Earline Opperman

Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 12:42PM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 17 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Cold wind chill will occur late tonight into Sunday morning.

Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 12:40PM 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...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Earline Opperman

Former St. Marys resident Earline Opperman, 77, of Lakeland, Fla., died at 4 p.m. Oct. 18, 2007, at Oakbridge Nursing Home, Lakeland.

She was born March 15, 1930, in Darke County, to Earl Shives and Eleanor Puterbaugh Logan Ritchie. On March 24, 1951, she married Marvin Opperman, who survives.

Other survivors include a son, Jeff (Kendra), St. Marys; a daughter, Susan (Larry) Wilkins, Celina; two brothers, Tom (Dianne) Logan, St. Marys, and Dick (Donna) Logan, Prescott, Ariz.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Deceased are two brothers, Benjamin and Eugene Shives.

She was a homemaker and former secretary at Zion Lutheran Church, St. Marys. She was a 1948 graduate of Memorial High School, St. Marys.

Services are 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at First United Church of Christ, New Knoxville. Burial is at Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys.

Calling is 1-3 p.m. Nov. 3 at the church.

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