Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Today 73° Today 73° slight chance 32° 32° likely Tomorrow 46° Tomorrow 46° 30° 30°
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Luella Franck
Luella J. Franck, 92, St. Henry, passed away Aug. 6, 2013, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater.
She was born March 2, 1921, in St. Peter, to Henry and Anna Fullenkamp Gaerke. On April 26, 1941, she married Walter Franck, who died Sept. 29, 1993.
She is survived by five children, Carolyn (Lowell) Hemmelgarn of Greenville, Dan (Linda) Franck of Noblesville, Ind., Larry (Theresa) Franck of Fort Wayne, Ind., Glenn (Renee) Franck of New Carlisle and Kathy (John) Fullenkamp of St. Henry; 16 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles (Betty) Gaerke of Fort Recovery; three sisters, Mary Ann Homan of Coldwater, Virginia (Bob) Tangeman of Maria Stein and Marcy (Dick) Topp of Dayton; and four sisters-in-law, Rita Franck of St. Henry, Janet Gaerke of Fort Recovery, Dorothy Gaerke of Fort Recovery and Lillian Homan of Coldwater.
She was preceded in death by two great-grandchildren; seven brothers, Jerry, Herb, Leonard, Harold, Bernard, Virgil and Henry Gaerke Jr.; a sister, Lorine Forthofer; 10 brothers-in-law; and 15 sisters-in-law.
She was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church and former member of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Burkettsville, as well as Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Celina. She was a former Celina I.C. Choir Member, Eucharistic Minister and member of the Ladies Sodality. She was a devoted, hard-working farm wife who loved to be outdoors in her garden and flower beds, loved to visit with people, read and play cards and Scrabble.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Henry Catholic Church in St. Henry. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Celina.
Calling is 2-7 p.m. Sunday and 9-10 a.m. Monday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in St. Henry.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to State of the Heart Hospice or the Cancer Association of Mercer County.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.