Special Weather Statement issued February 2 at 2:37AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Sub-zero temperatures and wind chill values are occurring this morning. While most locations will have values in the negative single digits, some isolated temperatures and wind chills will be as low as 10 degrees below zero. Temperatures improve across western and southwest Ohio over the next few hours as clouds move in.
Mon 28° Mon 28° chance 16° 16° Tue 28° Tue 28° slight chance
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Eugene Opperman Sr.
Eugene E. "Oppie" Opperman Sr., 86, 05633 state Route 219, New Knoxville, died Feb. 20, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.
He was born March 3, 1923, in Shelby County, to Esta and Florence Kennedy Opperman. On Oct. 24, 1942, he married Betty Fogt, who survives.
Other survivors are a son, Gene Jr. (Ruth) Opperman, New Knoxville; a daughter, Florence (Don) Schroer, New Knoxville; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He retired from the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., St. Marys, where he worked as a laboratory technician. A 1941 graduate of Botkins High School, he was a member of New Knoxville United Methodist Church.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. Dennis Gaertner officiating. Burial is at Evangelical Protestant Cemetery, New Knoxville.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to the New Knoxville United Methodist Church.
Condolences can be left at Millerfuneralhomes.net.
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