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, December 15th, 2014
Ruth Christian
Ruth E. Christian, 94, Celina, died at 12:01 p.m. Dec. 13, 2014, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater.
She was born Dec. 31, 1919, in Liberty Township, to Andrew and Lillie Beitler Gehm. On Oct. 19, 1941, she married Roy D. Christian, who died Nov. 25, 1981.
Surviving are a daughter, Carol (Dean) Donovan, Celina; six grandchildren, Laura (Terry) Dickerson, Mark (Amy) Freeman, Jennifer Freeman, Jon Freeman, Mindy (friend Brad Boeckman) Freeman, and Lisa (friend David Schaadt) Freeman; 11 great-grandchildren, Kristin and Jackson Dickerson, Emily and Abby Freeman, Jacob Hart, Adrian Hurley, Johnny Perin, Tiara Freeman, Dusty Hutson, Sierra Freeman and Savanna Freeman; and two brothers, Lester (Blanche) Gehm, Coldwater, and Noel (Leora) Gehm, Mount Olive, Ill.
Also deceased are two brothers, Elmer and Robert Gehm.
She was retired from Buckeye Apparel, Goldstein's and Chief supermarket. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Rockford, and its Women's Fellowship. She also was a member of Hopewell Grange, the Celina Garden Club and the Grand Lake Riding Club.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Rockford, the Rev. Catherine Costello officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. today at Cisco Funeral Home, Celina, and 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Memorials may be given to the church or to State of the Heart Hospice.
Condolences may be sent to www.ciscofuneralhome.com.
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