Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for March 10th, 2008
Gary R. Ball
Gary R. Ball, 69, of Wadsworth, died Saturday, March 8, 2008. He was born June 29, 1938, in Genoa, W.Va., to the late Walter and Adeline Ball.
Mr. Ball was a veteran of the Marine Corps, was a member of Veterans [...]
Bed shooting trial begins; Prosecutor: Wife asked about life insurance policy
ELYRIA — The Avon woman accused of shooting her estranged husband four times while he slept was the beneficiary on his $500,000 life insurance plan, prosecutors said.
During the first day of Pamela Carrasquillo’s trial on an attempted murder charge, Assistant County Prosecutor Sherry Glass told the jury the defendant sought out [...]
Former N.R. worker gets 4 years for rape
ELYRIA — Former North Ridgeville sewer worker Charles Ralston was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after being convicted of raping a co-worker when they were alone at the French Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in June 2006.
Charles Ralston, 36, showed no emotion when he was convicted and sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Edward [...]
Eileen Brandal
Eileen Brandal, 83, of Leesburg, Ga., and formerly of Elyria, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga.
She was born January 5, 1925, in Angola, Ind., and graduated from Monroeville High School in [...]
Edmund Witbeck Jr.
Edmund Witbeck Jr., 80, of Carlisle Township, died Saturday, March 8, 2008, at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness. He was born February 29, 1928 in Elyria, and was a lifelong township resident.
Mr. Witbeck was a bus driver for [...]
Dorrell Pitts
Dorrell Pitts, 79, of Wellington, died Sunday, March 9, 2008, at Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin.
He was born May 23, 1928, in Oberlin to Fred N. and Vernona (nee Cowie) Pitts. Dorrell was a 1946 graduate of Wellington High School.
Dorrell was [...]
Donald L. Storrow
Donald L. Storrow, 85, of Wellington, died Monday, March 10, 2008, at Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin, following a lengthy illness.
He was born January 29, 1923, in Wellington to the late Lynn and Mildred (nee Johnson) Storrow.
Donald was a truck driver for [...]
Delores June Balkin
Delores June Balkin, 85, of Ashland, passed away Sunday morning, March 9, 2008, at Ashland Samaritan Hospital after a short illness. She was a resident of Brethren Care Village for nine months.
Born February 13, 1923, in Oberlin, Ms. Balkin was [...]
Charles H. McCartney
Charles H. McCartney, 87, of Lorain, died unexpectedly Friday, March 7, 2008, at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Schwartz, Spence, Boyer & Cool Home For Funerals, 1124 W. Fifth St., Lorain.
Brenda Lee Suggs
Brenda Lee Suggs (nee Hoffman), 50, of Bronson, Fla., and formerly of Sheffield Lake, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2008, at Shands University Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., following a lengthy illness.
She was born January 30, 1958, in Akron and had been a longtime resident of Lorain. She was employed [...]