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
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Etta Phillips
Etta "Mae" Phillips, 64, 423 E. Broadway St., Fort Recovery, died at 1:55 p.m. Jan. 6, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Death was from natural causes.
She was born July 19, 1944, in Portland Ind., to Herbert and Bethel Taylor Thornburg. On March 21, 1969, she married Kenneth Phillips Sr., who survives in Rockford.
Other survivors are a son, Gary Casada, Pennville, Ind.; four daughters, Twylia (Kenney) Miller, Muncie, Ind., Connie (Houssam) Hourani, Kathy Casada, and Polly (Todd) Carl, all of Marshalltown, Iowa; two stepsons, Kenneth Phillips Jr. and Mark Phillips, both of Hartford City, Ind.; four stepdaughters, Nickie Hancock and Robyn Cunnington, both of Parker City, Ind., Connie Hall, Albany, Ind., and Teresa Capper, Hartford City, Ind.; a brother, Dave (Marie) Thornburg, Decatur, Ind.; a sister, Lonnie (Charles) Patterson, Dunkirk, Ind.; 23 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.
She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Fort Recovery.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, the Rev. Dennis Kelly officiating. Burial is at Springhill Cemetery, Fort Recovery.
Calling is 9-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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