Special Weather Statement issued January 30 at 3:42AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Sub-zero temperatures and wind chill values are expected this morning. While most locations will have values in the negative single digits, some isolated temperatures and wind chills will briefly be as low as 10 to 15 degrees below zero.
Cold Weather Advisory issued January 29 at 11:36PM EST until January 31 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 10 to 20 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 7 PM Friday to noon EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
-4° -4° Fri 12° Fri 12° -9° -9° Sat 12° Sat 12°
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Cleopha Strete
Cleopha "Cleo" R. Strete, 91, of Otterbein Cridersville and formerly of Wapakoneta, died at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 4, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.
She was born March 15, 1921, in St. Henry to Louis and Anna Selhorst Lange. On Feb. 1, 1947, she married Ralph A. Strete Jr., who died Nov. 28, 1998.
Surviving are five children, Stephen (Janice) Strete, Charleston, S.C., Jeffrey (Kathy) Strete, Wapakoneta, Charles (Patti) Strete, Lakeview, Anthony (Lorraine) Strete, Troy, and Margaret (Dale) Crumrine, Wapakoneta; siblings, Cyril (Margie) Lange, Fort Loramie, Leroy (Beanie) Lange, St. Henry, Eugene Lange, St. Henry, Cletus (Edna) Lange, St. Henry, Louis (Martha) Lange, Wapakoneta, Marie Pottkotter, St. Henry, Wilma Dues, Philothea, Rita Schroer, Fort Recovery, and Frances (Lawrence) Gehret, Fort Loramie; a sister-in-law, Sally Lange, Celina; eight grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Also deceased are a brother, Elmer Lange, and a sister, Agnes Lange.
She was a graduate of St. Rita's Hospital School of Nursing, Lima, and retired in 1983 as a registered nurse at St. Rita's Medical Center.
She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wapakoneta, St. Rita's Alumni Association, the Knights of Columbus Council 1272 Auxiliary and the DAV Auglaize Chapter 73.
A Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Daniel Hunt Officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Calling is 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, Wapakoneta.
Memorials may be given to the church's renovation fund or to St. Rita's Hospice.
Condolences may be left at www.bayliffandeleyfh.com.
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