Grafton News

Karen Faye Buchanan , 63, of Sparta, Wisconsin, , passed away Friday, May 25, 2012 in Rochester, Minnesota.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Elyria, 440-322-4626.

Lucky, a 7-year-old dairy cow, had been walking with a limp for several weeks when veterinarian Sara Gilbertson was called.

Nancy Lea Sparks , 73, of Grafton and Elyria, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at her home, following a short illness.

Here's a roundup of links to Avon's top stories last week. Did you miss any? Have a news tip? Send it to Lori.Switaj@patch.com Soto Birthday Blood Drive Set For Monday A A A A A A The Pete Soto Birthday Blood Drive will be held Monday from 3-8 p.m. at Mulligan's Pub and Grille in Avon to benefit the Lorain County Blue Foundation.The blood drive was ... (more)

Nancy Lee Sparks , 73, of Grafton and Elyria, died on Friday, May 18, 2012 at her home, following a short illness.Funeral arrangements are not complete and will be announced by the Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland St., Elyria.

The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present.

Linda Davis remembers the hurt and disappointment in the eyes of a young woman who was told she couldn’t visit her loved one in a correctional facility in Grafton, Ohio, because she had a hole in her jeans.

Tammy J. Kazmierczak was described as a woman devoted to her children who sacrificed some of her own life to become a nurse.

Cletus Donald Boyer, 80, of Grafton, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012, in the Hospice of Medina Care Center in Medina, after a long illness.

LIVERPOOL TWP. - A Grafton woman died early this morning after a one-vehicle crash on Grafton Road in Medina County.The accident occurred when Tammy J. Kazmierczak, 39, was driving west about 1:15 a.m. today in her 2006 Pontiac G5 on Grafton Road west of Station Road.

Orman Lee Cawley, 77, of Grafton, passed from this life into his Heavenly Home Wednesday, May 2, 2012.

A 53-year-old Grafton woman was killed shortly after 7 a.m. today when her vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer on Ohio 57 and 303.

BRUNSWICK The issues of traffic impact and whether or not to dedicate public roads within the planned Reserve at Autumn Creek special planning district again came before planning committee at its May 3 meeting.

Orman Lee Cawley, 77, of Grafton, passed from this life into his Heavenly Home Wednesday, May 2, 2012.