Special Weather Statement issued January 14 at 2:54PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Periods of light snow will occur this evening and through the overnight. While accumulating snow is expected to end before Thursday morning, falling temperatures and light snow accumulations of one to two inches will result in slick travel tonight and early Thursday.
Slick spots can be expected on roadways, especially bridges and overpasses. If traveling, allow for some extra time to reach your destination and be prepared for wintery driving conditions.
In addition to the snowfall, falling temperatures combined with increased winds will result in feels-like temperatures near zero Thursday morning. If heading outdoors, dress in multiple layers.
Special Weather Statement issued January 14 at 11:27AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
A band of snow showers will drop into the region from northern Indiana, and push through the region through the afternoon. Some snow showers could produce a quick light coating of snow on elevated surfaces and bridges. Visibility may also be briefly reduced to a half mile or even less. Northwest winds will also gust up to 30 MPH.
Lighter snowfall will continue into the evening behind the initial band of snow showers, with accumulations from a few tenths to isolated accumulations of up to an inch.
Motorists should exercise caution and be prepared for rapidly changing conditions.
Today 38° Today 38° likely 16° 16° slight chance Tomorrow 25° Tomorrow 25° 17° 17° chance
Monday, September 22nd, 2014
Adella Henke
Adella B. Schmidt Schlater Henke, 98, formerly of Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes Sept. 20, 2014, at the Versailles Health Care Center, Versailles, where she had been a resident since 2004.
She was born Aug. 21, 1916, in Yorkshire, to John J. and Elizabeth M. Sturwold Schmidt. On June 1, 1938, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Osgood, she married August A. Schlater, who died Nov. 11, 1957. On Oct. 18, 1958, she married Julius H. Henke at St. Michael Catholic Church, Fort Loramie, and he died June 17, 1991.
Surviving are a daughter, Diane E. (Daryl) Plessinger, Versailles; two grandsons, Jesse (Heather) Plessinger, Cincinnati, and Joshua (Emily) Plessinger, Versailles; five great-grandchildren, Cayley, Joshua, Jessa, Maria and Joseph Plessinger; a sister, Henrietta (Sam) Doseck, Fort Loramie; two sisters-in-law, Marie Schmidt, Vandalia, and Viola Schmidt, Yorkshire; numerous nieces and nephews; and dear friends of the family, Donald, Desiree and Dalton Brogaard, Coldwater.
Also deceased are three brothers, Lawrence (Ruth) Schmidt, Leo Schmidt and Raymond Schmidt, and numerous brothers- and sisters-in-law from the Schlater and Henke families.
She was a homemaker and attended St. Michael Catholic Church. She also had been a member of St. Ann's Ladies Sodality, Shelby County Right to Life, Name of the North (Widows & Widowers Club), and the Fort Loramie ladies euchre club and was past president of St. Michael's Catholic Ladies of Columbia. She also was a founding member of Walk-Up Country Club and Henke's Lake (Fenners).
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Fort Loramie, the Rev. Steven Shoup officiating. Burial will follow at St. Michael's Cemetery.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. Thursday and 9-10 a.m. Friday at Gehret Funeral Home, Fort Loramie.
Memorials may be made to the St. Michael Church Building Fund or Shelby County Right to Life.
Condolences may be expressed at www.gehretfuneralhome.com.
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