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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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Marcella Fickert
Marcella M. "Sally" Fickert, 82, of Rockford, Ohio died Monday, March 24, 2025 at Tranquility of Rockford.
She was born July 3, 1942 in Celina, Ohio and was the daughter of the late Ralph E. Fleck and Betty J. (Runkel) Fleck. On November 18, 1972 Sally married Wayne Alan Fickert, who survives.
Sally loved angels and collected angel themed items. She also collected Precious Moments figurines. Sally retired from Reynolds and Reynolds in Celina. She was a member of the Celina VFW post 5713 ladies auxiliary. She was also a member of the St. Mary of the Presentation Church in Geneva, Indiana, where Sally served on the altar Rosary Sodality committee.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Scott and Douglas Fickert both of Rockford; brother, Ralph E. Fleck, Jr. of Carrollton, Georgia; two sisters, Judith McIntosh of Fairfield, Ohio and Linda Williams of Celina, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted 10:30 am Friday morning, March 28, 2025 at Ketcham Ripley Funeral Home, 111 West First Street, Rockford, Ohio 45882, with Father Jonathan Agbedo officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery, 3750 US-33 West, Rockford, Ohio 45882.
The family will receive friends from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm Thursday March 27, 2025 at Ketcham Ripley Funeral Home, 111 West First Street, Rockford, Ohio 45882. They will also receive friends from 9:30 am until 10:30 am, prior to the funeral service, Friday March 28, 2025 at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions in Sally's honor may be sent to The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, Maryland 21741.
Online condolences may be shared at www.ketchamripley.com.
Services have been entrusted to Ketcham Ripley Funeral Home, 111 West First St., Rockford, Ohio 45882.
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