Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
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Monday, March 24th, 2014
Ronald Smith
Ronald Deane Smith, 77, residing in Granger, Ind., passed away March 10, 2014, at his home.
He was born in Mishawaka, Ind., on Oct. 15, 1936, to Ernest H. and Lucile E. Krumanaker Smith. He had resided in South Bend, Ind., area all of his life. On June 12, 1965, he married Linda L. Granger Smith in Celina, and she survives.
Also surviving are a sister, Dianne Heeter, Mishawaka; a sister-in-law, Nancy Smith of Indianapolis, Ind.; a brother-in-law, John (Beverly) Granger, Celina; a sister-in-law, Gail (Trevor) Wilson, Chardon; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a twin brother, Donald E. Smith.
He was an educator, retiring in 1991 from the South Bend Community School Corporation after 32 years of teaching at Warren and Dickinson junior high and middle schools. He was a 1955 graduate of John Adams High School and a 1959 graduate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. He received a master's degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a faithful member of Clay United Methodist Church, where he sang in the adult choir. He loved being with his family and friends and was a dedicated educator to many young people.
A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 21 at Clay United Methodist Church, South Bend, Ind. Burial will be at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger.
Memorial contributions may be donated to Clay United Methodist Church.
Online condolences may be made to the Smith family at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com.
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