Tornado Watch issued May 7 at 6:01PM EDT until May 8 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 197 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
59° 59° likely Wed 80° Wed 80° 57° 57° Thu 64° Thu 64°
Saturday, July 22nd, 2017
Melvin Reier
Melvin W. Reier, 78, Portland, Indiana, died on July 20, 2017, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana.
He was born March 30, 1939, in Portland, IN, to the late Lawrence and Marie (Siefring) Reier. On October 16, 1971, he married the late Phyllis (Hart) Reier, who died December 9, 2016.
Surviving are five children, Janet (Aaron) Loyd of Portland, IN, Joe (Karla) Reier of Portland, IN, Joanna (John) Lehner of Indianapolis, IN, Sharon (Bronson) Hunt of Portland, IN and John (Kim) Reier of Indianapolis, IN; 12 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; siblings, Jean (Vince) Fortkamp of Fort Recovery, OH, Merdella (Joe) Nietfeld of St. Henry, OH and Viola Braun of Coldwater, OH; and in-laws, Robert (Carol) Hart of Fort Recovery, OH and Mary (Larry) Day of Fort Recovery, OH.
Preceding him in death are an infant daughter, Jennifer; brother, Lavern Reier; sister, Loudonna (Richard) Timmerman and brother-in-law, Shorty Braun.
Melvin served in the Indiana National Guard and retired from farming. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 3324, Fort Recovery and Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Fort Recovery.
He will be remembered by his amusing dry sense of humor and meeting with friends for morning coffee at a local Fort Recovery restaurant. He also enjoyed playing cards with family and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Fort Recovery, with Fr. Ned Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Calling is 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm Monday and 9:00 am to 10:00 am Tuesday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery. A Knights of Columbus prayer service will be held 7:45 pm Monday at the funeral Home
In lieu of flowers and gifts, the family requests that memorial contributions be directed to the Fort Recovery Knights of Columbus Building Fund..
Condolences may be directed to www.brockmanboeckmanfh.com.
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Kenneth W. Spoltman, age 56, of Celina, died on Friday, July 21, 2017 at Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]