Dorothy Dammeyer

Extreme Cold Watch issued January 25 at 1:42AM EST until January 27 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as around 15 below zero expected. For the Extreme Cold Watch, dangerously cold wind chills as low as around 25 below zero possible.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...For the Cold Weather Advisory, from midnight tonight to 6 PM EST Monday. For the Extreme Cold Watch, from Monday evening through Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

Cold Weather Advisory issued January 25 at 1:42AM EST until January 26 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

Winter Storm Warning issued January 25 at 1:41AM EST until January 26 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations between 7 and 11 inches.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until noon EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

Dorothy Dammeyer

Dorothy S. Dammeyer, 94, New Bremen, died at 7:08 p.m. Sept. 24, 2013, at Otterbein Retirement Community in St. Marys.

She was born March 24, 1919, in New Bremen, to Henry and Edna Greiwe Block. On Jan. 26, 1946, she married Richard Dammeyer, who died March 14, 2003.

Survivors include her children, Duane (Marty) Dammeyer, Ojai, Calif., Daryl (Wanda) Dammeyer, New Bremen, Daran (Jennifer) Dammeyer, Palm Desert, Calif.; grandsons, Dustin and Derek Dammeyer; a great-grandson, Dakota Dammeyer; her sisters, Mary Jordon, Dallas, and Ruth (Daniel) Johns, Del City, Okla.; and her brother, Thomas (Barb) Block, Rockford, Ill.

Preceding her in death were her sisters, Helen Malmorg, Betty Tansey and Jane Watson, and her brothers, Carl and Paul Block.

Mrs. Dammeyer was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ in New Bremen and a member of the Busy 12 of the church. She was a 1937 graduate of New Bremen High School, loved to play cards and was involved in a number of card clubs. She was a homemaker and had formerly worked at the former Sieberling Latex in New Bremen.

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home in New Bremen, the Rev. Becky Erb Strang officiating. Burial will follow at German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen.

Calling is 9:30 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be given to the church memorial fund or the New Bremen Emergency Squad.

Condolences may be left at gilberghartwigfh.com.

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