Cold Weather Advisory issued January 29 at 12:04AM EST until January 29 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as around 20 below zero.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 11 AM EST this morning.
* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Donald Dicke
Donald Willis Dicke, 84, of Ohio City, died at 11:40 a.m. Aug. 18, 2008, at Van Wert County Hospital.
He was born Sept. 6, 1923, in Montezuma, to Florence and Anna Moler Dicke. On June 5, 1948, he married Virginia Veit, who survives.
Other survivors are, four sons, Gary W. (Janell), Sevierville, Tenn., D. Bruce (Barb), Decatur, Ind., David L. (Karen), Ohio City, and Doug, New Haven, Ind.; a daughter Linda S. (James) Prowse, Convoy; three brothers, Lester, Florence R. and Laverne, all of St. Marys; a sister, Margo (Joe) Silvers, St. Marys; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a brother, Slyvanus; and two sisters, Edna Hudson and an infant, Mary Margaret.
He was a farmer and retired from Wayne Coach, Lima. He was a 1943 graduate of St. Marys Memorial High School.
Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Cowan & Son Funeral Home, Van Wert, the Rev. Randy Bevington officiating. Burial is at Woodlawn Cemetery, Ohio City.
Calling is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Condolences can be sent to cowanfh@yahoo.com.
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