Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Bernadette Keller
Bernadette M. "Bernie" Keller, 90, of Jefferson St., Maria Stein, died at 4 p.m. July 13, 2008, at the Heritage Manor Nursing, Minster, where she had resided for the past four years.
She was born Dec. 1, 1917, in Maria Stein to Henry and Agnes Fullenkamp Streacker. On April 26, 1939, she married Aloys J. Keller, who died Sept. 27, 1987.
Survivors are three sons, James (Rose Ann), Maria Stein, Thomas (Jaifei), Defiance, and Daniel (Mary Ann), New Bremen; a brother, Leo (Salome) Streaker, Englewood; four sisters, Antoinette Schlater, Sidney, Johanna Marbaugh, Celina, Mary (Ed) Phlipot, New Bremen, and Rose Seitz, Coldwater; 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three brothers-in-law, Herbert Schlater, Don Marbaugh and Carl Seitz.
A homemaker, she was a member of the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and its ladies sodality. She was a past church sacristan and a member of the Knights of St. John Auxiliary, all in Maria Stein.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Gene Schnipke officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 3-8 Wednesday and 9-10 a.m. Thursday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.
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