Edna Schunk

Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 9:00AM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 2:21AM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 10 to 15 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 11 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Edna Schunk

Mercer County native Edna R. Wilker Schunk, 83, of Dayton, died Aug. 19, 2006, at Heartland of Kettering.

She was born Nov. 2, 1922, in Mercer County, to Joseph and Wilhelmina Wilker. She married Charles E. Shunk, who is deceased.

Survivors are a daughter, Linda Crowell, Dayton; a brother, Clete (Clara) Wilker, Coldwater; two sisters, Ethel Klosterman, Montezuma, and Mary Ann (Adolph) Dorsten, Dayton; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Wilker, Montezuma; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson.

Deceased are a daughter, Shirley I. Evemy; son-in-law, Alan F. Evemy; two brothers Sylvester and Raymond Wilker; a sister-in-law Julianne Wilker; a sister, Loretta Connors; two brothers-in-law, Bud Connors and Lee Klosterman; and a great-granddaughter.

She retired from Alta Nursing Home after 17 years. She was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 657, Dayton.

Funeral Mass was 10 a.m. today at Emmanuel Catholic Chuch, Dayton,

Arrangements are by Newcomer Funeral Home, Dayton.

Contributions can be made to Hospice of Dayton and Children's Miracle Network (Neo-natal Fund).

Condolences can be sent at www.NewcomerFamily.com

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