Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
Norma Post
Norma C. Post, 85, a resident of The Gardens at St. Henry, died at 8:45 a.m. Sept. 1, 2006, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater.
She was born July 23, 1921, in Fort Loramie, to Fred and Cecelia Dircksen Hilgefort. On Sept. 24, 1952, she married Hugo E. Post, who died in 1992.
Surviving are three sons, Carl of New Weston, Henry of Greenville and Jim (Angie) of St. Sebastian; three daughters, Rita (Alan) Hemmelgarn, Burkettsville, Louise (Don) Buzard, Virginia Beach, Va., and Bonnie (Greg) Atkinson, Wapakoneta; two brothers, Bob (Rita) Hilgefort, Sidney, and Louie (Phyllis) Hilgefort, Fort Loramie; five sisters, Verona Boecker, Minster, Mary Ann (Jerry) Heitkamp and Kelly Bruns, all of Frenchtown, Rosemary Heitkamp, McCarty-ville, and Louise (Dennis) Homan, Maria Stein; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A son, Fred, is deceased.
She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater and the Rosary Altar Sodality, Sharpsburg.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church, the Rev. Ron Wilker officiating. Burial will follow at St. Paul's Cemetery, Sharpsburg.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Monday and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
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