Special Weather Statement issued January 22 at 5:57AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Road temperatures below freezing are combining with some lingering surface moisture to produce localized black ice this morning.
If traveling this morning, use extra caution and be aware of the potential for spotty slick spots on untreated roadways.
Winter Storm Watch issued January 22 at 2:05AM EST until January 26 at 1:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 6 inches possible.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through late Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Lucille Homan
Lucille E. Homan, 84, 8278 Brookman Road, Chickasaw, died at 10:05 p.m. May 20, 2007, at Lima Memorial Hospital.
She was born Jan. 27, 1923, in Coldwater, to Louis A. and Rosa Spoltman Mescher. On Aug. 10, 1949, she married Stanley J. Homan, who died May 21, 2000.
Surviving are four sons, Thomas (Ann Mary), Tipp City, Jim (Jan), Charlotte, N.C., Ted (Nancee), Chickasaw, and Don (Kay), New Bremen; five daughters, Pat (Jerry) Stachler, St. Henry, Nancy, Colorado Springs, Colo., Linda (Tony) Broering and Janet (Ted) Heitkamp, all of Maria Stein, and Kris (Dennis) Pax, Piqua; a brother, Linus (Joan) Mescher, Celina; a sister, Pauline Ruschau, St. Marys; 30 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Deceased are four brothers, Carl, Ralph, Wilfred and Donald Mescher; and a brother-in-law, Jerome Ruschau.
She was a homemaker, a member of Precious Blood Church, Chickasaw, and its Ladies Sodality and a former member of Caring Ministry of the church.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church, the Rev . Kenneth Schroeder officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Thursday and 9-10 a.m. Friday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.
Contributions can be made to Mercer County Visiting Nurses.
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