Lucille Heric

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.

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

Lucille Heric

Lucille Kleinhenz Heric, 87, Maria Stein, died at 4:45 a.m. Dec. 22, 2014, at her home.

She was born July 13, 1927, in Dayton, to Urban and Rose Wendeln Menker. On July 5, 1952, she married Joseph Kleinhenz, who died March 29, 1994. On Dec. 28, 1998, she married Edward "Don" Heric, who died Dec. 20, 2011.

Surviving are eight children, Steve (Denise) Kleinhenz, Wilmington, Susan Kleinhenz, Cincinnati, David (Terri) Kleinhenz, Maria Stein, Donald (Peg) Kleinhenz, Powell, Joann (Linton) Medlin, Dallas, Texas, Mary (Marty) Herrera, Portland, Ore., Sara (Jim) Busse, Springboro, and Fred (Denise) Kleinhenz, Maria Stein; 15 grandchildren, Craig, Heidi, Eric, Nicole, Emily, Konrad, Nathan, Sophia, Rachel, Aundrea, Brian, Jacob, Anna, Ella and Isabel; two great-grandchildren, Cadel and Briella; two sisters, Rita Heinl, Maria Stein, and Ruth Stammen, New Weston; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Mary Heitbrink, Kate Broering, Harold (Virginia) Kleinhenz, Martha Kleinhenz, Tom Kleinhenz and Andrew (Betty) Kleinhenz; three stepchildren, Steve (Jean) Heric, Waukesha, Wis., Denise Shattuck, Newport News, Va.; and Cinda O'Laughlin, Galesburg, Mich.; seven stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.

Also deceased are three sisters, Irene Kleinhenz, MaryAnn Menker and Alice Menker; and sisters- and brothers-in-law, Paul Kleinhenz, Charles Heinl, Lawrence Stammen, Walter Kleinhenz, Adeline Kleinhenz, Stanley Kleinhenz, Cornelius Heitbrink and Andrew Broering.

She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Maria Stein, St. Anne Rosary Altar Sodality, church choir and the Maria Stein American Legion Auxiliary. She also volunteered at the Relic Chapel and Spiritual Center in Maria Stein.

She worked at Menker/Heinl grocery for her parents when she was young and later worked in the cafeteria at Marion Local Schools and cleaned at St. Henry Bank.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Maria Stein, the Rev. Gene Schnipke officiating. Burial will follow at St. John Cemetery.

Calling is 3-7 p.m. Friday and 9-9:45 a.m. Saturday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.

Memorials may be given to State of the Heart Hospice.

Condolences may be sent to www.hogenkampfh.com.

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