Max Shock

Flood Watch issued August 13 at 10:22PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional storms will move into the area after midnight, persisting through late Friday morning. Heavy rain can be expected with these storms, with the risk of flash flooding increasing with storms that repeatedly move over the same locations.

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Max Shock

Max C. Shock, 93, of Rockford, died Oct. 15, 2009, at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind.

He was born Oct. 16, 1915, in Blackcreek Township, Mercer County, to Ralph A. and Ivadel Dudgeon Shock. On Dec. 29, 1945, he married Dorothy Pauline Wright, who survives.

Other survivors are two sisters, Martha Jane Hellwarth, Celina, and Madge Shock, Rockford; a sister-in-law, Velma Hunt, Carol, Mich.; and a brother-in-law, Royce (Mary Ellen) Wright, Portland, Ind.

Deceased is a sister, Ruthana Hughes.

He was a farmer and a member of Rockford United Methodist Church.

Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, Rockford, the Rev. Chip Steffy officiating. Burial is at Riverside Cemetery, Rockford.

Calling is 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to services Monday at the funeral home

Contributions can be made to the church.

Condolences can be sent to ketchamripleyfh@embarqmail.com.

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