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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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Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
Lester 'Red' Bruggeman
Lester "Red" Bruggeman died on November 28, 2020. He was 89.
He was born on April 7, 1931 in Coldwater to Leo and Eleanora (Hausfeld) Bruggeman.
He graduated from Coldwater High School in 1949. He worked briefly for New Idea, but was with Matt Schwieterman Inc. for 43 years as a ready mix batchman and crane operator. He retired in 1996.
Red was in a group of friends contacted by the Fraternal Order of Eagles to organize the Coldwater Aerie in 1949. He served as the president in 1954-55, and was a loyal member until his health declined this year.
He enjoyed sports as an adult and played on local softball and bowling teams, scoring the first 700 series at the new Coldwater Bowling alley in 1974. He also loved fishing and following the Cincinnati Reds.
He was an excellent carpenter having built a bedroom addition and garage to his home by himself. He also enjoyed building and fixing things for his children and grandchildren. He was an avid gardener and loved tending his elaborate vegetable garden, in which he took particular pride in his heirloom tomatoes.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary Jo (Cox) Bruggeman, his five children, Susan (Ted) Williams, Wapakoneta, Leslie Bruggeman, Shaker Heights, Michael Bruggeman (Julie Penrod), Dunkirk, IN, Terry Riesen, Perrysburg, and Elaine Bruggeman, Coldwater; four grandchildren, Luke (Taylor) Swygart, Joshua Riesen, Jessica Riesen, Jack Riesen, and two brothers, Robert Bruggeman, McCormick, SC and Thomas Bruggeman, Dayton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Eugene and Carl Bruggeman, and two sisters, Edna Powers and Margaret Velez.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all services will be private. Interment will be at St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater.
Those wishing to make donations in his memory may direct them to the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Fund.
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