Archive for December, 2012
Kathleen Ann Jacobs
Kathleen Ann Jacobs (nee Peters), age 82, of Brunswick, passed away Friday, December 28, 2012, at Southwest General Hospital, after a brief illness.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Carlson Funeral Home. A full obituary will be published Wednesday, January 2, 2013.
Kathleen Ann Wittstock
Kathleen Ann Wittstock, 72, of Medina, passed into the arms of her Savior Tuesday, December 25, 2012, after a brief struggle with cancer. She was born May 13, 1940 in Warren, Ohio, to the late Ivor and Marjorie (Cope) Storry.
Kathleen taught elementary students in the Parma and Westlake School Systems and substituted for the Medina …Read More
Anne C. Spinelli
Anne C. Spinelli, 69, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2012 in Titusville, Florida. Ann was a long time resident of Ohio, living in Lodi and then Wooster.
She taught kindergarten for 34 years in North Olmsted, Cloverleaf and Westfield Township schools. After retirement, Ann became actively involved at the Wilderness Center and her church, St. Stephen’s …Read More
Ruth L. Schneider
Ruth L. Schneider, age 90, passed away Friday, December 28, 2012. She was born December 29, 1921 in Cleveland, to the late James and Mary (Kraus) Brine.
Ruth was a former cafeteria manager for the Medina City School System. She was a member of the Medina Eagles Auxiliary and Medina V.F.W. Post #5137. Ruth served her …Read More
Joseph Paul Griffor
Joseph Paul Griffor, age 48, passed away Christmas Day. He was born July 18, 1964 in Parma, to Nicholas III and Joyce Griffor.
He was a welder by trade and a licensed building inspector. He married Dawn Jackson and they had a daughter, Heather (deceased).
He is survived by a granddaughter, Tara, who is 10. He married …Read More
Litchfield Township cold case added to state database
MEDINA — An unsolved homicide in Litchfield Township is now on a state database of more than 1,000 cold cases.
The Medina County Sheriff’s office submitted the unsolved homicide of Glenn W. Griffin Sr., who was found May 29, 2002, dead from a gunshot wound in his home on Avon Lake Road, in Litchfield Township.
Griffin, who …Read More
Longtime Medina shop closing
Public Square’s Gramercy Gallery will close end of January
Tough Mudder event moving to Mansfield
The Tough Mudder obstacle course competition — billed as “one of the toughest events on the planet” — is moving to Mansfield.
Corey Chislow, 21, of Seville, will be going, too.
“Yeah, I’m planning on doing it,” the Bowling Green State University student said Sunday.
Chislow completed the course in about three hours and twenty minutes when the …Read More
PUBLIC MEETINGS: Dec. 31, 2012
Today
Hinckley Township trustees, regular meeting followed by organizational work session,
9 a.m., township administration building, 1410 Ridge Road.
Liverpool Township trustees, special meeting to conduct year-end business, 10:30 a.m., township office, 6801 School St., Valley City.
Spencer Township trustees, annual settlement meeting, 8 a.m., township office 112 N. Main St., Spencer.
Westfield Center Village Council, year-end meeting, 6:30 p.m., …Read More
Tonya Lyon
Tonya Lyon, 43, of Medina, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012. She was born October 17, 1969 in Homerville.
She was the beloved wife of Joseph W. Lyon III; loving mother of Bryan M. Gregory, Michael B. Lister, Skye M. Lyon and Joey Lyon IV; dear daughter of Michael and Arlene (Parker) Lister; dearest sister of …Read More