Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Eleanora Hess
Eleanora Hess, 86, Coldwater, died at 5:45 p.m. Sept. 21, 2011, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater.
She was born July 30, 1925, in Fort Loramie to William and Amelia Luthman Frilling. On June 16, 1946, she married Jerome Hess, who died Jan. 12, 2000.
Surviving are five children, Betty Jane (Carson) Cheeks, St. Henry, Linda (Thomas) Knapke, Englewood, Virginia (Robert) Niekamp, Rosholt, Wis., Donna (Daniel) Eyink, Coldwater, and Daniel (Deb) Hess, St. Henry; brothers, Robert Frilling, McCartyville, and Roman (Mildred) Frilling, St. Henry; sisters-in-law, Lorina Frilling, St. Marys, and Barb Frilling, Wisconsin; 17 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Also deceased are two sisters and seven brothers.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater, and its St. Ann's Rosary Altar Sodality. She retired as a nurse's aide at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater.
A Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Calling is 3-8 p.m. Friday and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
Memorials may be made to State of the Heart Hospice.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.