Winter Storm Warning issued January 25 at 1:20PM EST until January 26 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until noon EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.
Extreme Cold Warning issued January 25 at 11:18AM EST until January 27 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as around 25 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...For the Cold Weather Advisory, from midnight tonight to 6 PM EST Monday. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 6 PM Monday to noon EST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Cold Weather Advisory issued January 25 at 11:18AM EST until January 26 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as around 25 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...For the Cold Weather Advisory, from midnight tonight to 6 PM EST Monday. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 6 PM Monday to noon EST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
Luke Schmitmeyer
Luke B. Schmitmeyer, age 92 of Coldwater died Sunday December 2, 2018 at Celina Manor.
He was born May 2, 1926 in St. Sebastian, Ohio to the late Ben J. & Agatha (Albers) Schmitmeyer. On October 22, 1949 he married Mildred (Lange) in St. Henry Catholic Church, St. Henry, Ohio and she survives in Coldwater.
He is also survived by his children and spouses, Mark (Julie) Schmitmeyer, Versailles, Mary (Mike) Bruns, Chickasaw, Carol (Ted) Heckman, Minster, Paul (Carol) Schmitmeyer, Versailles, Ken (Carol) Schmitmeyer, Chickasaw, and Dale (Tina) Schmitmeyer, Coldwater; 30 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren with one deceased; siblings and in-laws, Sr. Lucille Schmitmeyer, Tiffin, Ohio, Eunice and Willard Dahlinghaus, Minster, Ohio, Hattie and Ivo Knapke, Versailles, Martin and Marie Schmitmeyer, St. Sebastian, Ella Mae and Roger Watercutter, Ft. Wayne, Alma Schmitmeyer, St. Henry, Helen Walterbusch, Coldwater, Alvira Albers, St. Henry, Evelyn Everman, Wapakoneta, and Marie York of Jupiter, Florida.
He is preceded in death by a son Joseph Luke Schmitmeyer; a great grandson Colin Heckman; siblings and in-laws, Evelyn (Louie) Bruns, Ernest Schmitmeyer, Marian (Greg) Evers and Lucille Schmitmeyer.
He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Holy Name Society of the church, Coldwater Knights of Columbus Council 1991 and the Coldwater Eagles, and American Legion. Luke is a veteran of WWII, in the Pacific Theater (Phillipines). He was a lifelong dairy, swine and grain farmer.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 AM Friday, December 7, 2018 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater. Burial with military rites in St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 pm Thursday and 9 to 10 am Friday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater.
Memorial donations will be forwarded to Fr. Gabriel's mission in Mexico. Contributions should be in care of Mildred Schmitmeyer.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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