Flood Warning issued September 19 at 9:56PM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:40 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
66° 66° chance likely Sun 79° Sun 79° likely 56° 56° Mon 67° Mon 67° chance
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
John Silliman
John Bruce "John John" Silliman, 42, 220 Bachar Road, Celina, died at 5:20 p.m. Sept. 5, 2008, in the emergency room at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. A cause of death was not released.
He was born Dec. 23, 1965, in Dayton, to Joe Silliman and Joyce Fuller Hackney, who survive in Celina. On April 30, 1988, he married Pam Brandts, who also survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Ryan James and Curtis John, both at home; a brother, Jason, Celina; a sister, Brenda, Celina; and a stepgrandfather, Robert Meier, Celina.
He was a truck driver for Klingshirn & Sons Trucking, Burkettsville.
Services are at 8 p.m. today at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina, the Rev. Tony Richmond officiating. Burial information was not released.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to the American Heart Association.
Condolences can be made at dick.hellwarth@verizonmail.com.
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