Louis Ross

Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Louis Ross

Louis G. Ross, 80, Ohio City, died Dec. 16, 2013, at the Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford.

He was born July 14, 1933, in Mercer County, to Paul T. and Kathryn Hirn Ross, who preceded him in death. He married Linda L. Ellis July 24, 1980, and she died Dec. 5, 2010.

Survivors include two sons, Matthew (Jessica) Ross, Celina, and Kevin T. (Kaye) Ross, Rockford; two daughters, Angel (Junior) Schmidt, Decatur, Ind., and Julie (Brian) Potter, Plymouth, Mich.; stepchildren, Sharon Sutter, Florida; Olen (Patty) Brandon, Georgia; Mary Jean Brandon, Celina; Kathy Miracle, Rockford, and Jon Brandon, Rockford; a sister, Phyllis (Jerry) Now, Rockford; 13 grandchildren; 18 stepgrandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Kim Schmidt.

He had been a tool & die maker and was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Chattanooga United Methodist Church.

Condolences may be shared at BayliffAndSon.com.

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