Flood Warning issued September 20 at 5:21PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne 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...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Mary Kettler
Former New Bremen resident, Mary E. Kettler, 88, died at 11:20 a.m. May 6, 2008, at the Golden Living Center-Valley, St. Marys.
She was born July 30, 1919, near Celina. to Carl H. and Jessie Hudson Sanders. On March 30, 1940, she married Harold "Sparky" Kettler, who died Oct. 30, 2000.
Surviving are two sons, Ronald, Augusta, Ga., and Donald (Sue), New Bremen; a daughter, Nancy (Ray) McMaster, New Bremen; a sister-in-law Ruth, New Knoxville; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Deceased are four brothers, Gerald, Raymond, Bernard and an infant; four sisters, Mildred Sanders, Norma Finkenbine, Bertha Sanders and Doris Czech, and a grandson.
She was a homemaker and had worked at the former Mersman Corp., Celina and the former Sieberling Latex, New Bremen. She was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ in New Bremen, the Woodman of the World Camp 149, New Bremen, and a 1939 graduate of Celina High School.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Leah Matthes officiating. Burial of the cremains will be at Willow Grove Cemetery, New Bremen.
Calling is 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Contributions may be made to the church memorial fund.
Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home was in charge of arrangments.
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