Michael Hilleary

Winter Storm Watch issued January 22 at 1:34PM EST until January 26 at 1:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 7 inches possible.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.

Cold Weather Advisory issued January 22 at 12:34PM EST until January 23 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 13 below zero expected.
* WHERE...In Indiana, Wayne County. In Ohio, Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 6 AM to noon EST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Wind chill values can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While temperatures are expected to be in the upper single digits (above zero), a northwest wind at 10-15 mph will make temperatures feel as if they are colder than 10 below zero.

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Michael Hilleary

Michael Lee Hilleary, 64, Mendon, died at 9:50 p.m. July 14, 2010, at James Cancer Hospital in Columbus.

He was born June 7, 1946, in Celina, to Lewis "Bud" and Theona Mowery Hilleary. His mother survives in Celina; his father is deceased. On Dec. 24, 1983, he married Pamela L. Painter, who survives.

Also surviving is a daughter, Dawn (Bill) Store, St. Marys; a step-daughter, Dawn (Rick) Fowler, Celina; three brothers, Lewis (Sharon) Hilleary, Urbana, Guy (Jane) Hilleary, Celina, and Klayton (Mary) Hilleary, Wapakoneta; a sister, Diana Siegrist, Celina; and four grandchildren.

Deceased is a stepson, Darrel L. Donovan, who died April 3, 2002.

He was a driver for Borden Foods and worked at the Empire Commissary, both formerly of Celina. He also was a machinist at Foremost Tool in St. Marys. He graduated from Celina High School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1966 to 1970, which included a tour of duty on an aircraft carrier in Vietnam. He was a member of the Celina Veteran's of Foreign Wars.

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at W.H. Dick and Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home in Celina. Burial is at the Mendon Cemetery.

Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday and 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials can be made to the Cancer Association of Mercer County.

Condolences can be left at dick.hellwarth@verizon.net.

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