Gertrude Laux

Special Weather Statement issued July 16 at 5:17AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

Temperatures will climb into the upper 80s to lower 90s today. This will combine with a humid airmass to produce heat indicies in the 95 to 100 degree range this afternoon.
Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening.

Air Quality Alert issued July 16 at 12:23AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio, through midnight EDT tonight.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires will adversely impact air quality. The Agency expects the Air Quality Index to be in the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' range.
For additional actions and information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's web site at epa.ohio.gov.

Air Quality Alert issued July 16 at 12:16AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio, from 7 AM Thursday to midnight EDT tonight.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires will adversely impact air quality. The Agency expects the Air Quality Index to be in the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' range.
For additional actions and information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's web site at epa.ohio.gov.

Air Quality Alert issued July 15 at 9:35PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio, from 7 AM Thursday to midnight EDT Thursday night.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires will adversely impact air quality. The Agency expects the Air Quality Index to be in the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' range.
For additional actions and information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's web site at epa.ohio.gov.

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Gertrude Laux

Gertrude Mary Laux, 89, Rockford, died at 1:45 a.m. Sept. 8, 2010, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert.

She was born on Feb. 3, 1921, in Fordyce, Neb., to Zeno and Mathilda Schmidt Suing. On July 29, 1944, she married John Lamont Laux, who died Aug. 12, 2003.

Surviving are five sons, Ferdinand (Linda) Laux, Anchorage, Alaska, Duane (Lindy) Laux, McComb, Richard Laux, Mendon, Daniel Laux, Rockford, and Charles (Becky) Laux, Elizabethtown, Ky.; two daughters, Arillia Ann Gilbreath, Rockford, and Anna Marie (Don) McClain, Fort Wayne, Ind.; three brothers, Jerome, John and Daniel Suing; four sisters, Lorine Miller, Catherine Kock, Mathilda Suing and Clara Yeaton; 22 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Also deceased are a brother, James Suing; and four sisters, Mary Ann Smith, Helen Suing, Elizabeth Suing and Magdalen Cisney.

She was a homemaker and a member of the St. Teresa Catholic Church in Rockford. She was also a member of the church's ladies sodality.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, the Rev. Ken Alt officiating. Burial is at Riverside Cemetery in Rockford.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, Rockford, where a rosary service will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Memorials can be made to the Celina Area Visiting Nurses.

Condolences can be left at ketchamripley.com.

Archive of
September 9th, 2010

Buy this E-Edition

Additional obituaries on this date

Tyler Christian

Tyler Michael Christian, 19, Celina, died at 10:38 a.m. Sept. 8, 2010, at Joint [More]

Lucile Sutter

Lucile E. Sutter, 92, Fort Recovery, died at 12:30 a.m. Sept. 8, 2010, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]

Pauline Schnipke

Pauline A. Schnipke, 84, Ottoville, died at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 8, 2010, at the Meadows of Kalida. [More]

Mary Thobe

Mary Jane Thobe, 89, Greenville, died at 3:15 a.m. Sept. 8, 2010, at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville. [More]