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
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Saturday, November 5th, 2016
Rita Gustin
Rita M. (Kramer) Gustin, age 95, of Dayton, died Friday, November 4, 2016.
She was born January 31, 1921 in Coldwater, to the late Jacob & Theresa (Gels) Kramer.
She is survived by five children, Thomas W. (Joyce) Gustin of Xenia, Mary R. Schommer of Marietta, Paula M. (Bernie) Benson of Bethesda, Maryland, Angela M. Bryant of Vandalia and Robert J. (Reeva) Gustin of Huntsville, Alabama; eight grandchildren; ten great grandchildren and a brother in law Les Brandewie of Celina.
She is preceded in death by siblings Fr. William Kramer C.PP.S., Marie & Eddie Kennedy, Arnold & Ruth Kramer, Sr. Ruth Kramer and Dorothy Brandewie.
She was a member of St. Charles Borromeo in Kettering. Rita Mary Kramer graduated from Coldwater High School in 1938, was class valedictorian and editor-in-chief of the yearbook the "Telescope".
Rita, as a novitiate, studied music at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College from 1939 to 1944, she was a member of the college orchestra one year, the Novitiate Orchestra for two years and conducting the orchestra for 1 year.
Rita was "employed" as a music supervisor for grammar schools by the Sisters of Providence at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College from 1941 to 1945.
Rita enlisted in the US Navy on April 30, 1945, she served as a Mathematical Assistant in Sonar Research, until her discharge in June 1946, as a Seaman First Class. She then attended the University of Dayton and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1948.
She worked as a clerk at the Dayton Post Office while attending school, where she met her husband William P. Gustin Jr. Rita worked as a civilian (Scientist, Mathematician, Engineer) for the Department of the Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB from 1952 until 1979, retiring at a grade 13 Step 9, with her last position as an Electronics Engineer for the Aeronautical Division, AF Avionics Laboratory.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Coldwater. Burial will follow in St. Elizabeth Cemetery.
Friends may call from 11:30 to 1:30 PM on Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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