Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for January 20th, 2008
Steve Sucre
Steve Sucre, 88, of Avon, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home after a brief illness. Mr. Sucre was born March 19, 1919 in Palmer, Pennsylvania, son of the late Frank and Elizabeth (nee Hochreider) Sucre.
Steve was a US Army Veteran of WWII.
He leaves one sister, Betty Petras; one nephew, Paul (Karen) [...]
Roberta C. Rapose
Roberta C. Rapose (nee Gionet), passed away Friday, January 18, 2008 peacefully, after a lengthy illness at her home in Amherst, surrounded by her family.
Roberta was born in Shirley, Massachusetts, where she lived until relocating to Amherst in 1978.
After graduating from Ayer High School, she was employed by the George Frost Co. as a [...]
Girls basketball: Keystone clinches share of PAC title
LAGRANGE — You wouldn’t have believed it watching Keystone’s girls in the first half Saturday night. But the Wildcats pitched a shutout in the third quarter, allowed just one field goal the second half and clinched a share of the Patriot Athletic Conference basketball crown. Keystone (12-4, 9-2 PAC) turned in a [...]
Naomi May Pycraft
Naomi May Pycraft, 87, died January 18, 2008 at Welcome Nursing Home after a long illness. She was born May 9, 1920 in Lorain. She lived in the Pittsfield Township area for 61 years.
Naomi worked as an elementary school teacher in Lorain schools and then Lorain County and Kipton for 38 years before retiring in [...]
Marjorie E. Kazmierczak
Marjorie E. Kazmierczak, 93, of West Salem, died Friday, January 18, 2008 at the Hospice at the Inn in Medina. She was born June 3, 1914 in Pleasant Home, the daughter of William and Odella (Keefer) McVicker.
Marjorie was a homemaker all her life and also a hairdresser in Spencer and Grafton. She was a member [...]
Lavinia L. Hill
Lavinia L. Hill (nee Bell), 72, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Center Ridge Health Campus, North Ridgeville, following a long illness.
Mrs. Hill was born on March 17, 1935 in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. She raised her family in Granger Twp., Medina and had resided in New Philadelphia with her daughter for the [...]
Men’s college basketball: No. 6 Vols get measure of revenge against Buckeyes
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee thought about last season. Then the Volunteers put it behind them and gained some small revenge on Ohio State. The sixth-ranked Vols beat the Buckeyes 74-69 on Saturday, 10 months after the NCAA tournament regional semifinal in San Antonio which Ohio State won 85-84. “You try to [...]
James P. Stump
James P. Stump, 79, of Strongsville and formerly of Amherst, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2008 in Southwest General Hospital in Middleburg Hts. after a brief illness. He was born July 4, 1928 in Ingleside, West Virginia and had lived in Lorain County for over 30 years.
He attended Buckeye Christian Assembly in Medina and was [...]
Carol J. Flood
Carol J. Flood (nee Joy), 79, of Elyria, passed away Thursday evening, January 17, 2008 at Wesleyan Village in Elyria following a lengthy illness. She was born in Elyria on December 27, 1929.
She graduated from Elyria High School, Class of 1937 and remained a lifelong resident. Carol was a homemaker who enjoyed music and history.
She [...]
Dan Coughlin: Monsters defenseman relishes role as fighter
Mitch Love, a 23-year-old defenseman with the Lake Erie Monsters hockey team, knows how to plunk the heartstrings of a hockey fan’s heart. “It never hurts to drop the gloves at the ‘Q’ and get the fans riled up a little bit,” says the native Canadian with the bent nose. The Monsters have [...]