Lawrence Link

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.

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Lawrence Link

Lawrence F. Link, 83, Fort Recovery, died at 12:25 a.m. Nov. 14, 2010, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater.

He was born May 18, 1927, in Carthagena to Charles and Anna Wuebker Link. On Nov. 28, 1953, he married Wilma Goettemoeller, who survives.

Also surviving are five daughters, Mary Jane (Eugene) Homan, Carthagena, Kathy (Jim) Riethman, Minster, Linda (Richard) Shier, Fort Recovery, Teresa (Steve) Smith, Springboro, and Carol (Jim) Knapke, Fort Recovery; three sons, Daniel (Nancy) Link, Portland, Ind., Bob (Sharon) Link, Fort Recovery, and David (Marie) Link, Fort Recovery; a brother, Aloys (Cleopha) Link, Fort Recovery; three sisters, Edna (Eugene) Reinhard, Plainfield, Ind., Marilyn (Eugene) Fullenkamp, Decatur, Ind., and Sister Adelaide Link, Hamilton; four brothers-in-law, the Rev. Leonard Goettemoeller, Carthagena, Harold Goettemoeller, Botkins, Ivo (Esther) Goettemoeller, St. Henry, and George Minnich, Portland, Ind.; three sisters-in-law, Phyllis Link, Coldwater, Mildred Wuebker, St. Henry, and Verena Goettemoeller, Rockford; 40 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Deceased are infant sons, Leonard and Bernard Link; two brothers, Rudy and Elmer Link; and a sister, Sister M. Jean Link.

He retired from the former New Idea in Coldwater and was a farmer. He was a member of the United Steelworkers of America in Coldwater and Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church in Fort Recovery.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Thomas Dorn officiating. Burial is at St. Marys Cemetery in Fort Recovery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home in Fort Recovery.

Memorials may be made to the State of the Heart Hospice.

Condolences may be left at www.brockmanboeckmanfh.

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