Kathleen Schmitmeyer

Flood Watch issued August 13 at 10:22PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, 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...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional storms will move into the area after midnight, persisting through late Friday morning. Heavy rain can be expected with these storms, with the risk of flash flooding increasing with storms that repeatedly move over the same locations.

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Kathleen R. Schmitmeyer, 63, 123 S. Hamilton St., Minster, died at 4:55 p.m. Jan. 7, 2007, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster. She had been ill the past year.

She was born Feb. 6, 1943, in Cassella, to Raymond and Olive Bensman Feltz. On May 30, 1964, she married Jerome J. Schmitmeyer, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Jarett (Nicole), New Bremen; five brothers, John (Cindy) Feltz, Fairborn, Paul (Mary Ann) Feltz, Waynesville, Jerome (Patricia) Feltz, Wake Forest, N.C., Raymond Jr. (Rita) Feltz, Celina, and Ronald (Mary) Feltz, North Canton; three sisters, Eileen Slivinski, Dayton, Mary Ann (Dick) Gray, Celina, and Pauline (Urban) Drees, Yorkshire; and twin grandsons.

Deceased is a daughter, Jeanne, and two brothers-in-law, Pete Slivinski and Louis Schemmel.

She graduated from the University of Dayton. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, its Catholic Ladies of Columbus, and former director of religious education, Minster; adult faith coordinator at St. Henry Catholic Church and a member of the Precious Blood Companions, St. Henry Cluster.

Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Thursday at the Minster church, the Rev. Larry Wyen officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Wednesday and 9-9:30 a.m. Thursday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.

Contributions can be made to State of the Heart Hospice.

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