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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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
Dennis Dirksen
Dennis J. Dirksen, age 81, of Cassella, died Friday, February 12, 2021 at his residence.
He was born April 13, 1939 in Cassella, to the late Clarence & Philomena (Homan) Dirksen. On July 2, 1966, in St. Michael Catholic Church in Ft. Loramie, he married Judy (Sanders) Dirksen, and she survives in Cassella.
Dennis is also survived by children and in-laws: Tony & Sharon Dirksen of Cassella, Kay & Terry Knapke of Versailles, Kelly & Tom Schmitmeyer of Sebastian, Karen & Cory May of Versailles, Ted & Cheryl Dirksen, Theresa Dirksen all of Cassella, and Karla & Matt Watercutter of Maria Stein. He is also survived be 30 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, and siblings and in-laws: Alma Schmitmeyer, Joan Poeppelman, Louis & Sally Dirksen, Marvin & Ruth Evers, Paul Poeppelman, Marjorie Heitkamp, and Carol Laub.
In addition to his parents, Dennis is preceded in death by a son, Tim Dirksen, as well as siblings and in-laws: Herbert & Mary Dirksen, Rita & Ed Evers, Ernest Schmitmeyer, Esther & Orville Winner, Helen & George Wenning, John Poeppelman, Elsie Poeppelman, and Wilbert Heitkamp.
He was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Cassella, the Men's Sodality, and the Knights of St. John in Maria Stein. Dennis was a 1957 graduate of Marion Local High School. He was a lifelong dairy farmer and served in the U.S. Armed Forces Air Defense Reserves. He loved watching sports and following the grandchildren's activities.
A Funeral Mass following all CDC guidelines will be held at 10:30 pm on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Maria Stein. Friends may call from 2 pm-8 pm on Monday, February 15, at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in St. Henry. Burial will follow in Nativity Cemetery, Cassella.
Memorial contributions may be made to the State of the Heart Care.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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