Archive for May, 2011
Nancy Kathryne Heller
Nancy Kathryne Heller (nee Hukill), age 81 of North Ridgeville passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at University Hospital, Cleveland following a suddenly illness. Arrangements will be announced by David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Thomas A. Kelly Jr. DDS
Thomas A. Kelly Jr., 92, of Elyria passed away Saturday May 14, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, folllowing a brief illness. Family will recieve friends Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 4:30 to 6:30 at Laubenthal Mercado Funeral Home, 38475 Chestnut Ridge Rd. (St Rt. 57) Elyria, 322-4626. Further arrangements [...]
Frank E. Linn
Frank E. Linn, 87 years of age and a long time resident of Lorain passed away Sunday morning, May 15. 2011 following and lengthy illness. Frank was born April 4, 1924 in Amherst where he was raised and graduated from Central High School in the class of 1943. In 1950 He moved to Lorain where [...]
James J. Marshall
James J. Marshall, 80, of Lorain, died Sunday May 15, 2011 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain after a long illness. He was born February 15, 1931 in Lorain and had been a lifelong Lorain area resident. Jim graduated from Lorain High School in 1949. He served with the US Navy during the Korean [...]
Yolanda “Lanny” I. McKenna
Yolanda “Lanny” I. McKenna (nee Repak), 64, of North Ridgeville, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born May 16, 1946 in Cleveland. Mrs. McKenna had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1977. She was a homemaker. Mrs. McKenna was an avid bingo player. She also [...]
Martha A. Shandorsky
Martha A. Shandorsky, 84, of Elyria, passed away quietly on Saturday, May 14, 2011 in her home. She was born March 20, 1927 in Avon to Sepherinus Peter and Clara (nee Linden) Smith. Martha worked for 18 years at Lorain County Human Services as a Social Worker until her retirement. She was a member of [...]
Vermilion cops seize 9 pounds of mailed marijuana
VERMILION — Police to marijuana dealers: hold the mustard. Despite being covered with mustard, sealed plastic bags addressed to a Vermilion residence containing nine pounds of marijuana were detected by police dogs, said police Detective Stephen Davis. He said the seizure was the biggest for marijuana by Vermilion police since he joined the department in [...]
Henry F. Ross, Jr.
Henry F. Ross, Jr., 61, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011 at St. John Medical Center, Westlake, following a long illness. Born in Huntington, West Virginia he had been a resident of Ohio for the past 40 years. He had worked as a machinist for Joy Mining Machinery which is a division [...]
Keith Elmer Bligh
Keith Elmer Bligh, 82, of Oberlin, passed away EMH Healthcare Friday, May 13, 2011. He was born June 1, 1928 in Penfield Twp. He was a 1946 graduate of Penfield High and served two years in the United States Army. He worked for Grafton Mill, Columbia gas, Parson’s & Smith Dairy until he retired. He [...]
Robert J. Sidley
Robert J. Sidley, 53, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2011 at his home, following a long illness. He was born July 1, 1957 in Elyria and was a lifelong LaGrange resident. Bob was formerly a self employed general contractor, a member of the former Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Elyria, a 1975 Keystone [...]
James E. Lee
James E. Lee, 65, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2011 following a brief illness. He was born February 21, 1946 in Jackson, Mississippi to Carnelia and Odell Lee. He graduated from Brinkley High School in Jackson and attended Jackson State University. He came to Lorain in 1964 and was employed at U.S. Steel/Kobe [...]
Michael James Casella, Jr.
Michael James Casella, Jr., 64, of Lorain, passed away suddenly Friday, April 29, 2011 in Patterson, New Jersey. He was born in Lackawanna, New York on June 11, 1946 and had lived in Lorain for the past 43 years. Michael grew up and graduated from High School in Ellicotville, New York. He was employed as [...]
Donald C. Thrall
Donald C. Thrall, 76, of North Ridgeville and formerly of Westlake, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Arrangements by Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria.
Carl A. Watkins, Jr.
Carl A. Watkins Jr., 81, of Elyria, died Saturday, May 7, 2011. Arrangements by Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria.
High school baseball: Sittinger lifts Keystone past Elyria Catholic
PENFIELD – Even Mother Nature couldn’t prevent Brandon Sittinger from his appointed rounds on the baseball diamond Saturday afternoon in a Division III sectional final at Community Park. A brief delay at the start of the game and a half-hour lightning delay later didn’t keep Sittinger from turning in a dominating performance in Keystone’s 3-0 [...]
High school baseball: Wellington ousts another top seed on way to sectional title
WELLINGTON – Solid pitching, terrific defense and a couple of long balls from Jon Willis propelled the Wellington Dukes to a 3-1 win over Northwestern in a Division III sectional final Saturday. That much was obvious. What’s driving the Dukes might not be so apparent. The win over the third-seeded Huskies comes on the heels [...]
Scott Petrak: Excitement, hope keep building for Indians
CLEVELAND – Travis Hafner’s two-run rocket over the 400-foot sign in center field Friday night did more than beat former Tribe manager Eric Wedge and the Seattle Mariners. It brought back memories of the magical 1990s. It further energized a fan base slowly but surely re-embracing its Tribe. It added buzz to the downtown streets [...]
Indians’ Carmona starting to look like his old self again
CLEVELAND – The Indians have been waiting for Fausto Carmona to return to the form he displayed as a Cy Young candidate in 2007. Manager Manny Acta thinks Carmona has just about arrived. “He has turned the corner and matured a lot,” Acta said of the 27-year-old right-hander, who is 3-3 with a 3.94 ERA [...]
Columbia hit by floods
COLUMBIA TWP. – Rain hammered Columbia Township on Saturday afternoon, flooding roads, homes and the Columbia Branch Library. Township Trustee Dale Rundle estimated that about 3 inches of rain pounded down in the span of a couple of hours. “The trouble is there’s no place for the water to go,” he said. “I live on [...]
Postal food drive nets 33,000 pounds
ELYRIA – Postal carriers picked up more than the mail Saturday in Lorain County – they gathered food for the homeless as part of the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. But despite the hard work of the U.S. Postal Service, the results were disappointing in Elyria, which only brought in about half of what [...]
Official fires worker, longtime friend
ELYRIA – Lorain County Commissioner Lori Kokoski fired her longtime administrative assistant on Friday. Both Kokoski and Shari Pena, who had worked for Kokoski since she first took office in 2005, declined to detail exactly what led to the termination. “We didn’t agree on things and couldn’t come to a resolution, and I had to [...]
Elyria East Little League names building after Cooper Hudnutt
ELYRIA – A new field house slated to be built next year at Elyria East Little League’s Wittenberg Avenue baseball complex will be named in honor of A. Cooper Hudnutt, the publisher of The Chronicle-Telegram who died in November. Kevin Brubaker, the league’s president, said Hudnutt and the newspaper were heavily involved in supporting the [...]
Man apparently attempts suicide at Lorain jail
LORAIN – A Lorain man was taken to the hospital Saturday for a mental health evaluation after he began tying his T-shirt around his neck while a prisoner at the Lorain City Jail. Thomas Jackson, 32, was arrested Saturday on charges of disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct by intoxication after a motorist found him [...]
High school tennis: Forget seed, Avon Lake doubles team excited about district challenge
OBERLIN – Last season, Avon Lake’s Ben Troyer teamed up with senior Nick Trzeciak right before the Division I sectional tournament and won the championship as an unseeded team. This season as a senior, Troyer will be getting back to the district tournament, but on a slightly different path. Troyer and sophomore Greg Miller, who [...]
High school softball notes: Columbia rolling at the right time
All of a sudden, it seems, Columbia’s young Raiders are 15-2 and own one of the best records in the area. Some softball fans are surprised. They had doubts after batterymates Jen Solanics and Emily Nagle graduated last spring. They were key to the Raiders’ 21-7 record and drive to a Division III district final. [...]