Adele Heckman

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 31 at 6:02PM EDT until April 1 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 82 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE HARDIN MERCER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, CELINA, COLDWATER, KENTON, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, ST. MARYS, AND WAPAKONETA.

Special Weather Statement issued March 31 at 9:16PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

At 916 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lima, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation.
Locations impacted include... Kenton, Ada, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Forest, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Blanchard, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Patterson, Dola, Grant, Silver Creek, Jumbo, Huntersville, Pfeiffer, Walton, and Hepburn.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 117 and 118.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for west central Ohio.
To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

Adele Heckman

Adele Dorothy Heckman, age 64, of Portland, IN, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater, Ohio.

She was born December 16, 1951, in Coldwater to the late Edward & Bernadine (Otte) Stammen. On July 11, 1975, she married James Robert Heckman and he survives.

She is also survived by children: Krista & James Buschur of North Star, Daniel & Anne Heckman of Walton, KY, Lisa Heckman of Cassella, Michael & Krista Heckman of St. Henry, Matthew & Amy Heckman of St. Henry, Mark Heckman of Cassella and Andrew Heckman of Cassella; 11 grandchildren; siblings, Sharon & Virgil Winner of Beavercreek, Yvonne & Kenneth Abell of Corydon, IN, Terrence and Marcia Stammen of New Weston, Cynthia & Mark Henderson of Springboro and Pamela & Donald Stolzner of Arlington Heights, IL; and in laws: Jerome Barhorst of Ft. Loramie, Rita & Stephen Monnin of Botkins, John & Maruja Heckman of Clifton, VA, Ann & Michael Kreitzer of Arcanum, Mary & Jerome Siegrist of Sidney, Marjorie & Donald Eilerman of Ft. Loramie, Joseph & Joyce Heckman of Ringoes, NJ, William & Mary Beth Heckman of Yorkshire, Kathleen & John Geise of Sidney, and David & Karen Heckman of Minster.

She is preceded in death by sister-in-law Martha Barhorst.

She was a member of the quilter guild of St. Augustine Church in Minster. Adele was a homemaker, a pioneer of the home school movement home-schooling her seven children, a gardener, a seamstress, a former Home Economics teacher, baked whole grain organic breads and loved to plan family get-togethers.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at St. Rose Catholic Church, Maria Stein, Ohio. Burial will follow in St. Bernard Cemetery, Burkettsville, Ohio.

Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in St. Henry from 2 to 8 PM on Monday and from 9 to 9:45 AM on Tuesday.

Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.

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