High Wind Warning issued March 12 at 7:33PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
37° 37° chance Fri 54° Fri 54° slight chance 29° 29° Sat 48° Sat 48°
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Lucille VanSkyock
Lucille A. VanSkyock, 90, 405 Greenville Road, Fort Recovery, died Feb. 19, 2010, at her home.
She was born Sept. 16, 1919, in St. Peter, to Henry and Rosa Gaerke Knoth. On July 2, 1949, she married Weldon VanSkyock, who died April 7, 1991.
Surviving are three sons, Jerry (Katherine) Adams, Loveland, Ronald (Connie) VanSkyock, Fort Recovery, and Kevin VanSkyock, Pleasant Hill; a daughter, Joyce Long, Celina; a sister, Henrietta Coughlin, West Milton; a daughter-in-law, Penny Adams, Vandalia; 16 grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two sons, Gene Adams and Larry VanSkyock; two brothers, Joe and Albert Knoth; and two sisters, Betty Boise and Minnie Wheelock.
She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church and its Altar Sodality, Fort Recovery, and served as a lector and lay distributor.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Catholic Church, Sharpsburg, the Rev. Thomas Dorn officiating. Burial is at St. Marys Cemetery, Fort Recovery.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. today and 9-9:45 a.m. Tuesday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery.
Contributions can be made to Community Health Professionals of Celina or the Mercer County Council on Aging.
Condolences can be left at www.brockmanboeckmanfh.com.
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