Flood Warning issued September 19 at 9:56PM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:40 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Evelyn Zink
Evelyn Mae Zink, 80, of Wapakoneta, died at 12:20 p.m. Aug. 18, 2008, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.
She was born March 7, 1928, in Logan Township, Auglaize County, to Delmar "Scotty" and Claire Louise Scott Place. On Sept. 10, 1946, she married Paul R. Zink, who survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Paul D. (Diana) and John M. (Penny), all of Wapakoneta; two daughters, Patty (Garry) Wooley, Wapakoneta, and M. Jane Wheelock, West Milton; a brother, Roger (Judy) Place, Toledo; a daughter-in-law, Beverly (Joe) Hurlburt, St. Marys; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a son, Steven J., and an infant sister, Norma Jane Place.
She was a homemaker and a farm wife, a member and former secretary of the Auglaize County Horseman's Association and a member of the Mercer County Horseman's Association. She was a 1946 graduate of Buckland High School.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Glynwood, the Rev. Oscar Seger officiating. Burial is at Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta.
Calling is 2-4 & 6-8 p.m., Wednesday at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, Wapakoneta.
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