Virginia Bourelle

Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:08PM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 17 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 11 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.

Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:05PM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Snow tapering off this evening. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Virginia Bourelle

Virginia R. Bourelle, 84, Rockford, died at 2:49 p.m. June 23, 2010, at Van Wert County Hospital.

She was born Aug. 7, 1925, in Rockford, to Wilbur and Beatrice Gephart Stover. On Jan. 19, 1946, she married Donald Eugene Bourelle, who died March 26, 1993.

Surviving are six children, James (Jan) Bourelle, Van Wert, Don (Jodi) Bourelle, Willshire, Karen (Marc) Macrum, Littleton, Colo., Melanie (Reg) Hinchcliff, Grover Hill, Tami (Dorsey) Roth, Leo, Ind., and Lisa (Robert) Brister, Willshire; two brothers, Don (Rose) Stover, Goshen, Ind., and Robert Stover, Rockford; three sisters-in-law, Jeanne (Glenn) Diffee, Downey, Calif., Nina (Al) Newton, Kingman, Ariz., and Shriley Bourelle, Bishop, Calif.; 19 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, 12 stepgrandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the Rockford United Methodist Church, the church's Women's Association and the Cadet Nurse Corps. She worked as the school secretary at Rockford School, was a bookkeeper at the Rockford Stone Company, and retired from Teleflex in Van Wert. She also volunteered at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford.

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home in Rockford, the Rev. Chip Steffy officiating. Burial is at Riverside Cemetery in Rockford.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials can be directed to the Rockford EMS or the church.

Condolences can be left at ketchamripleyfh@embarqmail.com.

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