Bonnie Garland

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 5:21PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Bonnie Garland

Former Fort Recovery resident Bonnie E. Garland, 44, 912 N. Elm St., Coldwater, died at 4:47 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009, at Lima Memorial Hospital. Death was due to natural causes.

She was born July 24, 1964, in St. Marys, to Louis and Alma Hoehne Timmerman. Her mother survives in Coldwater.

Other survivors are a son, James Meinerding, Coldwater; and two sisters, Nancy (Pat) Reinhard, Fort Recovery, and Shirley (Ernie) Bergman, Maria Stein.

She worked for Big Brothers and Big Sisters, St. Marys. She was a 1982 graduate of Fort Recovery High School and a graduate of Vantage Career Center.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Catholic Church, Sharpsburg, the Rev. Charles Mullen officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.

Calling is 3-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery.

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