Charline Homan-Schmit

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, August 31st, 2011

Charline Homan-Schmit

Charline E. Homan-Schmit, 83, Celina, died at 12:45 a.m. Aug. 30, 2011, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater.

She was born Aug. 20, 1928, in McCartyville, to August and Mary Herbert Barhorst. On April 20, 1949, she married Werner Homan, who died July 30, 1959. On Jan. 28, 1967, she married Lavern Schmit, who survives in Celina.

Also surviving are eight children, Elaine (Allen) Bohman, Osgood, Kathleen (Roger) Brunswick, St. Henry, Werner (Lorie) Homan, Noblesville, Ind., Marvin (Geri) Homan, Coldwater, Marilyn (Glenn) Simon, Tipp City, Timothy (Joan) Homan, Montezuma, Gregory (Jane) Homan, Celina, and Kevin (Lisa) Schmit, New Bremen; six sisters, Clarissa Brinkman, Overland Park, Kan., Dolores (Werner) Bruggeman, Maria Stein, Doris Bruggeman, Maria Stein, Marilyn (Ralph) Meyer, Coldwater, Emily Subler, Frenchtown, and Martha (Richard) Subler, New Bremen; two brothers, Joseph (Wilma) Barhorst, Philothea, and Clarence Barhorst, Botkins; in-laws, Clarissa Barhorst, Russia, and Ivo Braun, Trinity, Ind.; 22 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Deceased is brother, Herbert Barhorst; two sisters, Eloise Braun and Marjorie Rethman; four brothers-in-law, William Brinkman, Virgil Bruggeman, John Subler and Edward Rethman; and a sister-in-law, Shirley Barhorst.

She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Montezuma, the Christian Mothers of the Church and the Coldwater VFW Auxiliary.

Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Rick Friebel officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.

Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.

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