Legal Notice for Service By Publication IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO Case No. 25CV218936 • Judge Melissa Kobasher NORTHWEST BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LORAIN NATIONAL BANK Plaintiff, vs. THE ESTATE OF EDNA W. LAWS FKA EDNA W. BURDETTE, et al., Defendants. The Estate of Edna W. Laws fka Edna W. Burdette, Deceased, and Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Administrators, Executors, and/or Assigns, if any, of Edna W. Laws fka Edna W. Burdette, whose last known address(es), if any, are unknown, will take notice that on November 21, 2025, a Complaint was filed in the matter of Northwest Bank, successor by merger to Lorain National Bank vs. The Estate of Edna W. Laws fka Edna W. Burdette, et al., Case No. 25CV218936 in the Court of Common Pleas of Lorain County, 225 Court Street, Elyria, OH 44035, seeking foreclosure and alleging that the Defendant(s) The Estate of Edna W. Laws fka Edna W. Burdette, Deceased, and Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Administrators, Executors, and/or Assigns, if any, of Edna W. Laws fka Edna W. Burdette, have or may claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Legal Description attached hereto as Exhibit “A” Permanent Parcel No.: 03-00-081-114-018 Property Address: 3234 Norfolk Avenue, Lorain, OH 44055 The Defendant(s) named above are required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication. EXHIBIT “A” Legal Description of Property Situated in the City of Lorain, County of Lorain and State of Ohio: and known as being Sublot No. 4405 in the Sheffield Land and Improvement Company’s Subdivision No. 10 of a part of Original Sheffield Township Lots No. 81 and 82, as shown by the recorded plat of said Subdivision in Volume 6 of Maps, Page 31, recorded in Volume 110, Page 51 of Lorain County Records. Said Sublot No. 4405 has a frontage of 40 feet on the westerly side of Norfolk Street (formerly Saffron Street) and extends back between parallel lines 104 feet to the easterly line of a 12 foot alley, as appears by said plat, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. For information only: 3234 Norfolk Avenue, Lorain, OH 44055 PPN: 03-00-081-114-018 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BY: CRAWFORD LAW, LLC Stephen J. Crawford (#0068480) Attorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner 2825 Key Tower 127 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114 Phone (855) 544-4500 Date to answer the Complaint: April 10, 2026 2796232/February 27 and March 6 and 13, 2026