Freeze Watch issued October 22 at 8:41PM EDT until October 24 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Kentucky and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From late Thursday night through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
38° 38° Thu 54° Thu 54° 34° 34° frost Fri 56° Fri 56° frost
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Harold McDermott
Harold C. McDermott, 92, formerly of 177 Buckeye Court, Westerville and Sidney, died at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2008, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community.
He was born June 14, 1915, in Clinton County, to Robert and Vadah Hodgson McDermott. On June 17, 1939, he married Edith Wright, who died Sept. 9, 2000.
Survivors are two sons, Roger (Patricia), Vonore, Tenn., and Gregory (Jacqueline), Fairlawn; a daughter, Kathleen (Scott) Adie, Cuyahoga Falls; a daughter-in-law, Suzanne, London, Tenn.; two sisters, Margene (Robert) Herman, Wapakoneta, and Mary Louise Johnston, Findlay; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a son, Gordon; a brother, Fred; and a sister, Polly Easter.
He was an educator and served as a science teacher and assistant principal for the Martinsville schools, a biology and chemistry teacher for the Sidney Public Schools and was superintendent of Westerville Public Schools. He later worked as a consultant for Freytag Architects in Sidney. He was a member of Kiwanis International in Sidney and Westerville, and St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina. He was a graduate of Wilmington High School and the University of Cincinnati.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday in the Meyer Community Chapel at Otterbein, the Rev. Robert Metheny officiating. Burial is at Graceland Cemetery, Sidney.
Calling is one hour prior to services at the chapel.
Contributions can be made to Otterbein.
Condolences can be made at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.
Arrangements are being handled by Miller Funeral Homes, St. Marys.
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