Lester Meyer

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.

Monday, February 3rd, 2014

Lester Meyer

Lester E. Meyer, 69, Coldwater, died Feb. 1, 2014, at his home.

He was born Feb. 16, 1944, in Eygpt, to Lawrence and Elsie Bensman Meyer. On Sept. 2, 1967, he married Virginia Brackman in St. Joe, and she died June 6, 2012.

Surviving are two children, Jerome (Amy) Meyer, Celina, and Karen (Shawn) Steinbrunner, Dublin; eight grandchildren, Andrew, Zach, Nathan, Alex and Brady Meyer and Griffin, Max and Lily Steinbrunner; siblings, Ralph Meyer, St. Henry, Harold (Hilda) Meyer, Minster, Sally (Roger) Behr, Fort Loramie, Dale (Shirley) Meyer, New Bremen, Larry (Jeanette) Meyer, Chickasaw, and Lavern Meyer, Sidney; in-laws, Giles Ronnebaum, Montezuma, Charles (Mary Ann) Brackman, Wapakoneta, Rosemary (Carl) Stachler, Wendelin, Rita (Vaughn) Wakefield, Versailles, Joe Brackman and Paul Brackman, St. Joe, Luke (Lou) Brackman, Coldwater, Eugene (Joyce) Brackman, Maria Stein, Albert (Linda) Brackman, Philothea, Doris (Keith) Good, Sharpsburg, and Steve (Judy) Borges, Minster.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Orville Meyer; parents-in-law, Zeno and Julie Reier Brackman; and in-laws, Mark Brackman, Mary Borges, Moira Jean Meyer and Eileen Ronnebaum.

He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the Coldwater Eagles. He worked at Crown Control in New Bremen.

A Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater. Burial will follow in St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater.

Calling is 2-8 p.m.Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.

Memorials may be made to the Cancer Association of Mercer County.

Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.

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