Special Weather Statement issued December 25 at 4:35AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Areas of fog will develop early this morning. This fog will reduce visibility to one mile or less in some locations. The fog will diminish in the mid to late morning. Motorists should slow down, use extra caution, and be prepared for changes of visibility along their route.
39° 39° Thu 47° Thu 47° 35° 35° chance Fri 57° Fri 57° light likely
Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Janet Pond
Janet Marion Pond, 81, Rockford, died Dec. 7, 2012, at Van Wert County Hospital.
She was born April 4, 1931, in Dublin Township, Mercer County, to Willard Charles and Helen Geneva Counterman Hays. On Aug. 27, 1949, she married William B. Pond, who died Feb. 20, 2011.
Surviving is a son, Ken (Carla) Pond, Rockford; two daughters, Joan (Brad) Glass, St. Marys, and Jennifer (Scott) Ralston, Rockford; a sister, Lois Jean (Jack) Powell, Rockford; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Deceased is a brother, Paul Hays; a sister, Joann Now; and a grandson.
She was a homemaker and a 1949 graduate of the former Rockford High School. She was a member of Mercer United Methodist Church and its Women's Society.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial is at Riverside Cemetery, Rockford.
Calling is 1-4 p.m. Sunday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina.
Contributions can be made to the church.
Condolences may be left at dickandsonshellwarthfh.com.
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