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, April 29th, 2025
Barbara Brackman
Barbara E. Brackman, age 83, of Maria Stein, Ohio, died on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at Otterbein St. Marys. She was born on October 26, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Julia (Rau) and Edgar Gerrard who was killed in action during WWII.
She was preceded in death by an ex-husband Clayton Cornell.
She married Richard Brackman on January 24, 1987 and he preceded her in death on November 28, 2012.
She is survived by her children: Cynthia & Mark Briggs, St. Marys, Laureen & Randall Lininger, St. Marys, Kent & Megan Cornell, Edgerton and Nathan & Shishi-Li Cornell, Florida, grandchildren: Megan Benoit, Angie & Paul Soltesz, Derek Lininger, Eleanor & Clayton Cornell, Limingjing nong, great grandchildren: Riley & Lily Benoit and Thomas Soltesz.
She was a 1959 graduate of Ursula High School, Toledo, and obtained a degree in social work from Wright State University. She worked in Wapakoneta, Ohio for several years. She enjoyed slot machine gambling, shopping, traveling and loved an ice-cold Coke and tootsie rolls. She loved her pet dogs very much, starting with Tyler and Tippy, Penny, Terry, Bucky and her last pet Max the cat. She loved being a mother to her 4 children and adored spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The family, is very appreciative and would like to thank Otterbein in St. Marys for the special care and support they provided.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 AM Friday, May 2, 2025 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Maria Stein, Ohio with burial will follow in St. John Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster, on Friday, May 2, 2025 from 9 to 10 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Grand Lake Hospice. Condolences may be left at www.hogenkampfh.com.
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