Archive for October 2nd, 2007
Arthur K. Dawson
Arthur K. Dawson, 74, of Grafton, died Monday, October 1, 2007 at the New Life Center of St. Joseph following a 10 year battle with prostate cancer. He was born July 14, 1933 in Elyria, and lived all his life in Lorain County. He served in the U.S. Army for two years during the Korean [...]
Carl E. Gunder
Carl E. Gunder, 58, of rural Ashland, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Med-Central of Mansfield. Mr. Gunder was born June 28, in Elyria to the late Roger and Anna (Wissinger) Gunder. He had been a resident of Ashland Co. the past seven years and was an over the road truck driver. Mr. Gunder [...]
Clarence Williams, Jr.
Clarence Williams, Jr., 53, of Elyria, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Brown-Robinson Funeral Home, Elyria.
Elizabeth T. “Betty” Jones
Elizabeth T. "Betty" Jones (nee Marshall), 92, of Carlsbad, NM and formerly of Lorain died Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at Lakeview Nursing Home in Carlsbad after a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, Lorain.
Ernestine Burnette Cook
Ernestine Burnette Cook, 84, of Lorain, passed away Monday, October 1, 2007 at the Golden Acres Nursing Home in Amherst, following a lengthy illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel of Sheffield Township.
Faye Brady
Faye Brady, 67, of Crossville, TN, and formerly North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, October 1, 2007, at Cumberland Medical Center, Crossville, following a long illness. She was born in Gans, PA and had been a resident of Crossville for the past four years moving from North Ridgeville where she had lived since 1955. Faye had [...]
Mary Elizabeth Keller
Mary Elizabeth Keller, 95 (nee Snyder), of Elyria and formerly of Lorain, died on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at the Wesleyan Village in Elyria following a brief illness. Mrs. Keller was born in Lorain on October 8, 1911, the daughter of the late Custer and Beatrice (Heath) Snyder. She was a direct descendant of Gen. [...]
Pauline H. Kurtz
Pauline H. Kurtz, 87, of Wellington, passed away Monday, October 1, 2007 at the Elm’s Nursing Home in Wellington. She was born in New Bethlehem, PA on January 25, 1920 to John and Mary McCloda Hensel and had resided in the Wellington area most of her life. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, life on [...]
Phillip L. Puffer
Phillip L. Puffer, 82, of Elyria died suddenly Monday, October 1, 2007, at his home. He was born September 7, 1925 in Conneaut, OH. Mr. Puffer was a former manager of both J.C. Penny and Robrt Hall Clothing Stores. He and his first wife, Bernadine started Puffer’s Floral Shoppe in 1968. Mr. Puffer was a [...]
Roy E. Griffith
Roy E. Griffith, 84, formerly of Elyria, died Monday, October 1, 2007 at Gaymont Nursing Center in Norwalk. He was born September 23, 1923 in Webbville, KY and attended Morehead College. He resided in Elyria from 1948 until moving to Norwalk in 2000. He served as a medic with the U.S. Army during World War [...]
William Ellis McMullen
William Ellis McMullen, 98, of LaGrange, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at the Elms Nursing Home, Wellington after a short illness. He was born March 23, 1909 in Conneaut. He worked as an inspector for Bendix Westinghouse in Elyria retiring in 1972. William also worked part time at Pheasant Run Golf Course. He served in [...]
Lorain man convicted of murder in beating death
Anthony Sandoval, 38, was found guilty today of murder and felonious assault in the July 16, 2006, beating death of David Conti. County Common Pleas Judge James Burge said Sandoval’s defense attorneys failed to prove that Conti was responsible for the rage that Sandoval had built up that led to him attacking Conti as he [...]
Closerphobia: Indians’ Borowski gets job done, but not without making everyone sweat
CLEVELAND — Symptoms can vary but usually include: sweaty palms, an irregular heartbeat and mild indigestion. Joe Borowski’s appearances can be downright sickening for Indians fans. Although Cleveland’s closer led the league with a career-high 45 saves, very few were of the 1-2-3 variety for the AL Central champions. More times than not, Borowski put [...]
Yankees notes: Matsui probable DH against Tribe
UNION CITY, N.J. — Hideki Matsui will likely be a designated hitter when the New York Yankees open the playoffs Thursday at Cleveland. Matsui hit just .185 in September with two homers and 12 RBIs and had fluid drained from his right knee on Sunday in New York. Yankees manager Joe Torre said Monday that [...]
Rockies pull off improbable rally, beat Padres for final playoff spot
DENVER — In a season that needed an extra day, Matt Holliday and the Colorado Rockies needed extra innings to pull off the most dramatic comeback yet. Holliday raced home on Jamey Carroll’s shallow fly ball, capping a stunning, three-run rally in the 13th inning against Trevor Hoffman and leading the Rockies over the San [...]
Browns’ confidence growing after two big wins
BEREA — The beginning was supposed to be the end of the Browns. Three division home games and a trip to the West Coast in September were believed to be too much for coach Romeo Crennel and his team to survive. But after home upsets of the high-powered Bengals and defensive-minded Ravens — the last [...]
Browns notes: Tucker’s back, but where will he play?
BEREA — Offensive line coach Steve Marshall walked into the locker room Monday to catch up with an old friend he hadn’t seen in a while. “What’s up, dog?” Marshall said. “It’s good to see you. You ready to go?” “Yes, sir,” said Ryan Tucker, coming off a four-game suspension for testing positive for steroids. [...]
Weather can’t keep fans from rally outside the Jake
CLEVELAND — October baseball is back in Cleveland, and Indians fans are wasting no time getting ready for the dreaded New York Yankees. Hundreds of fans attended a rain-soaked rally Monday outside Jacobs Field to celebrate the Indians’ first postseason appearance since 2001. JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE Indians fan Preston Olson, 12, of Avon, gets [...]
Haunted House bedeviled by fire code
VERMILION — After 23 years in the same location, operators of the Vermilion Haunted Schoolhouse are now running a haunted schoolyard after learning state fire codes prevent them from operating indoors. JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE Jonathan Halliday, director of the Vermilion Haunted Schoolhouse. Moments after opening for its 34th season late last week, volunteers were [...]
Vote angers Wellington school chief
WELLINGTON — Superintendent Victor Cardenzana said Monday he is angry about a no-confidence vote approved Sunday by more than 100 teachers and nonteaching staff. Cardenzana And don’t get him started about allegations that he misappropriated funds from a permanent improvement levy. That’s slanderous, he said. He pointed out that the expenditures from the 3.94-mill permanent [...]
Cavs missing important pieces as training camp opens
INDEPENDENCE — Anderson Varejao was back in Brazil, Sasha Pavlovic was home in Serbia and Eric Snow was preparing for a trip to the operating table. That’s a lot more news than usually comes out of the Cavaliers’ annual media day, but none of that dampened the enthusiasm as the defending Eastern Conference champions opened [...]
Governor stumps for mayor hopefuls
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland hit the campaign trail Monday night, stumping for mayoral candidates at fundraisers in Lorain and Sheffield. In Lorain, Strickland told a hundreds of fellow Democrats that mayoral candidate and City Councilman Tony Krasienko understands what’s important to voters and residents — like sewers that work, education and working together to create [...]
Odds and ends from Strickland’s visit
The death penalty Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said Monday that legal challenges to lethal injection in the federal courts that reach the U.S. Supreme Court have effectively put a halt to executions for the time being. “Given the circumstances, I don’t think there’s likely to be an execution in Ohio for some time,” he said. [...]
Council to consider fire audit
ELYRIA — Elyria firefighters want city officials to hire an independent auditor to examine the Fire Department’s operations and determine whether it is, as Elyria Mayor Bill Grace has said, adequately structured to meet the city’s emergency needs. Elyria Assistant Fire Chief Robert Dempsey said an objective analysis by an outside agency could eliminate the [...]
Despite pleas, coal-fired power OK’d in Oberlin
OBERLIN — In a compromise that made no one happy, Oberlin City Council voted 4-to-3 Monday to commit to purchasing power from a new coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio. Community members made impassioned pleas for Council to back away from the 40-year commitment to coal because of the carbon imprint on the environment and [...]