May 18, 2013

Kathleen M. (Dommin) Schwinn

Kathleen M. (Dommin) Schwinn, 90, of Valley City, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, August 16, 2012. Kathleen was born August 1, 1922 in Fayette, Tennessee to the late Fenton and Mary Lou Walker. She has resided in Medina County for many years. Kathleen was a homemaker and enjoyed being with her family. She [...]

Robert F. Toth

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Robert F. Toth, of Lorain, was born August 12, 1950, and, at age 61, died Sunday, August 5, 2012, from sinus cancer, at New Life Hospice, in Lorain. He lived most of his adult life in Daytona Beach, Florida. He lived in China for four years, teaching English. This is where Robert met his wife, [...]

Clyde Hazlett

Clyde Hazlett, 84, of Wellington, died Friday, August 17, 2012, at his home after a short illness. He was born in Lucas and lived most of his life in Wellington. He worked for Lorain Medina Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. for 37 years and retired in 1990. Survivors include his loving wife of 65 years, Lola [...]

Frederick O. “Fritz” Bauer

Frederick O. “Fritz” Bauer, 81, of Elyria, former co-owner of the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home in Elyria, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012, at the Lifecare Center of Elyria, following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced in Sunday’s edition.

Leo J. Wohlever, Jr.

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Leo J. Wohlever Jr., 83, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Elyria on November 8, 1928 and had been a resident of North Ridgeville for most of his life. Leo served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army in the [...]

Clifford E. Siegert

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Clifford E. Siegert, 78, of Elyria, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2012, at The Ames Family Hospice House in Westlake. He was born July 24, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. Clifford was a Redford High School and Wayne State University graduate, and served in the U.S. Army. He moved to the Avon area in 1963, and [...]

Dorothy M. Banks

Dorothy M. Banks (nee Klingbeil), 96 years and a resident of Amherst, died Thursday, August 16, 2012 at EMH Healthcare, after a short illness. Dorothy was born in Cleveland on May 11, 1916 to the late George and Margaret (nee Leonard) Klingbeil. For the past 73 years she has been an Amherst resident. Dorothy spent [...]

Ronald Gerald “Jerry” Parrack

Ronald Gerald “Jerry” Parrack, was born in Barrackville, West Virginia, on August 3, 1937, and passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2012, after a lengthy illness. He was 75 years old. He graduated from Barrackville High School in Barrackville, West Virginia, class of 1956. He moved to the Elyria area in 1958, then moved to [...]

Judge grants chase driver early release

ELYRIA — The Lorain man shot by North Ridgeville police officers in 2010 after he tried to run them down with a car will be released early to the Lorain/Medina Community Based Correctional Facility, a judge ruled Friday. Jeffrey Phillips, who was serving a four-year prison term, told Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge [...]

Wrongful death lawsuit filed in bear mauling

ELYRIA — Brent Kandra’s mother has sued the estate of exotic animal owner Sam Mazzola and the owner of his Columbia Township compound over the fatal mauling of her son by one of Mazzola’s bears two years ago. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, asks for more than $50,000 in damages [...]