Dorothy Marsee

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.

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

Dorothy Marsee

Dorothy Virginia Marsee, 87, Celina, died at 2:05 p.m. Jan. 17, 2011, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert.

She was born March 3, 1923, in Fonde, Ky., to George Washington and Elizabeth Bryant Reed. In 1939, she married Clarence Marsee, who died Oct. 30, 1967.

Surviving are two daughters, Margaret (Robert) Caffee, Berne, Ind., and Lois (Ronald) Felver, Celina; a brother, George (Joyce) Reed Jr., Pruden, Tenn.; a sister, Thelma Uhrick, Detroit, Mich.; four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.

Also deceased are a son, Robert Lee Marsee; three brothers, Dallas Mobley, Virgil Grubbs and Herman Reed; and a sister, Mamie Hill.

She was a homemaker and retired from the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in St. Marys after 28 years.

Funeral services are 10 a.m. Saturday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home in Celina. Burial is at North Grove Cemetery in Celina.

Calling is 2-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Cancer Association of Mercer County.

Condolences may be left at dick.hellwarth@frontier.com.

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