Archive for April, 2011
Lawrence B. Thudium
Lawrence B. Thudium, 87, of Wellington, died Saturday, April 23, 2011 at the New Life Hospice Saint Joseph Center in Lorain. Lawrence was born in Huntington on January 10, 1924 to the late Nile L. and Esther (nee Crile) Thudium. He lived his whole life in Wellington and was a graduate of Wellington High School. [...]
Rosalie A. Nielsen
Rosalie A. Nielsen (nee Rutkowski), 72, and a resident of Amherst, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011, at Cleveland Clinic following a brief illness. She was born August 6, 1938, in Cleveland. Rosalie was raised in Sheffield Village and lived there 31 years until her marriage to her late husband John D. Nielsen at which [...]
Opal N. Andress
Opal N. Andress, 88, of Wallace, West Virginia, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011, at United Hospital Center, following a brief illness. She was born March 25, 1923 in Rosedale, Braxton County, as the eldest daughter of the late Ruey Agnes Moyers. She was employed in the composing room of the Chronicle-Telegram, in Elyria, as [...]
Antonio “Tony” Gentile
Antonio “Tony” Gentile, 65, of Avon, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011 peacefully at home. He was formerly of Avon Lake. He was born September 15, 1945 in Crotone, Italy. Tony served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He graduated from the University of Akron and did some graduate study at Case [...]
Arthur Lee “Art” Wingard
Arthur Lee “Art” Wingard, 59, of South Bend, Indiana, formally of Elyria, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, in the St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka, Indiana, following a short illness. He was born in Goshen, Alabama and was a graduate of Elyria High School, the class of 1969. Mr. Wingard had been living in South [...]
The Dash Between: ‘Farmer Philosopher’ taught how to get the most out of life
Henry Schriver missed the funeral of fellow Grafton Township farmer Alfred DiVencenzo, who died in a farming accident at age 40 in 1971. Henry, who by that time had served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and president of the Belden School Board, felt he could better serve DiVencenzo’s widow by checking [...]
Elyria mayoral candidates answer your questions
Next Tuesday, Democratic and Republican voters in Elyria will head to the ballot box and narrow the pool of mayoral candidates from four to two – one Democrat and one Republican. Democratic challenger Holly Brinda is trying for the second time to unseat Mayor Bill Grace while Republican David Ursi Jr. hopes to best Ray [...]
NFL Draft: UNC’s Robert Quinn mighty talented but raw
The headaches came in the morning and at night, and the pain relievers did little to help. Then came the blackouts. The third one, while he was walking into the bathroom at home, sent the Quinns scurrying to the hospital. Just a couple of hours later, Robert Quinn, a senior at Fort Dorchester High School [...]
Indians: Fausto Carmona hit hard in loss to Twins
MINNEAPOLIS – With runners at the corners and one out in the fifth inning, Indians manager Manny Acta decided to have Fausto Carmona intentionally walk .319-hitting Jason Kubel to face Justin Morneau, who was playing for the first time in six games after a nasty bout with the flu. Acta expected his big right-hander to [...]
H.S. Track: Avon Lake has good day at Comet Relays
AMHERST — As the saying goes, there’s no place like home. The Richard Cooley Track of the rival Amherst Comets must have felt a little like home for Avon Lake on Saturday at the 56th annual Comet Relays. The Avon Lake boys finished third with 60 points behind defending champ Medina (92) and Brunswick (74) [...]
OSU Football: Jim Tressel pleased with spring progress
COLUMBUS — Camo-clad Jim Tressel declared Ohio State’s spring game a success while 44,276 scratched their heads trying to figure out the scoring system. “We had certain things we wanted to get done this spring and we got a lot of those done,” Tressel said. Each of the four quarterback candidates — Joe Bauserman, Taylor [...]
Mixed Martial Arts: Elyria’s Marcus Washington loses
ELYRIA — Garrett Sahene said it was all about the game plan. The Pittsburgh native fought through the boos from the partisan crowd and the solid striking of Elyria’s Marcus Washington to capture the lightweight championship at the Rocktagon Amateur Elite Series 5 event Saturday night. Sahene said he didn’t want any part of Washington’s [...]
Woman loses shirt in alleged heist
ELYRIA — A Norwalk woman who tried to steal steaks, clothes and other items from a Walmart Supercenter late Friday night wound up running from the store wearing only a bra above the waist after a store security employee took clothes off her that she was trying to take without paying for. Samantha L. Partin, [...]
Drinking water notices sent in Lorain
LORAIN — Residents have received notices from the city’s water department over the past few days to let them know any cloudy appearance to their drinking water is no cause for alarm. Once the cloudiness was first spotted, it was chlorinated, and samples were tested for the presence of any harmful bacteria. None was found, [...]
Ronald L. Phifer
Ronald L. Phifer, 59, of Elyria, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at his home, following a short illness. Mr. Phifer was born in Cleveland June 23, 1951 and lived in Elyria for most of his life. Mr. Phifer was a graduate of Midview High School. He was employed by M.T.D. Shiloh Division in Valley City, [...]
Zettie Maye Weekley
Zettie Maye Weekley (nee Proffitt), 76, of Lorain, passed away at her residence Thursday, April 21, 2011. Born in Kingwood, West Virginia, on October 6, 1934, she had been a resident of Lorain for more than 60 years. Survivors include her daughters, Joyce Pratt (Chuck) of North Ridgeville, and Patricia Kelly of Lorain; son, Terry [...]
Bruce Eugene Williams
Bruce Eugene Williams, 75, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph in Lorain following a brief illness. Bruce was born in Elyria on November 23, 1935 and was a life long resident. He graduated from Elyria High School in 1954, after which he served in the U.S. [...]
Arthur Lee “Art” Wingard
Arthur Lee “Art” Wingard, 59, of South Bend, Indiana, formally of Elyria, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, in the St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka, Indiana, following a short illness. He was born in Goshen, Alabama and was a graduate of Elyria High School, the class of 1969. Mr. Wingard had been living in South [...]
Catherine C. Sprague
Catherine C. Sprague (nee Weiss), 68, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born July 11, 1942 in Cleveland and was a Lorain area resident for most of her life. Catherine enjoyed gardening and loved her dogs. Survivors [...]
Lori Ann Workman
Lori Ann Workman (nee Conley), 37, and a resident of Elyria, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2011 at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, following a three month battle with cancer. She was born November 3, 1973 in Sistersville, West Virginia. Lori was raised, attended school, and lived in Elyria. Lori’s focus in life was caring [...]
Mary L. Kmieciak
Mary L. Kmieciak (nee Hickman), 83, and a resident of Amherst, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Keystone Pointe in LaGrange, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 5, 1928, in New Brighton, Pennsylvania where she was raised. South Amherst was her home from 1969, until moving to Amherst in 1971. Mary took [...]
Steve J. Speckhart
Steve J. Speckhart, 91, a lifelong resident of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at New Life Hospice after a long illness. He was born September 2, 1919 in Lorain, to the late John and Theresa (nee Galler) Speckhart. Steve enlisted in the United Sates Army on March 20, 1942 in Fort Benjamin, Indiana. [...]
Roger J. Palco
Roger J. Palco, 65, of North Ridgeville, passed away at his home Wednesday, April 20, 2011, following a short illness. He was born in Lorain, having moved to North Ridgeville in 1968. Mr. Palco worked at BASF Chemical in Elyria the past 46 years, most recently in the Waste Water Management Department. He was an [...]
Antonio “Tony” Gentile
Antonio “Tony” Gentile, 65, of Avon, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011. Arrangements will be announced by the Busch Funeral Home, Avon Lake.
Charles E. Brubaker, Jr.
Charles E. Brubaker, Jr., 63, of Elyria, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at University Hospital in Cleveland. Mr. Brubaker was born in Dunbar, Pennsylvania on May 16, 1947 and lived in Elyria for most of his life. He served with the United States Army where he received the National Defense Service Medal with two Overseas [...]