Robert Hess

Cold Weather Advisory issued January 30 at 12:33PM EST until January 31 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to noon EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken.

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Robert Hess

Robert W. Hess, 79, of Osgood, died Jan. 20, 2007, at the Gardens at St. Henry.

He was born May 9, 1927, in Cassella, to Michael and Mary Ronnebaum Hess. On Sept. 29, 1951, he married Eileen Rose Hess, who survives.

Also surviving are seven sons, Thomas (Karen) and Leonard (Dawn), all of Chickasaw, Dan (Mary Jo), St. Rose, Dale (Lynne), St. Henry, Carl (Dodie) and Alan (Sharon), Maria Stein, and Craig (Jenny), Troy; a brother, John (Esther), Montezuma; two sisters, Eleanora Zumwald, Maria Stein, and Ruth (Louise) Hamberg, St. Henry; 28 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Deceased are a son, Chris; a daughter, Sandy; a sister, Alma Ruschau; two brothers-in-law, Richard Ruschau and Louis Zumwald; and two grandchildren.

He was a farmer and retired from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., St. Marys. He was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Osgood, and Catholic Knights of Columbus, Cassella.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. David Zink officiating. Burial is at St. Martins Cemetery, Osgood.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.

Contributions can be made to State of the Heart Home Health & Hospice or Center for Neurological Development.

Condolences can be sent at www.hogenkampfh.com.

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