Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - 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°
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Pamela LaFalce
Former Minster resident, Pamela Clare Winner LaFalce, 54, of Lexington, Ky., died Aug. 22, 2008,at her home. Death was due to natural causes.
She was born Aug. 12, 1954, in Coldwater to Clarence "Pete" and Clare Borchers Winner. On Oct. 12, 1985, she married Peter Ronald LaFalce Jr., who survives.
Other survivors are a son Samuel Peter; a daughter, Margaret Frances, both at home; four brothers, Ronald (Charyl), Indianapolis, Ind., Roger "Pete" (Sarah), Vandalia, Richard "Beetle" (Susan), and Gregory (Teresa), all of Minster; three sisters, Jane (Jim) Hatfield, Chicago, Ill., Judith Winner, and Patricia (Mike) Gavit, all of Minster; and a sister-in-law, Mary Ann Winner, Fort Loramie.
She worked in management for IBM/Lexmark, in Lexington, for more than 25 years. She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Lexington. She was a 1972 graduate of Minster High School, graduated from The College of Mount Saint Joseph on the Ohio in 1976, received a master of science from the University of Cincinnati in 1979, and a master of business administration from Xavier University in 1989.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church in Lexington.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church and 2-4 p.m. Friday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Minster. Burial is at St. Augustine Cemetery, Minster.
Contributions can be made to the Pamela Winner LaFalce Perpetual Trust for a reflection garden at St. Paul Parish.
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