Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007
Cletus Homan
Cletus Henry Homan, 87, 909 Emerald Drive, Coldwater, died at 4:15 p.m. June 21, 2007, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home.
He was born Dec. 24, 1919, in Philothea, to Joseph and Mary Osterholt Homan. On May 14, 1946, he married Viola Mary, who died Jan. 13, 1984. On May 17, 1986, he married Lillian Will Gaerke, who survives at the residence.
Other survivors are three sons, David (Joan), Hoagland, Ind., Alvin (Eileen), Minster, and Gary (Jane), St. Henry; two daughters, Laura (Thomas) Behr, Sidney, and Sandra (Richard) Clune, Celina; three sisters, Anna Evers, St. Henry, and Juletta (Linus) Huelskamp and Cleopha (Aloys) Link, all of Fort Recovery; six stepsons, Gary Gaerke, David (Cynthia) Gaerke, Terry (Phyllis) Gaerke, and Leonard (Lucy) Gaerke, all of Coldwater, Dennis (Andrea) Gaerke, Waterford, Mich., and Nicolas (Janice) Gaerke, Centerville; two stepdaughters, Linda (Allen) Lefeld, Coldwater, and Marlene (James) Balster, St. Henry; two sisters-in-law, Marcella, St. Henry, and Dolores, McCartyville; 15 grandchildren, 23 stepgrandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and nine stepgreat-grandchildren.
Deceased are two brothers, Arnold and Paul; a sister-in-law, Irene; a brother-in-law, Florence Evers; and a stepdaughter, Lou Ann Gaerke.
He was a farmer and member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater, where he was a deacon. He also was a member of St. Gasper Del Buffalo 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, Minster, the Holy Name Society of St. Mary Catholic Church, Philothea, a CCD teacher and church lector, and a Eucharist minister at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. He also was a member of the Mercer County Farm Bureau where he served as a youth counselor,
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Coldwater church, the Rev. Ron Will officiating. Burial is at the Philothea church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Monday and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater.
Contributions can be made to State of the Heart Home Health and Hospice.
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