Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for January 7th, 2008
Elizabeth L. Miller
Elizabeth L. Miller, 86, of Wooster, died Sunday, January 6, 2008, at Wooster Community Hospital.
Born October 5, 1921, in Kingston, she was the daughter of Fred and Margaret Greene Lott.
She had sold Avon products for many years, played the organ and sang in church choirs. She was an avid bridge player and O.S.U. fan. [...]
Darlene C. Klingenmeier
Darlene C. Klingenmeier (nee Ehrlich), 71, of Amherst, died at her residence Sunday, January 6, 2008, following an 18-month illness with lung cancer.
She was born in Lorain, December 22, 1936, and was a 1954 graduate of Clearview High School.
In 1954 she won the local beauty contest "Miss Vacationland" which had contestants from Lorain, Erie, [...]
Agnes C. Allegretto
Agnes C. Allegretto (nee Myslinski), 88, of Amherst, died at Community Health Partners, Lorain, on Monday, January 7, 2008, after a 10-month illness.
Mrs. Allegretto was born in Johnsonburg, Pa., November 16, 1919. She attended schools and worked in Johnsonburg.
During World War II she was employed an an assembler at Stackpole Inc. in Johnsonburg. [...]
Warm weather breaks a record
It feels like spring but you better enjoy it while you can. At 2 p.m., the temperature at Cleveland Hopkins was 64 degrees setting a record. Normal highs for the date are a chilly 33 degrees.
The old high for this date was set in 1907. Wintery conditions will start working back [...]
Area hospitals merge long-term services
The county’s largest healthcare systems announced Monday that they’ll be merging their long-term, acute-care services into one already-existing acute-care facility at Amherst Hospital.
Officials from EMH Regional Medical Center, Community Health Partners and Grace Hospital – a nonprofit facility at EMH’s [...]
Suicide triggers jailers suspension
A Grafton Correctional Institution corrections officer has been suspended in the wake of an inmate’s suicide.
Officer Jorge Ruiz was placed on administrative leave Friday after questions surrounding the Dec. 30 hanging death of inmate Earl Elswick reached the prison’s warden, said Andrea Dean, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of [...]
A. Margaret “Peg” Bearsley
Peg Bearsley, 71, of Carlisle Twp., died Monday, December 31, 2007 at Eliza Jennings Home in Cleveland. She was born, March 13, 1936 in Birkenhead, England, and had been a resident of Carlisle Twp. for the past 30 years.
She enjoyed traveling with her husband Philip (deceased 2001). [...]
Eugene E. Peters
Eugene E. Peters, 70, of LaGrange, died Saturday at his home following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.
Curtis L. Garn
Curtis L. Garn, 15, of Oberlin, died January 4, 2008 at Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin from injuries sustained after being hit by an automobile. He was born May 9, 1992 in Oberlin and was a lifelong Oberlin resident. Curtis was a freshman at Oberlin [...]
David William Leiby
David William Leiby, 56, of Huntington, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin. He was born in Oberlin on June 16, 1951 to Robert William and Juanita Irene McQuate Leiby and had attended Black River Schools. He had resided in the [...]