Lucille Nielsen

Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Lucille Nielsen

Lucille (Mescher) Nielsen, 80, of Pocahontas, Ark., died at 3 a.m. July 28, 2010, at a hospital in Pocahontas.

She was born Sept. 27, 1927, in Maria Stein, to Otto and Rosa Mescher. She was married to Harold Thompson in 1948 and later married Merle Nielsen in 1972. He died in 1980.

Surviving are a daughter, Kathy (Jerry) Smith, Arkansas; four sisters, Elsie Balster, Maria Stein, Sister Verlina Mescher, Denver, Colo., Marcella Mills, Versailles, and Martha Mescher, Haiti; five brothers, Dennis and David Mescher, Maria Stein, James Mescher, Fort Loramie, Vernon Mescher, Fort Recovery, and Nick Mescher, West Liberty; two sisters-in-law, Marcella and Micky Mescher; three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Three brothers, Ralph, Stanley and Gilbert Mescher, are deceased.

A memorial Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 7 at the Maria Stein Shrine.

The body was cremated.

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