Maxine Morgan-Tilley

Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:08PM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 17 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 11 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.

Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:05PM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Snow tapering off this evening. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Maxine Morgan-Tilley

Former Celina and Wapakoneta resident Maxine Morgan-Tilley, 84, died at 11:55 p.m. Dec. 20, 2007, at Florida Hospital, Fish Memorial, Orange City, Fla.

She was born Oct. 6, 1923, in Cyclone, W.Va., to Joe and Lula Cook Blankenship. Her first and second husbands, Luther Morgan and Ernest Tilley, are deceased.

Surviving are a son, Clarence Dean Hatfield, Orange City; three daughters, Sharon Carl, Orange City, Carol (Jack) Prater, Wapakoneta, and Garnet (Charles) Mullins, Deltona, Fla.; three sisters, Janice (Art) Slone, Lexington, Ky., and Ruth Schoenleben and Alice Maynard, both of Celina; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Deceased are two sons, Larry and Paul Morgan.

She was a homemaker and worked as a cook at the former Villa Cerise' Restaurant near Grand Lake.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, with Art Slone officiating. Burial is at Mercer Memory Gardens, Celina.

Calling is 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Condolences can be made at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.

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