Grace Garner

Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:08PM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 17 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...Until 11 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.

Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:05PM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Snow tapering off this evening. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

Thursday, October 17th, 2024

Grace Garner

Grace C. Garner, age 94, of Portland passed away on Wednesday October 9, 2024 in Persimmon Ridge Healthcare in Portland.

She was born in Portland on December 14, 1929 the daughter of Dwight and Mary (Jones) Whitacre. She was married to Robert Garner and he passed away on November 17, 2012. Grace was the original owner of Garner Tax Service in Portland, working there for several decades as a bookkeeper and tax preparer. She had attended First Baptist Church.

Surviving is a son Randy LeMaster of Portland, one daughter Carolyn McKibben of Coldwater, Ohio, one sister Mary Katherine Heiby of Portland, Grandsons Cory McKibben (wife Gina) of Coldwater, Shane McKibben (wife Julie) of Loveland, Ohio and Corey LeMaster of Berne, great grandsons Kyle Zack (wife Olivia), Boston McKibben and Christian and Cameron Current, great granddaughters Katie Stammen (husband Paul) and Nancy Taylor McKibben, great great grandchildren Vivian, Roman, Gianna Stammen and Arianna and Michael Whittington.

She was preceded in death by a daughter Shirley LeMaster (age 4) , husbands Dale LeMaster and Robert Garner and sisters Phyllis Baders Williams, Anna Marie Marsh and Wilma Nash.

Private family services will be held and burial will be in the Salamonia Cemetery. Baird-Freeman Funeral Home are handling the arrangements. Memorials can be made to Jay County Humane Society.

Baird-Freeman Funeral Home are handling the arrangements.

Online condolences at www.bairdfreeman.com.

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