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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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
Wavalene Opperman
Wavalene Opperman, 95, of New Knoxville, died 6:55 P.M. Monday, December 28, 2020, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital.
She was born December 12, 1925, in Hopewell Twp., Mercer County, Ohio, the daughter of Willis and Beulah (Now) Bradford. She married Norman Kruse on December 1, 1945, and he preceded her in death in 1953. She married Myron Opperman, and he preceded her in death in 2014.
She is survived by her children: Judy (Jerry) Kuck of New Knoxville; Karen (Don) Smith of New Bremen; Bob (Deb) Kruse of New Knoxville; by her step-children: Steve (Linda) Opperman of Saint Marys; Karla (Mike) Curta of Aurora, Colorado. She is survived by 5 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren; 8 step-great-grandchildren; by a brother, Paul Bradford of Wapakoneta; by two sisters-in-law: Evelyn Schneider of Botkins and Jeanne Opperman of Michigan.
Wavalene was a 1943 graduate of New Knoxville High School. She retired from Hoge Lumber Company, and had also been a school cook at New Knoxville School for many years. She was a member of the First Church of New Knoxville.
She loved traveling to Florida each year, playing cards, putting puzzles together, making afghans and painting pictures. She was well known for her delicious canned peaches and homemade noodles.
Private, family only funeral rites will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 2, 2020, at the First Church of New Knoxville, the Reverend Joel Bucklin, officiant. Burial will follow at Pilger Ruhe Cemetery.
All family members in attendance are required to wear a mask in accordance with the mandates of the Ohio Department of Health.
Vornholt-Miller Funeral Home, 200 West Spring Street, New Knoxville, is entrusted with Wavalene's funeral arrangements, and condolences may be sent to her family via Millerfuneralhomes.net.
Memorial gifts may be given to the Radio Broadcast Fund of the First Church of New Knoxville.
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