethel was [...]
George H. Schrull
He was a World War II Veteran of the United States Army. He fulfilled duty assignments as a Technician Fifth Grade assigned to Company A of the 1303 Engineer GS Regiment. He participated in campaigns throughout the Ardennes, Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, and the Rhineland. George was the recipient of the European African Middle [...]
Harlan R. Walkden
Harlan R. Walkden, 86, of Grafton, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 9, 2007. He passed away at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria following a lengthy illness. The family will receive friends Friday, September 28, 2007, from 10:30 A.M. until the 11 A.M. Memorial Service at First Baptist Church of [...]
Herbert L. Metzger
Herbert L. Metzger, 87, Valley City, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 24, 2007. Born in Valley City, on January 13, 1920 to Louis and Jessie Metzger. He was a lifelong resident of Valley City. Herb retired as a machine operator with General Motors, Brook Park, after 32 years of service. [...]
Jane Nancy Ferguson
Jane Nancy Ferguson, 81, of Wellington Township, passed away Monday, September 24, 2007 at the Renaissance Health Center in Olmsted Township following a two year battle with cancer. Mrs. Ferguson was born on July 10, 1926 in Akron, grew up in Firestone Park, and graduated from Uniontown High School. Culminating ten years of studying classical [...]
Mary Lou Zinsmeister
Mary Lou Zinsmeister (nee Nevins), 85, of Amherst died Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center at St. Joseph following a brief illness. Mrs. Zinsmeister was born in Lorain on November 16, 1921, and moved to Amherst 56 years ago. She was a 1940-A graduate of Lorain High School. She was an active [...]
Nathaniel Charles Ruffin
Nathaniel Charles Ruffin, 87, of Lorain, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 at University Hospital in Conneaut, following a long illness. He was born December 28, 1919 in Coalwood, WV and had been a resident of Lorain for 60 years. He was a member of Greater St. Matthew A.M.E. Church of Lorain for more than 40 [...]
Ollis “Sonny” Lon Wright, Sr.
Ollis "Sonny" Lon Wright, Sr., 71, of Lorain, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at his residence, following a lengthy illness. Mr. Wright was born September 21, 1936 in Birmingham, AL and had lived in the Lorain County area since 1957. He was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Lorain where he served as [...]
Robert W. Eichholz
Robert W. Eichholz, 74, of Lorain died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at his home following a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Schwartz, Spence, Boyer & Cool Home for Funerals, Lorain.
Sophia M. Przbylyski
Sophia M. Przybylski, 93, of Avon passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Busch Funeral Home, 32000 Detroit Rd. Avon.
Theodore M. Mathis
Theodore M. Mathis, 51, of Elyria passed away Sunday, September 23, 2007 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Theodore was born in Elyria on February 1, 1956 and had been a life long resident. He had been employed by Ford Motor Company until becoming disabled. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and [...]
Violet “Granny” L. Flint
Violet "Granny" L. Flint (nee Johnson), 89, of Lorain, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home following a brief illness. Mrs. Flint was born October 9, 1917 in Philadelphia, PA and had lived in the Lorain County area since 1956. She worked at Lorain Community Health Partners in the housekeeping department and [...]
William L. Wigton, III
William L. Wigton, III, 86, of Amherst, died Friday, September 21, 2007 at the Golden Acres Lorain County Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on March 21, 1921 in Peking, China, then moved to Lorain County when he was four. William was a 1938 graduate of Oberlin High School and attended Oberlin College [...]
Careful what you wish for: Tribe needs to figure out how to beat Yankees, Red Sox
CLEVELAND — The good news is the Indians won the Central Division title and will make their first trip to the postseason since 2001. The bad news is they have to play either the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox when they arrive. With the American League’s wild-card berth all but headed to the [...]
Browns’ loss to Raiders still feels like a kick in the gut
BEREA — A cross-country flight home and several hours of sleep did nothing to make the Browns feel any better about their 26-24 loss Sunday in Oakland. In fact, having a day to reflect on the Raiders blocking Phil Dawson’s 40-yard field goal as time expired appeared to make Cleveland’s players feel even worse about [...]
Browns notes: Failure to stop run could bring lineup changes
BEREA — After watching his run defense get run over in three straight games, Browns coach Romeo Crennel has seen enough. Pittsburgh’s Willie Parker, Cincinnati’s Rudi Johnson and Oakland’s LaMont Jordan have all had 100-yard games against Cleveland, leading to the team’s 31st ranking in the NFL in rushing defense and total yards allowed. “I’m [...]
Elyria boys soccer team downs Amherst for first win
AMHERST — The guys in the red-and-white shirts dumped a big tub of ice water on Greg Leininger on Monday night and Elyria’s rookie soccer coach didn’t mind a bit. It was in celebration of the Pioneers’ 3-1 non-conference victory over Amherst, their first of the season after five losses and five ties. Amherst dropped [...]
GM workers strike
DETROIT — In the end, the first nationwide strike against General Motors Corp. in 37 years came because the United Auto Workers want something that GM will find difficult to promise: Job security. UAW officials said the 73,000 UAW members who work at about 80 U.S. facilities for the nation’s largest automaker didn’t strike Monday [...]
Volleyball notes: Freshmen fitting right in at premier programs
It’s only natural for a sports fan to hear about a freshman getting lots of playing time and automatically thinking “traditionally weak program” or “rebuilding.” Well, there are three ninth-graders this fall who get big chunks of playing time with three teams — Elyria, Amherst and Keystone — that are the epitome of strength and [...]
‘Halo 3′ hits shelves
Gamers wait in line, plan day off to play shoot-’em-up ELYRIA — Please excuse my son from school today. He has “Halo 3” fever. It’s a plea many parents won’t dare utter to school officials today, but likely the reason behind at least some of the absences. After all, who can possibly think about school [...]
Police & court briefs: Sept. 25, 2007
Clearview teacher run over, police say SHEFFIELD TWP. — A Clearview teacher who went into the high school parking lot in hopes of averting a much-talked-about fight Friday afternoon ended up being struck by a vehicle driven by a 22-year-old Lorain man. Joel Gleason was hit by a car driven by Victor Smith, the older [...]
Attorney: Baby sitter says death accidental
LORAIN — The 21-year-old man charged with killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son said the boy was accidentally injured, his attorney said. Damien Hiley, 21, told police that he was baby-sitting Nicolas Shaw on Sept. 10 when the boy fell in two separate incidents, striking his head both times, according to attorney James Gay. “He told [...]
Girls tennis: Elyria Catholic wins sixth straight league title
AKRON — Elyria Catholic won two of the three singles championships and both doubles championships as the Panthers totaled 23 points to win their sixth straight North Coast League team championship at Hyre Park on Saturday. Junior Becky Mittler and sophomore Emily Mueller won the first and second singles titles in straight sets. Sophomores Morgan [...]