Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Today 73° Today 73° slight chance 32° 32° likely Tomorrow 46° Tomorrow 46° 30° 30°
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2015
Rev. Robert Opperman
The Reverend Robert Opperman, 95, of Fostoria, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
He was born in 1920, in Auglaize County, Ohio, the son of Herman and Anna (Nolte) Opperman. He married Jeanne M. Meier on June 8, 1949, in Prescott, Wisconsin, and she survives.
He is also survived by his children Paul (Ellen) Opperman of Bettendorf, Iowa; Judith (Dimitri) Coucouvanis of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Phillip (Teresa) Opperman of Sandpoint, Idaho; Mark (Jacqueline) Opperman of South Lyon, Michigan; and Peter (Pamela) Opperman of Danvers, Illinois. He is survived by 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandsons. He is survived by a brother, Marvin Opperman of Saint Marys. He is also survived by a sister, Marjorie Meier of River Falls, Wisconsin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and by his siblings Vernon Opperman, Dorothy Jung, Myron Opperman, Ed Opperman and Fred Opperman. He was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Leslie Ann Opperman.
Reverend Opperman was a 1938 graduate of New Knoxville High School. He was a 1949 graduate of Mission House College in Plymouth, Wisconsin, and a Master's of Divinity in 1952.
He was ordained in June, 1952, and he served in United Church of Christ parishes including St. John's-Baseline Church in College Hill, Ohio; Immanuel UCC in Plymouth, Wisconsin, Ripley UCC in Traer, Iowa, Peace UCC in Dysart, Iowa, and he did interim pastoral work in Fostoria and Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
He served in the United States Army during WWII.
He enjoyed traveling, fishing, and flower gardening. He loved spending time with his grandchildren, many of whom he had the privilege of baptizing.
Funeral rites will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 2, 2016, at the First Church of New Knoxville, the Reverend Beth Ernest, officiant. Burial will follow at Pilger Ruhe Cemetery, New Knoxville.
Friends may call one hour prior to services in the Heritage Room of the First Church of New Knoxville. Memorial donations may be given to Lakeland College in Plymouth, Wisconsin.
Vornholt-Miller Funeral Home, 200 West Spring Street, New Knoxville, Ohio, is in charge of Rev. Opperman's funeral arrangements.
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