Special Weather Statement issued February 23 at 12:44AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Snow showers to continue this morning. Slick spots on area roads will be possible this morning with temperatures below freezing. Motorists can expect rapid changes in visibility when encountering some of the heavier snow showers. Northwest winds gusting up to 30 mph will add to the travel impacts due to blowing and drifting snow.
Roadways may become slick. If traveling, be alert, slow down and allow extra time to reach your destination.
22° 22° scattered Mon 31° Mon 31° isolated 17° 17° Tue 38° Tue 38°
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Elmer Bernard
Elmer J. "Farmer" Bernard, 82, 441 E. Kremer-Hoying Road, St. Henry, died at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 26, 2007, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton.
He was born Dec. 14, 1924, in St. Henry to Anthony and Regina Stammen Bernard. On Feb. 2, 1953, he married Mary L. Harner, who survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Jim (Cindy) and John, all of Coldwater; two daughters, JoAnn, Ashtabula, and Judy, Ogden, Utah; seven sisters, Ella Gaier, Fort Loramie, Ruth Seitz, Dayton, Flo Ferris, Columbus, Pegg (Bill) Wolf, Fort Recovery, Joan (Greg) Hausfeld, St. Marys, Ann (Lou) Brunswick, Coldwater, and Jane (Walter) Uhlenhake, Dayton; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two brothers, Urban and Jim; and two sisters, Wilma Gels and Mary Bernard.
He was a retired semi driver. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church, American Legion Post 648, St. Henry, and the St. Henry Fire Department.
Funeral mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Larry Wyen officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery with military services at the graveside.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.
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