Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
Friday, October 29th, 2021
Viola Luthman
Viola R. Luthman, age 96, of Coldwater, Ohio, died on Thursday October 28, 2021, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater.
She was born December 1, 1924, in Celina to the late George & Anna Marie (Fullenkamp) Pleiman. On September 27, 1947, she married Henry B. Luthman, and he preceded her in death in 2004.
Viola is survived by children, Mike & Kathy Higgins-Luthman of Livonia, Michigan, Joe & Dorothy Luthman, Custar, Ohio, Sister M. Ruth Luthman of Dyer, Indiana, and Don & Karen Luthman of Madeira, Ohio. Grandchildren; Michelle (Chad) Goins, Paul (Angela) Luthman, Sarah Luthman (Piers Hale), Katie (Ted) Kozlov, Jenna Luthman (William Glaser), Mary Clare Higgins-Chen (Albert), and great grand-daughters, Hailey Johnson and Sasha Kozlov, and numerous nieces and nephews.
  She is preceded in death by a daughter, Catherine, and infant sons, Tom, John and James, and siblings LeVaun Pleiman, Bernard (Rose) Pleiman, Betty (LeRoy) Rosengarten, George Pleiman Jr, and Marilyn (Tom) Rable.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater. She was a longtime CCD teacher, a communion distributor and volunteer at Coldwater Hospital. She was a member of the Lay Secular Franciscans for many years. Viola loved to bake, which was always appreciated by family, friends and neighbors.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, November 1, 2021 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater.
Friends may call from 1-4 PM on Sunday October 31, 2021 and from 9:30-10:30 AM on Monday, November 1, 2021 at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com. The use of masks are strongly encouraged.
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