Flood Watch issued August 13 at 11:45AM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A lull in rainfall will continue for much of the day. However, additional storms will move into the area later this afternoon. The risk of heavy rainfall will be greatest tonight into early Friday morning. There is also the potential for storms to repeatedly move over the same locations, which increases flash flood risk.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° chance likely 68° 68° chance
Thursday, September 15th, 2016
Ruth Dickman
Ruth E. Dickman, 88, New Bremen, Ohio, died 9:00 P.M. Sunday, September 11, 2016, in the emergency department of Joint Township District Memorial Hospital.
She was born October 1, 1927, in New Knoxville, Ohio, the daughter of Ferdinand and Marie (Lutterbein) Clausing. She married Howard E. Dickman on June 26, 1949, at the First United Church of Christ, New Knoxville, and he preceded her in death on October 11, 2015.
She is survived by her four children: David (Marilyn) Dickman of New Bremen; Keith (Jeanne) Dickman of Spring Valley, Ohio; Thomas (Jill) Dickman of New Bremen; Susan Anderson of Bowie, Maryland. Ruth is survived by nine grandchildren: Katie Dickman; Tricia (Justin) Fox; Nathan (A.J.) Dickman; Timothy Dickman; Matthew Dickman; Kelley Dickman; Sarah (Jonathon Chase) Anderson; Emily (Victor) Evans; Nicole Anderson. She is also survived by her six great-grandchildren: Harper Fox; Hollis Fox; Henley Fox; Kaylee Chase; Blake Dickman; Levi Dickman; and two unborn great-grandchildren. She is survived by her brother, Lee (Sandra) Clausing of Saint Marys.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and by a brother, Vernon Clausing.
Ruth was a 1945 graduate of New Knoxville High School. She graduated from the Fort Wayne Business College and worked at New Idea Corporation before starting her family and becoming a full-time homemaker and farm wife.
She was a former 4-H advisor, and a member of Saint Paul's United Church of Christ in Saint Marys, where she had been a Sunday School teacher and a member of the Women's Guild.
Ruth was a cancer survivor. Ruth was proud of and loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral rites will be held 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at Saint Paul's United Church of Christ in Saint Marys, the Reverend Ed Bray, officiant. Burial will follow at Pilger Ruhe Cemetery, New Knoxville.
Friends may call from 4-8 P.M. Monday at the Miller Funeral Home, 1605 Celina Road, Saint Marys, where memorial gifts may be given to the Saint Paul's United Church of Christ Endowment Fund, or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Friends may also call one hour prior to the funeral rites at Saint Paul's United Church of Christ on Tuesday morning.
Condolences may be sent to Ruth's family via Millerfuneralhomes.net.
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