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, May 19th, 2021
Alfred Dircksen
Alfred J. Dircksen, age 74, of Coldwater, died on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Joint Township Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.
He was born November 19, 1946 in Coldwater to the late Henry & Marie (Hoehne) Dircksen. He graduated from Versailles High School in 1965. On September 6, 1969 he married Karen S. (Hierholzer) and she died February 9, 2018.
He is survived by his children: Kimberly Sue (Eron) Livingston of New Weston, Dale (Karen) Dircksen of Greenville, Kelly (Troy) Steinbrunner of Coldwater, Katie Dircksen of Greenville and Kendra (Jason) Aller of Celina; 17 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; a special everyday friend Kay Jones of Ansonia, Richard (Connie) Dirscksen of Versailles, Rita (Jerry) Siefring of St. Henry, Bob (Michelle) Dircksen of Versailles, Ruth (Gary) Delzeith of Burkettsville, Ed (Linda) Dircksen Minster, Barb Dircksen of Versailles and Cathy (Chris) Shue of Fletcher; a sister-in-law Cheryl (Leon) Bergman of Maria Stein; stepmother-in-law Irma Vagedes-Hierholzer of Jamestown, Tennessee.
Al did not know a stranger and he enjoyed trying to bring humor into other people's lives. He retired from Minster Machine after 34 years and enjoyed hauling livestock.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, May 21, 2021 at Holy Trinity Church, Coldwater. Burial with military rites will follow in St. Elizabeth Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 PM on Thursday and from 9 to 10 AM Friday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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