Vera McElfresh

Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 12:42PM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 17 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 11 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Cold wind chill will occur late tonight into Sunday morning.

Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 12:40PM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Vera McElfresh

Former Rockford resident Vera Anita Wilson McElfresh, 58, Bluffton, Ind., died at 12:03 a.m. April 29, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind.

She was born Sept. 9, 1952, to David J. and Louverna Hensley Wilson.

Surviving are six brothers, James Wilson, Otto Wilson and Marvin (Judy) Wilson, all of Celina, Henry (Imy) Wilson, Mark Center, David (Lina) Wilson, Mendon, and Rick Wilson, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; and three sisters, Shirley (Jim) Baltzell, Celina, Lena (Daryl) Gruver, Mt. Vernon, and Sandra (Lowell) Kable, Portland, Ind.

Deceased are two sisters-in-law, Charlotte and Marie Wilson.

She worked as a computer data entry person at Peyton's Distribution Center for Kroger in Bluffton, Ind. She was a member of Hillsdale Baptist Church, St. Marys.

Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, Rockford, the Revs. David Wilson and Daryl Gruver officiating. Burial is at Mercer Cemetery, Mercer.

Calling is 9-11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Cancer Association of Wells County, Ind.

Condolences may be left at Ketchamripley.com.

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