Miriam Brasse, 79, of Spencer Township, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina.
She was born in Penfield to Wilferd and Grace L. Breyley Browand. She married Wilbert Brasse on Nov. 2, 1949, and was a lifetime resident of the Penfield and Spencer areas. Miriam was a surgical [...]

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Timothy Burke, 53, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
He was the beloved brother of Patrick (Margaret), Therese Gallagher (Anthony), Mike (Stella), Mary (Rick) Riccardi, Ann and Eileen (Jim) Waite; uncle of 22; great-uncle of 19; and nephew of Sr. Genevieve O’Malley C.S.J., Robert, Dorothy Elliott, Jack, Tom, Margie Primer, Mary Glovan, Rita Farkas and Fr. [...]

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Marie D. Englehart, 87, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at Medina General Hospital.
She was born in Cleveland on July 22, 1921, to Paul and Lillian (nee Gerhan) Hackbarth. Marie worked for Grabowski Music Co. as a Bookkeeper. She enjoyed bowling, was an avid Cleveland Indians and Browns fan and liked [...]

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Janet Elsie Favri, 85, of Medina, passed away Friday, April 17, 2009, in Medina.
She was born July 28, 1923, in Elyria to Clyde and Lucille (nee Coomer) Dague. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Albert and Bertha Broadsword of Litchfield Township. Mrs. Favri was a homemaker, wife and devoted grandmother. She [...]

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Richard Lee “Butch” Fuller passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at his home after a long battle with cancer.
He was born Nov. 26, 1944, at Medina General Hospital. Butch was the only one of the four children in his family to be born in a hospital. He was a 1963 graduate of Brunswick [...]

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Allison Wood | The Gazette
COLUMBUS — Ohio drivers may soon be able to purchase a commemorative license plate that would help purchase simulation equipment for teenage driving programs like the one started by Ray Sanderbeck last year at Medina High School.
If passed by the Ohio General Assembly, House Bill 133 would give a portion of [...]

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George A. Hutchinson, 70, of Brunswick, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, at Southwest General Health Center.
He was born Aug. 12, 1938, in Cleveland and was a tool and die maker for Ford Motor Co. George enjoyed fishing, crafts, reading and watching sports. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife of 46 years, [...]

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David Matthews Palamountain, 75, left us Friday, April 17, 2009, after a 14-year battle with cancer.
He was born in Ware, Mass., and earned degrees in business and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He married his loving wife, Nancy, in 1957 and was a devoted husband and an inspiration to his children [...]

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John Gladden | The Gazette
CHATHAM TWP. — With its brick walls, twin porches, arched windows and green shutters, Anne Melfo and Doug Fawcett’s 1880 cross-gabled Victorian farmhouse looks like it belongs in a storybook.
After a decade of restoration, every inch of their 129-year-old home tells a story — from the painstakingly refinished hickory floor in [...]

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Rick Noland
The Gazette
INDEPENDENCE — Confident? Definitely. Overconfident? Not a chance.
The roles will be drastically reversed from 2006 and ’07 when the Cavaliers open a best-of-seven playoff series against the Detroit Pistons today at Quicken Loans Arena, but Cleveland players and coaches are not taking their eighth-seeded opponent lightly.
“It doesn’t do them justice, with the talent [...]

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