Imelda Heckman

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.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration 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 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Imelda Heckman

Imelda A. Heckman, 85, Maria Stein, died at 12:29 a.m. May 27, 2010, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater.

She was born July 10, 1924, in Cassella, to Aloys and Cleophia Boeke Schoenherr. On Nov. 29, 1947, she married Richard U. Heckman, who died Oct. 24, 1988.

Surviving are six children, Werner (Elaine) Heckman, Maria Stein, Jean (Frank) Liesner, Chickasaw, Mary Ann (Vernon) Bohman, Russia, Karen (Roger) Evers, Celina, Jan (Jeff) Gottschalk, Minster, and Paul (Annette) Heckman, Maria Stein; a daughter-in-law, Bonnie (Gary) Garrison, Maria Stein; four siblings, Joe (Joan) Schoenherr, St. Peter, Irene Fullenkamp, Portland, Ind., Vincent (Margie) Schoenherr, St. Joe, and Rose Ann (Richard) Post, Celina; two sisters-in-law, Roseann Schoenherr, St. Paul, Minn., and Roberta Schoenherr, Orem, Utah; 24 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Deceased are two sons, Tom and Joseph Heckman; a daughter, Marita Heckman; three brothers, Alvin, Roman and Louis Schoenherr; a sister, Anna Marie Post, and two brothers-in-law, William Post and Martin Fullenkamp.

She was a member of St. John Catholic Church in Maria Stein, St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Sebastian, the ladies rosary altar sodality of St. Sebastian, Knights of John Auxiliary, the Chickasaw Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Maria Stein American Legion Auxiliary, Catholic Knights in Cassella, and she volunteered at the Mercer Health gift shop and the Maria Stein Retreat House.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, the Rev. Ken Schroeder officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Monday and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater.

Memorials can be made to The LAM (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis) Foundation in Cincinnati.

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