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, February 11th, 2021
Norma Putman
Norma J. Putman, 84, of Rockford, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at Lima Memorial Hospital, where she was a patient.
She was born on December 29, 1936, the daughter of George Harold and Ida Marie (Aller) Ralston, in Mercer County, Ohio, where she lived all her life. Norma was a Rockford High School graduate of the Class of 1955. On August 16, 1958, she married Howard Blaine Putman, who preceded in death on February 20, 2013. Norma was a homemaker, and helped Howard with the farming - they together raised two daughters, Leisha and Leslie.
She had attended the Ross Church of the Brethren, and was a devoted mother. She and Howard did everything together - besides working on the farm, they enjoyed watching The Ohio State University sports, and of course, loved spending time with the family.
Surviving are her two children, Leisha (Troy) Comer of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and Leslie (John) Ringwald of Van Wert, Ohio; three grandchildren: Kristin (Chris) Morehouse, Renee (Dan) Watercutter, and Stephanie (Jason) Schmehl, all of Wapakoneta, Ohio; and six great grandchildren: Chelsea and Keaton Morehouse, Talon and Taeli Schmehl, and Benjamin and Dalton Watercutter. Also surviving is a brother, Donald (Sue) Ralston of Dayton, Ohio, and a sister, Juanita Shaw of Jackson, Michigan.
Deceased are her parents, George and Ida, and a brother-in-law, Bill Shaw.
Private services for the family will be held on Friday, February 12, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home in Rockford, Ohio. Burial will follow in Mercer Memory Gardens, Celina, Ohio. A time for the family will take place one hour prior to services.
Condolences may be expressed at ketchamripley.com
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