Mary Dietz

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.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration 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 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Mary Dietz

Mary A. Dietz, 81, died at 4:02 a.m. Oct. 28, 2008, at the Golden Living Center-Valley, St. Marys.

She was born Aug. 16, 1927, in Mercer County to Joseph and Regina Reithman Bruggeman. On July 16, 1949 , she married Leo N. Dietz, who survives.

Other survivors are a son, Timothy (Anita Hartley), Springboro; three daughters, Rebecca (Raymond) Broerman, Yorkshire, Cynthia (Lynn) Sawmiller, St. Marys, and Loraine (Tom) Bernard, Maria Stein; a sister-in-law, Ruth Bruggeman, Maria Stein; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Deceased are two sisters, Grace (Clifford) Dietz and Beatrice (Walt) Boehmer; two brothers, Richard Bruggeman and an infant brother Jerome Bruggeman.

She was a homemaker and had been office manager at the former S & W Motel, St. Marys. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church and its altar-rosary sodality, St. Marys. She served on the Auglaize County Board of Elections in Noble Township for many years and was a 1944 graduate of the former St. John's High School, Maria Stein.

Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Friday at the church, the Rev. Anthony Cutcher officiating. Burial is at Gethsemane Cemetery, St. Marys.

Calling is 4-8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday at Miller-Long & Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys.

Contributions can be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Lima.

Condolences can be left at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.

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