Winter Storm Watch issued January 22 at 1:34PM EST until January 26 at 1:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 7 inches possible.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
Cold Weather Advisory issued January 22 at 12:34PM EST until January 23 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 13 below zero expected.
* WHERE...In Indiana, Wayne County. In Ohio, Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 6 AM to noon EST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Wind chill values can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While temperatures are expected to be in the upper single digits (above zero), a northwest wind at 10-15 mph will make temperatures feel as if they are colder than 10 below zero.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Alfred Boerger
Alfred A. "Curly" Boerger, 94, formerly of 10755 Friemering Road, Fort Loramie, died at 11:40 p.m. April 19, 2008, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster.
He was born Oct. 29, 1913, in Fort Loramie to Frank and Emma Ernst Boerger. On May 3, 1947, he married Louise Hoying, who died Sept. 23, 2003.
Survivors are two sons, David (Deborah), Orchard Lake, Mich., and Luke (Beverly), Russia; three daughters, Sara (Donald) Webb, Bellbrook, Ann (Woody) Joslin, Maplewood, and Lucy (LeRoy) Gaier, Fort Loramie; three brothers, Herb, McCartyville, Ralph (Eileen), New Bremen, and Robert, Fort Loramie; four sisters, Dorothy Wolf and Clarissa Thieman, both of Minster, Mary Francis, Russia, and Ruth (Martin) Dabbelt, New Bremen; eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a step great-grandson.
Deceased are three brothers, Leo, Clarence and Frank; and three sisters, Alma Feldman, Juliana Wagner, and Catherine Boerger.
He was a retired farmer and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church where he was an usher and choir member, the Knights of Columbus and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, both in Minster, the Shelby County Right to Life and the Shelby County Farm Bureau.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Rev. James McCabe officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 3-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at N.J. Hogenkamp Sons, Inc., Minster.
Contributions can be made to the church choir lift chair fund.
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