Judge Edmond H. Savord

 

Judge Edmond H. Savord was born in 1889 in Sandusky, Ohio, to Alexander J. Savord and his wife, the former Jennie Kelley. He attended both parochial and public schools in Sandusky, and graduated from Sandusky High School in 1908. In 1912, he was awarded a law degree from the University of Notre Dame and was admitted to the bar in the same year.

Judge Savord had a long career in Sandusky. He was appointed Sandusky City Safety Director in 1914. He served as Sandusky City Solicitor for six months in 1915, and then again from 1922 to 1931. On March 31, 1931, he was named Judge of Erie County Common Pleas Court, a position he held for twenty years. Later he served on the Sixth District Appellate Court, and in March, 1954, he was named Chief of the State Division of Securities by Ohio State Commerce Director H. Harper Annat.

Judge Savord died at the age of 68 in Tiffin, Ohio. Funeral services were held at Saints Peter and Paul Church, with Rev. Gerald Stein officiating. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Erie County Bar Association. Active pallbearers included Judge James M. McCrystal, B.G.Zeiher, George A. Beis, Dr. T.M. Quilter, Frank Weingates, and Joseph Ginnane. Burial was at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio. Judge Savord was survived by two sons and a daughter. His wife predeceased him in 1951.

A lengthy biographical sketch of Judge Edmond H. Savord, including information about his ancestors is found in Hewson Peeke’s Standard History of Erie County Ohio (Lewis Pub. Co., 1916.)