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 14th, 2020
Homer Kraner
Homer J. Kraner, 81, of Rockford, Ohio, died Thursday evening, December 10, 2020, at Van Wert County Hospital, in Van Wert, Ohio. He was born February 16, 1939, in Portland, Indiana, to Gerald and Verna E. (Thompson) Kraner, both who have preceded in death. He was a graduate of the Ohio City Class of 1958. On March 5, 1960, he married his sweetheart, Joy N. Sink, who survives in Rockford.
Homer lived all his life in the area, and was a life-long farmer, as well as working at Chrysler, where he retired. He enjoyed working on antique tractors, and had quite a collection of them. Homer was a member of the Calvary Evangelical Church in Van Wert, Ohio, and a past member of the Mercer County Farm Bureau. In his leisure time, he loved to watch old Western movies on television, but what he really loved was his family, and especially the grandkids.
Together, he and Joy had six children: Mitchel (Robin) Kraner of Ohio City; Greg Kraner; Melody (Scott) Hileman of Van Wert; Robert (Stacie) Kraner of Rockford; Megan Kraner of Van Wert; and Andrew (Kathryn) Kraner of Celina. Twenty-six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. Homer has two sisters and two brothers who survive: Marilyn Clifton of Ohio City; Norma Krueckeberg of Decatur; Max (Barbara) Kraner of Van Wert; and Ronnie Kraner of Florida. Deceased are one grandson, Cyrus; one sister, Betty Swoveland; and six brothers, Richard Kraner, Keith Kraner, Jack Kraner, Frank Staude, Billy Kraner, and Thomas Kraner; two brothers-in-law: Harold Clifiton and Tim Krueckeberg.
For the safety of friends and relatives during the Covid 19 pandemic, the family is planning private services for Homer. Those services will take place at New Horizons Community Church in Rockford, Ohio, Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., December 16, 2020, with Pastor Clark Williman officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford.
Condolences may be expressed at ketchamripley.com. Memorials may be directed to Community Health Professionals, 816 Pro Drive, Celina, Ohio.
All family members attending must wear a mask and social distance at the church.
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