Keith LaFountain II

Flood Watch issued August 11 at 4:12AM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM 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, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected into Wednesday morning. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Keith LaFountain II

Keith J. LaFountain II, 18, Rockford, died at 11:13 a.m. Aug. 4, 2010, in Edgerton.

He was born May 17, 1992, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. to Roger and Yvonne Moon Patch, who survive.

Also surviving is a fiancee, Elizabeth Cardo, Sidney; three sisters, Natasha Moon, Rockford, Ericka Fisher, Rockford, and Suzanne Darryberry, Wapakoneta; a brother, Adam Fisher, Tucson, Ariz.; and grandparents Eugene LaFountain, New York, and Betty Patch, Geneva, Ind.

He was a construction worker for Hoffman Constructions in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Funeral services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, Rockford.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Saturday and 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Condolences can be left at ketchamripley.com.

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