Rita Siedel

Flood Watch issued August 12 at 9:17AM EDT until August 12 at 11:00PM 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, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, 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 this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional thunderstorms are expected into this evening. Locally heavy rainfall and the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same areas are possible. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.

Flood Advisory issued August 12 at 8:10AM EDT until August 12 at 11:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Preble County in west central Ohio... Western Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 810 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Troy, Piqua, Greenville, Celina, Tipp City, St. Marys, West Milton, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, St. Henry, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Union City, Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery and Pleasant Hill.

Thursday, September 10th, 2015

Rita Siedel

Rita Siedel, 88, of Rockford, Ohio, passed away at 10:12 AM on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center.

She was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 20, 1926 to Murray and Helen (Deutsch) Resnick. Rita married Harold "Sy" Siedel on February 16, 1944. Sy passed away on July 17, 1966.

Rita was a member of Calvary U.B. Church and then New Horizons Community Church. She worked for 43 years and retired from the Tu Way Factory in Rockford.

Surviving Rita are 3 daughters: Kathy (Jim) Wilkeson and Ellen (Ed) Peterson-Mosby of Dade City, Florida and Sandra Siedel of Tampa, Florida. 3 brothers also survive: Marvin (Linda) Resnick, Edmond, Oklahoma; Robert (Phyllis) Resnick, Flushing, New York; and Norman (Geri) Resnick, Boca Raton, Florida. She was survived by 5 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Rita was preceded in death by one son, Alan Siedel and one granddaughter.

Services for Rita will be held at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home in Rockford, Ohio on Saturday at 1:00 PM. Pastor Dave Souers will be officiating and burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Rockford.

Family and friends may call at the funeral home from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Community Health Professionals of Celina, Ohio.

Condolences may be expressed at ketchamripley.com.

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