Cy Wainscott, managing editor/production

By Judy Wainscott

 Cy Wainscott, 74, who died September 27th at home in Gambier, was literally raised in movie theaters in north central Illinois (Rantoul 
 and Champaign-Urbana), where his parents managed theaters.

 He and his 
 brother, Marc, would report to work there after school.

 One of Cy’s  special jobs, he recently told his wife, Judy, was making popcorn in the  theater basement, bagging it with lots of salt and butter, then taking it up to the candy stand. When he or Marc tired of the feature movie, 
 they would nap on cots in the projection room, entertaining one another 
 by acting out favorite scenes until they fell asleep.

 

Cy never lost his 
 love for popcorn—his comfort food—or for the movies of the 30’s and 
 40’s. As he realized he was dying from cancer, he cheered himself by 
watching dozens of old movies on DVD.

 
 His early career goal was the Lutheran ministry and he prepared at 
Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. During his senior year, he worked on 
 the college newspaper and decided he would make a better newsman than  preacher. He never regretted that decision.

 

His first job after graduating in 1957 was as a reporter for the Ashland (OH) Times-Gazette. He was soon managing editor, the youngest in the state at that time.

 In  1962, he joined The Plain Dealer as a copy editor and was eventually a 
 Managing Editor, responsible for overseeing the production of the 
newspaper. He was a member of Unit One, the American Newspaper Guild, and of the journalism fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, and past president of 
 the Press Club of Cleveland.

During the 1980s, for five years, he was publicity director of Kansas 
 State University in Manhattan, KS. He left to join a division of 
 Eastman-Kodak in Boston that made computer systems for newspapers. He saw the world on that job, consulting with newspapers in New Zealand, 
 Poland, Sweden, Scotland and England, including the Times of London.
 
 In 1991, Cy and Judy returned to a home they’d purchased in Gambier, her 
hometown, where he joined the Kenyon (College) Review as Managing 
 Editor. He also served as advisor to the student newspaper, The 
 Collegiate, and was selected all-campus advisor-of-the-year.

 He retired 
 in 1995 to pursue hobbies, including the King Arthur legend, model 
 trains, tropical fish and heraldry. He loved to design coats of arms and 
 was working on a set for the Board of Trustees of Kenyon when he died.     
  

During a trip to England in the 1960’s, he was so moved by a service at 
 Westminster Abbey he returned home an Episcopalian. He was an active 
 member of Harcourt Parish Episcopal Church in Gambier where a memorial 
 service will be held Saturday, October 24 at 11 am.

 Besides Cy’s widow, Judith McCluskey Wainscott, whom he married in 1965, 
he is survived by his mother, Frances McDaniel Wainscott Grantham, of 
Fairborn, OH. Other survivors include his brother Marc’s widow, also 
 Judy Wainscott, of Fairborn; his brother-in law Jon (Tony) McCluskey and 
 his wife, Bonnie, of Appleton, WI; a nephew, Charlie McCluskey, of 
 Oshkosh, WI; a neice, Paige McCluskey Richards of Milwaukee and her 
 husband, Erik, and their daughters, Sadie and Stella. Cy’s father, Cyril 
 Emmett Wainscott, died in 1958. Cy’s widow requests that memorial 
 donations be made to favorite charities.

For funeral home info and to leave condolences visit  http://www.snyderfuneralhomes.com/\

Alana Baranack has an obit with lots of photos at http://obitsohio.com/2009/09/28/cy-wainscott-74-gambier/

The Plain Dealer's obit can be read at http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2009/09/cy_wainscott_former_managing_e.html

Jane Moulton, food writer

JANE H. MOULTON, 83,  an assistant food editor and wine columnist  for the PD from  1967-1992,  died  Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 at South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights

 A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. at the Church In Aurora with Rev. Kevin Horak officiating. Mrs. Moulton will be buried in Aurora City Cemetery.  

The entire death notice is at www.greenfamilyfuneralhome. com. The obituary will be in the Plain Dealer on Tuesday, Sept. 29,2009.

Nancy Lee weds Marie Wilson

Nancy Ann Lee and Marie Collins Wilson were married Friday in Aquinnah, Mass. The Rev. Dr. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, an Episcopal priest, officiated at the Outermost Inn.
Ms. Lee (left) 56, is the editor and vice president for licensing of The New York Times Syndicate. She graduated magna cum laude from Kent State University.  She was a Plain Dealer copy editor and assistant photo editor in the 70s. 
She is the daughter of Joyce I. Lee of Fort Myers, Fla., and the late James E. Lee.
Ms. Wilson, 69, is the founder and president of the White House Project, a nonprofit organization in New York that promotes women’s leadership in business and government. She graduated from the University of Delaware and received a Master of Science in higher education from Drake University.
Until 2004, she was the president of the Ms. Foundation for Women in New York. She is a creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Her first marriage ended in divorce.
She is the daughter of Myrtle M. Collins of Atlanta and the late Henry A. Collins.

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