Joe F. Fitzpatrick, 82, died on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at 8:54 a.m. at his daughter’s residence in Forest, Ohio.
He was born on April 23, 1933, in Floyd County, Kentucky to Issac H. and Mahala (Neeley) Fitzpatrick who preceded him in death. Joe and his family moved to Ohio when he was nine years old, he lived in Ohio for 73 years. On Dec. 10, 1954, he married Betty Patterson and they celebrated 60 years together before Betty preceded him in death on March 29, 2015.
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law presents a debate on the constitutionality of Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage case) in the Celebrezze Moot Court Room on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 11 a.m.
The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the ONU Law’s Federalist Society and LAMBDA.
Lee Strang, professor of law at the University of Toledo, and Joanne Brant, professor of law at Ohio Northern University, will offer their interpretations of this historic case.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce has made an offer of $35,000 to purchase property in the village in an effort to secure a permanent office and a site from which to promote area businesses.
The property is at 110 N. Main St. The vacant, two-story building most recently housed Raw Ink, a tattoo parlor.
Chamber president Deb Curlis said the deal won’t close until the offer is accepted and a bank loan is secured.
The building purchase would be a first for the Chamber, which has been conducting its business out of the Community Health Professionals building south of the village.
