Gerald Gaines
Gerald Gaines, 85, of Elyria, former Oberlin resident, died Aug. 15 at St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center in Lorain.
Born in 1907 in Elyria, he lived in Elyria most of his life, but lived in Oberlin during high school. In 1926, he led the Oberlin Indians high school basketball team to the state Class B championship. During his high school years, Oberlin basketball teams made it to the state tournament three times and he was an all-tournament player each time.
He won Elyria city singles tennis championships in 1948 and 1949 and won eight city doubles tennis championships from 1948-70. He was named to the Elyria Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.
Mr. Gaines worked as an assistant tennis pro at Sugarlane Racquet Club in Elyria. He was also employed at Republic Steel in Elyria, now LTV Steel, for 42 years as a hot saw operator and later as a craneman before retiring in 1962.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald E. Jr. of Lorain and Raymond of Elyria; a daughter, Kathleen Graham of Honolulu; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Richardson Bey of Philadelphia.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred, in 1984.
Services were Aug. 20 in the Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch Family Chapel, Elyria, with the Rev. Dixie Beard, associate pastor of Jones Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Elyria, officiating. Burial was in Brookdale Cemetery, Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 25, 1992, p. 2.
Gerald Gaines, 85, of Elyria, former Oberlin resident, died Aug. 15 at St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center in Lorain.
Born in 1907 in Elyria, he lived in Elyria most of his life, but lived in Oberlin during high school. In 1926, he led the Oberlin Indians high school basketball team to the state Class B championship. During his high school years, Oberlin basketball teams made it to the state tournament three times and he was an all-tournament player each time.
He won Elyria city singles tennis championships in 1948 and 1949 and won eight city doubles tennis championships from 1948-70. He was named to the Elyria Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.
Mr. Gaines worked as an assistant tennis pro at Sugarlane Racquet Club in Elyria. He was also employed at Republic Steel in Elyria, now LTV Steel, for 42 years as a hot saw operator and later as a craneman before retiring in 1962.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald E. Jr. of Lorain and Raymond of Elyria; a daughter, Kathleen Graham of Honolulu; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Richardson Bey of Philadelphia.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred, in 1984.
Services were Aug. 20 in the Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch Family Chapel, Elyria, with the Rev. Dixie Beard, associate pastor of Jones Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Elyria, officiating. Burial was in Brookdale Cemetery, Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 25, 1992, p. 2.
Gerald Gaines
Gerald Gaines, 85, of Elyria, former Oberlin resident, died Aug. 15 at St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center in Lorain.
Born in 1907 in Elyria, he lived in Elyria most of his life, but lived in Oberlin during high school. In 1926, he led the Oberlin Indians high school basketball team to the state Class B championship. During his high school years, Oberlin basketball teams made it to the state tournament three times and he was an all-tournament player each time.
He won Elyria city singles tennis championships in 1948 and 1949 and won eight city doubles tennis championships from 1948-70. He was named to the Elyria Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.
Mr. Gaines worked as an assistant tennis pro at Sugarlane Racquet Club in Elyria. He was also employed at Republic Steel in Elyria, now LTV Steel, for 42 years as a hot saw operator and later as a craneman before retiring in 1962.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald E. Jr. of Lorain and Raymond of Elyria; a daughter, Kathleen Graham of Honolulu; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Richardson Bey of Philadelphia.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred, in 1984.
Services were Aug. 20 in the Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch Family Chapel, Elyria, with the Rev. Dixie Beard, associate pastor of Jones Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Elyria, officiating. Burial was in Brookdale Cemetery, Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 25, 1992, p. 2.
Gerald Gaines, 85, of Elyria, former Oberlin resident, died Aug. 15 at St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center in Lorain.
Born in 1907 in Elyria, he lived in Elyria most of his life, but lived in Oberlin during high school. In 1926, he led the Oberlin Indians high school basketball team to the state Class B championship. During his high school years, Oberlin basketball teams made it to the state tournament three times and he was an all-tournament player each time.
He won Elyria city singles tennis championships in 1948 and 1949 and won eight city doubles tennis championships from 1948-70. He was named to the Elyria Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.
Mr. Gaines worked as an assistant tennis pro at Sugarlane Racquet Club in Elyria. He was also employed at Republic Steel in Elyria, now LTV Steel, for 42 years as a hot saw operator and later as a craneman before retiring in 1962.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald E. Jr. of Lorain and Raymond of Elyria; a daughter, Kathleen Graham of Honolulu; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Richardson Bey of Philadelphia.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred, in 1984.
Services were Aug. 20 in the Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch Family Chapel, Elyria, with the Rev. Dixie Beard, associate pastor of Jones Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Elyria, officiating. Burial was in Brookdale Cemetery, Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 25, 1992, p. 2.
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