Cold Weather Advisory issued January 22 at 8:25PM 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...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken.
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.
Fri 10° Fri 10° -1° -1° Sat 11° Sat 11° chance
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Victoria Knapke
Former Coldwater resident Victoria C. Knapke, 92, died at 2:41 p.m. Jan. 3, 2009, at The Gardens at Celina.
She was born Nov. 23, 1916, in St. Anthony, to Theodore and Francis Fortman Muhlenkamp. On Nov. 28, 1945, she married Norbert Knapke, who died Sept. 6, 2001.
Survivors are three daughters, Elaine (Marty) Lochtefeld and Janet (Bill) Stover, all of Celina, and Julie (Bob) Theis, Fort Loramie; two sisters, Betty Hobbs, Dayton, and Beata Muhlenkamp, St. Henry; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Deceased are nine brothers, Aloys, Albin, Alfons, Edmund, Max, Hilbert, Herman, Vince and Otto; a sister, Theresa Peter; and a granddaughter.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and its St. Ann's Rosary Altar Sodality, and the America Legion Auxiliary, all of Coldwater.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Richard Walling officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
Condolences can be sent at www.hogenkampfh.com.
Additional obituaries on this date
Ruth Ann Behr, 71, of Eastview Drive, Fort Loramie, died at 4:45 p.m. Jan. 3, 2009, at Wayne Hospital, Greenville. [More]
Mary Ann Harris, 72, of Rockford, died at 9:15 p.m. Jan. 2, 2009, at Van Wert County Hospital. [More]
Anna M. Steinbrunner, 90, 2646 Sawmill Road, Fort Recovery, died at 12:10 p.m. Jan. 3, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Virginia June Thornburg, 89, of Celina, died at 6:27 p.m. Jan. 2, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]