Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
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Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Verlina Ahrens
Verlina M. Ahrens, age 88 of Coldwater (formerly Osgood), died Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater.
She was born September 7, 1930 in Coldwater to the late Arthur & Agnes (Henke) Knapke. On October 15, 1949 she married Ervin E. Ahrens and he died December 31, 2018.
She is survived by her children, Rick & Roxann Ahrens of St. Sebastian, Ken & Sue Ahrens of Coldwater, Kathy Hartke of St. Henry and Don & Alice Ahrens of Coldwater; twelve grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; siblings and in-laws, Doris Ann Brunswick of St. Henry and Mary Knapke of Coldwater, Bob Ahrens of California, and Irmie Wendeln of Sidney.
She was preceded in death by a son-in-law Bill Hartke; two granddaughters Lisa & Laura; a brother Bud Knapke; and in-laws, Velma & Al Davis, Ginny Ahrens, Evie & Jerry Smith, Leo Wendeln, and Duke Brunswick.
She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Osgood, where she was a lector for many years, the church funeral choir and the Maria Stein Knights of St. John Auxiliary. Verlina volunteered at Community Hospital in Coldwater and worked at the former Sowar's Department store in Coldwater as a seamstress. She always enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing, crocheting and making snicker doodles.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am Monday, March 18, 2019 at St. Nicholas Church with Fr. David Zink, officiating. Burial will follow in St. Martin Cemetery, Osgood.
Friends may call from 2:00 to 5:00 pm Sunday, March 17, and 9:00 to 9:45 am Monday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Minster. Memorials may be made to the Briarwood Activity fund or State of the Heart Care.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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