Special Weather Statement issued May 1 at 12:13PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 1212 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near New Bremen, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation.
Locations impacted include... Newport, Fryburg, Montra, Egypt, Uniopolis, New Bremen, Buckland, Botkins, New Knoxville, Fort Loramie, Kettlersville, Moulton, Jackson Center, St. Marys, Anna, Kossuth, Lakeview, Lake Loramie State Park, Waynesfield, and Wapakoneta.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 96 and 118.
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Barbara Wright
Barbara J. Wright, 71, Lima, died at 2:13 p.m. April 5, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.
She was born June 21, 1937, in Tiffin, to John H. and Mildred Gase Breitenbach. On June 1, 1957, she married Robert M. "Bob" Wright, who survives.
Other survivors are two daughters, Terri A. (Marvin J.) Wright-Knapke, Coldwater, and Lisa J. Ricker, Lima; a sister, Mary Jane (Milo) Bragg, Bettsville; a brother, Charles "Chuck" Breitenbach, Rochester, N.Y.; a brother-in-law, Tom Alesi, Rochester; two grandsons, six great-grandchildren; three stepgrandaughters.
Deceased is a sister, Helen Alesi; a brother, Jack Breitenbach; a grandson and a great-grandson.
She retired from St. Rita's Medical Center after 26 years, where she worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church, Lima.
Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. April 14, 2009, at St. Marys Catholic Church, Tiffin, the Rev. Gary Walters officiating.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Shawnee Chapel of Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Contributions can be made to the Lima Public Library.
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