Vernon Raymond Jr.

Wind Advisory issued December 18 at 11:35AM EST until December 18 at 10:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

Special Weather Statement issued December 18 at 4:07AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

Southerly winds will increase today ahead of an approaching cold front. Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph can be expected with gusts of 35 to 45 mph at times this afternoon. Be sure to secure outdoor objects.

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Vernon Raymond Jr.

Vernon E. Raymond Jr., 61, 127 Marbello Court, St. Marys, died at 8 p.m. July 1, 2009, at Toledo Hospital, from injuries sustained in a car-bicycle accident near Bowling Green on June 23, 2009. He was participating in the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure at the time of the crash.

He was born July 12, 1947, in Celina to Vernon Sr. and Dorothy Williams Raymond. On July 8, 1972, he married Kathy Heaps, who survives.

Other survivors are a son, Jeff Raymond, St. Marys; a daughter, Annie Raymond, San Diego, Calif.; siblings, Jean (Fred) Waesch, Celina, Mary Jo (Tom) Walter, Joyce (Chuck) Greenawalt, Kate (Gary) James, and Donald (Karen) Raymond, all of St. Marys, and Michael (Gina) Raymond, Decatur, Ind.; a stepmother, Ruth Raymond, St. Marys; a brother-in-law, John Steven Heaps, Lima, stepsiblings, Jill (John) Bowers, St. Marys, Jack (Karen) Hollman, Waynesfield, Jim (Darlene) Hollman, St. Marys, and Joy (Steve) Sibold, St. Marys.

He retired from the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, St. Marys, where he had been an engineer. He graduated in 1966 from St. Marys Memorial High School and later from Wright State University. He was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, St. Marys, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Vietnam-era in Korea. He coached Little League baseball and YMCA basketball, and was a member of the Memorial High School and WSU Alumni Associations, and the Idlewild Men's Club, all of St. Marys.

Services are 11 a.m. Monday at the church, the very Rev. Dr. David Williams officiating. Burial is at Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys.

Calling is 1-7 p.m. Sunday at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, and 9:30-11 a.m. Monday at the church.

Contributions can be made to the Charles Greenawalt Scholarship fund, Thomas Howard Scholarship Fund, the Joint Township Hospital Foundation Parkinson's Fund or the church.

Condolences can be left at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.

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