Darleen McDaniel

Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM 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 800 AM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - 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.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Darleen McDaniel

Rockford resident Darleen J. McDaniel, 59, formerly Darleen Gause, died at 5:59 p.m. Feb. 2, 2009, at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind. Death was due to natural causes.

She was born Oct. 8, 1948, in Fort Wayne, to Oris D. and Jeanette E. Thompson DeWald. On Jan. 1, 1999, she married Bruce McDaniel, who survives.

Other survivors are two sons, David Gause, Rockford, and Michael (Kim) Gause, Celina; a daughter, Nikki Barnes, Huntington, Ind.; two stepsons, Mark (April) McDaniel and Andrew (Chris) McDaniel; and a stepdaughter, Mollie (Tom) Mowry; seven grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren and a stepgreat-grandchild.

Graveside services are 11 a.m. Friday at East Bethel Cemetery, Rockford.

Contributions can be made to New Horizon Community Church, Rockford.

Condolences can be sent to ketchanripleyfh@embarqmail.com.

Arrangements were handled by Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, Rockford.

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