Special Weather Statement issued February 15 at 12:13PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The combination of low level moisture and light winds will be favorable for fog development this afternoon. The fog...possibly dense at times...will last at least into this evening before some improvement occurs as a deepening area of low pressure ripples northeast through the region.
Motorists should expected visibilities to lower this afternoon with low visibilities continuing into this evening. Visibility may be reduced to a quarter mile or less at times. Be prepared to slow down, allow extra time to reach your destination, and keep your low beam headlights on.
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Louis Heitkamp
Louis L. Heitkamp, 73, St. Henry, died at 3:10 p.m. July 20, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.
He was born April 12, 1937, in St. Henry, to Raymond and Hilda Schulte Heitkamp. On Feb. 8, 1958, he married Thelma Kramer, who survives in St. Henry.
Also surviving are seven children, Chris (Mark) Tobin, Montezuma, Diane (Jerry) Puthoff and Ray (Jenny) Heitkamp, all of St. Henry, Randy (Susan) Heitkamp, New Bremen, Roger Heitkamp, Fairfield, Angela (Bob) Hunt, Sycamore, Ill., Ron Heitkamp, Celina, and Karla (Dan) Dysert, Minster; nine siblings, Ivo (Millie) Heitkamp, St. Henry, Mary Alice (Julius) Ahrns, Maria Stein, Joan Reigelsperger, Rose Ann (Ivo) Schmidt and Alvin (Linda) Heitkamp, all of Coldwater, Dorothy (Art) Brunswick, Beavercreek, Charlene (Don) Mikesell, Greenville, Ruth Frantz and Dan Heitkamp, both of Kettering; a brother-in-law, Ken Kessen, Coldwater; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Deceased are two brothers, Lavern and David Heitkamp; a sister, Lucille Kessen, and a brother-in-law, Louis Reigelsperger.
He was a member of the St. Henry Catholic Church in St. Henry, and a social member of the Coldwater Veterans of Foreign Wars. He worked at Hemmelgarn's Inc. in Philothea.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Tom Hemm officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in St. Henry.
Condolences can be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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