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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Thursday, December 26th, 2019
Rita Bertke
Rita Marie Bertke, age 87, of Maria Stein, died Monday, December 23, 2019 at Briarwood Village.
She was born October 11, 1932 in Egypt, to the late Henry & Elizabeth (Hoying) Dahlinghaus. She married Omer Bertke on November 11, 1953, and he survives in Coldwater.
She is also survived by eight children, Steven & Dianne Bertke of New Bremen, Kathleen & Harold Bruns of Versailles, Mary Jo & Marvin Koester of Celina, Denise & Lawrence Kunk of Yorkshire, Patrick & Claudia Bertke of Mays Landing, New Jersey, Gerelyn & Raymond Moeller of Mendon, Gerard Bertke of New Bremen and Gregory & Anita Bertke of New Bremen; 19 grandchildren; 1 step grandchild; 37 great-grandchildren; siblings and in-laws, Velma & Carl Spangler of St. Henry, Betty & Melvin Bruggeman of Anna, David & Pat Dahlinghaus of Maria Stein, Marcia Dahlinghaus of Arizona; and in-laws, Marlene Dahlinghaus of Maria Stein, Jovita Osterloh of St. Henry, Urban Bertke of New Bremen, Sr. Martha Bertke of Coldwater and Betty Bertke of Maria Stein.
She was preceded in death by a brother Jim Dahlinghaus and in-laws, Lewis & Rita Bertke, Stanley Bertke, Othmar Osterloh and Dorothy Bertke.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein, ladies sodality of the church, Knights of St. John Auxiliary, Maria Stein Legion Auxiliary, church bereavement committee, Communion distributor, Mercer County Right to Life and many card clubs. She worked as a housekeeper at the Maria Stein Shrine.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, December 30, 2019 at St. John Church. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Minster from 1 to 6 PM on Sunday, December 29th, and from 9 to 10 AM on Monday.
Condolences may be left at www.hogenkampfh.com.
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