High Wind Warning issued March 12 at 7:33PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
37° 37° chance Fri 54° Fri 54° slight chance 29° 29° Sat 48° Sat 48°
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Sheila Bias
Sheila A. Bias, 52, Fort Recovery, died April 13, 2014, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater.
She was born Sept. 4, 1961, in Portland, Ind., to Vitus and Doris Magoteaux Wendel. In 2006, she married Terry Bias in Fort Recovery, and he survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Alisha Wendel, Coldwater, Sara Sall, Newark, and Amanda Katterhenry, Indianapolis, Ind.; two stepdaughters, Amanda (Harold) Stocker, Fort Recovery, and Shannon Bias, Portland, Ind.; a brother, Steve (Janet) Wendel, Fort Recovery; three sisters, Diana (LaMoyne) McCoy, Fort Recovery; Karla (Dewey) Osborne, Redkey, Ind., and Janel (Michael) Keller, Berne, Ind.; eight grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a stepgrandson, Austin Stocker.
She was a 1979 graduate of Jay County High School, Portland, Ind. and was employed at Setex, St. Marys. She was a member and current president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, Fort Recovery. She had held the office of auxiliary president for the past 12 years.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the home of Terry and Sheila Bias, the Rev. Thomas Dorn officiating. A Celebration of Life will follow the services.
Contributions may be directed to the Cancer Association of Mercer County or Cancer Association of Jay County.
Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, handled arrangements.
Online condolences may be directed to www.brockmanboeckmanfh.com.
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