Special Weather Statement issued March 13 at 2:44PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Very strong wind gusts and dry soil is leading to areas of blowing dust across the area. This is causing visibility to be reduced to one mile or less in localized area.
Motorists should be prepared for rapidly changing visibility. Slow down and leave plenty of distance between you and the vehicle in front of you.
As winds slowly decrease late this afternoon into the evening, blowing dust should diminish.
High Wind Warning issued March 13 at 2:19PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Today 52° Today 52° chance 29° 29° Tomorrow 44° Tomorrow 44° 39° 39°
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
George Hoying
George C. Hoying, 89, 5940 Fort Recovery-Minster Road, St. Henry, died at 11:20 p.m. Jan. 8, 2007, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater.
He was born July 1, 1917, in Carthagena, to Herman and Catherine Albers Hoying. On June 9, 1943, he married Neoma Schmiesing, who survives.
Also surviving are five sons, Dennis (Nancy), Coldwater, John (Diana), St. Henry, James (Karen), Chickasaw, Randall (Linda), St. Henry, and Thomas (Gina), Bradenton, Fla.; four daughters, Joann (David) Schindler, Dayton, Margaret (William) Dulin, Union City, Ind., Patricia (Howard) Overman, New Bremen, and Donna (Carl) Murphy, Springfield, Va.; a brother, Herman (Merilda), St. Henry; a sister, Justine Wilker, Montezuma; 23 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two sisters, Mary Evers and Alvina Evers.
He was a farmer. He attended St. Francis Catholic Church and was a member of its men's Holy Name Society, Cranberry Prairie. He also was a member of the St. Henry Knights of Columbus, the Mercer County Farm Bureau and was a past school board member of St. Henry Consolidated Local Schools.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Henry Catholic Church, the Rev. Ronald Wilker officiating. Burial is at St. Francis Cemetery, Cranberry Prairie.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.
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