High Wind Warning issued March 12 at 12:35PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
William Coomes
William Wakefield Coomes, 57, 110 Wild Cherry St., Celina, died at 7:35 a.m. Feb. 13, 2008, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. Death was due to natural causes.
He was born Jan. 13, 1951, in Ravenna to Thomas and Edna Coomes. His father is deceased, and his mother survives in Lima. He was married for 37 years to Marilyn Siefer, who survives.
Other survivors are a son, Bill, Forth Worth, Texas; a daughter, Linda, Celina; two brothers, Perry, Kenton, and Phil (Janie), Cairo; three sisters, Cathy, Bath, Sharon, Lima, and Theresa, Toledo; and three grandchildren.
He had worked at Joyce's Manufacturing in Muncie, Ind., and the former New Idea Farm Equipment Co., Coldwater. He graduated from Bath High School in Lima.
No funeral services are planned, and his body will be cremated.
A gathering is 5-8 p.m. Monday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina.
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