Virginia Thornburg

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.

Cold Weather Advisory issued January 22 at 12:34PM 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...Wind chill values can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While temperatures are expected to be in the upper single digits (above zero), a northwest wind at 10-15 mph will make temperatures feel as if they are colder than 10 below zero.

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Virginia Thornburg

Virginia June Thornburg, 89, of Celina, died at 6:27 p.m. Jan. 2, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home.

She was born Aug. 14, 1919, in Fremont, to Roy and Pearl Yazel Darr. Her first and second husbands, Roy Lantz and Richard Thornburg, are both deceased.

Survivors are a son, Robert (Joan) Lantz, Edgerton; a daughter, Wava (David) Russell, Celina; a brother, Clifford Darr, Evansville, Ind.; three grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren and 12 stepgreat-grandchildren.

Deceased is a brother, Bob Darr.

She was a homemaker and bookkeeper for the former Barr Company Store, Hicksville. A 1938 graduate of Montpelier High School, she was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Hicksville, and attended Montezuma United Church of Christ. She also was a member of the former Evangelical United Brethren Church, Montpelier.

Graveside services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Six Corners Cemetery near Hicksville, the Rev. Kevin Neumann officiating.

There are no calling hours.

Contributions can be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

Arrangements are being handled by W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina.

Condolences can be sent at dick.hellwarth@verizonmail.com.

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