June 19, 2013

George B. Moore

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George B. Moore, 83, went home to be with his Lord Sunday, June 3, 2012, following a lengthy illness. He was born September 27, 1928, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and had been a resident of Elms Retirement Village in Wellington. George served in the United States Army in the Korean Conflict, and spent time in [...]

Nathan A. “Nate” Eden

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Nathan A. “Nate” Eden, 60, passed away suddenly on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at his home. Nate was born July 23, 1951, in Lorain, to his parents, Obert and Mary V. (nee Taylor) Eden. Nate graduated from Elyria High School, in the class of 1969. He enlisted in the National Guard in November 1969, and [...]

Eilene B. White

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Eilene B. White (nee Celaschi), 77, of Olmsted Falls, passed away Monday, June 4, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. The love of her life for 35 years, John Horsfall; loving mother of Patricia (Ralph) Bechtold, Daniel, John (Zulma), Susan (Brian) Robinson, Karen Miller and Teresa Kappele; cherished grandmother of 13; great grandmother of five; [...]

Patricia Ann Stermole

Patricia Ann Stermole (nee McCrystal), 89 of Elyria, formerly of Olmsted Falls, passed away Friday, June 8, 2012, at the Life Care Center of Elyria. She was born February 16, 1923 in Dearborn, Michigan and moved to Northeast Ohio when she was two years old. She was a graduate of Collinwood High School in Cleveland [...]

Milton E. Walters

Milton E. Walters, 90, of Grafton, passed away Friday, June 8, 2012, at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Elyria, 440-322-4626.

Nathan Williams, Jr.

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Nathan Williams, Jr., 75, of Lorain, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at home, surrounded by family. He was born Thursday, March 11, 1937 in Whitfield, Alabama, to the late Margaret and Nathan Williams, Sr. He moved with his family to Lorain when he was 16. After nearly 44 years of [...]

Indians shut out for first time this season, fall 2-0 to Cardinals

ST. LOUIS — Manager Manny Acta had reason to smile, even after his Cleveland Indians lost 2-0 to the St. Louis Cardinals. Cleveland made it to game 58 without getting blanked, leaving the Detroit Tigers as the lone team in the major leagues that hasn’t been shut out. Last year, the Indians were blanked 15 [...]

No wilt in Heat: Miami, LeBron James finish strong, beat Celtics to return to NBA Finals

MIAMI — LeBron James finally got a Game 7 victory, on his third try. Next up, the NBA Finals — and his third try at that elusive first championship. A year after watching someone else celebrate on their home floor, the Miami Heat were the ones dancing at midcourt. James had 31 points and 12 [...]

Forget Triple Crown, Union Rags provides plenty of excitement with down-to-the-wire win in Belmont

NEW YORK — Union Rags picked up right where I’ll Have Another left off, coming from behind to catch a Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race. In Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, it was another photo finish decided by a neck. Just like the Preakness. The 3-year-old bay colt barreled through a [...]

French Open: Sharapova completes career Grand Slam with first major title since 2008

PARIS — Sidelined in 2008 by a right shoulder that needed surgery, putting her tennis future suddenly in doubt, Maria Sharapova decided to use the free time to study a new language, the one spoken at the only Grand Slam tournament she had yet to win. “I found a French school close to my house,” [...]