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
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Jeffery Dammeyer
Jeffery P. Dammeyer, 46, 10348 Tri-Township Road, St. Marys, died at 12:58 a.m. Sept. 10, 2008, at Joint Township Memorial Hospital. Death was due to natural causes.
He was born May 18, 1962, in St. Marys, to Kenneth and Ann Meyers Dammeyer. His father and stepmother, Renee Dammeyer, reside in Churubusco, Ind., and his mother survives in St. Marys. On Sept. 28, 1985, he married Sheila Schaaf, who survives at the residence.
Other survivors are a son, Jeremy (Christine), currently serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq; a daughter, Jamie Lee Sutter, St. Marys; a brother, Kenneth (Shirley), St. Marys; two sisters, Beth Slife, St. Marys, and Leisa (Kurt) Arnett, New Knoxville; a half-brother, Adam Dammeyer, Churubusco; a grandmother, Florence Meyers; a father-in-law, Joe Schaaf, St. Marys; and a grandson.
He was employed as a crane operator at Parker-Hannifin Corporation, St. Marys, and was a 1980 graduate of St. Marys Memorial High School. He was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, St. Marys.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at the Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. Louis Schmitmeyer officiating. Burial is at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to St. Peter's Center for Neurological Development.
Condolences can be left at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.
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