Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:43AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statewide Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to adversely impact air quality.
Pollutants across the state are expected to range from the 'Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups' category in the southwest part of the state to the 'Unhealthy' category in the rest of the state. Hourly concentrations at times may reach the 'Very Unhealthy' to 'Hazardous' categories.
It is recommended, when possible, to avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory conditions like asthma. Watch for symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in the nose, throat, and eyes.
For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Lidwina Bergman
Lidwina M. Bergman, 93, 830 W. Main St., Coldwater, died at 3:24 a.m. Nov. 26, 2007, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater.
She was born Feb. 16, 1914, in Carthagena, to John and Bernadine Wuebker Stelzer. On June 5, 1940, she married Albert L. Bergman, who died Nov. 20, 1976.
Survivors are seven sons, Kenneth (Melody), Celina, Dennis, Coldwater, Thomas (Charlene) and Louis (Mary), all of Greenville, Paul (Shirley), Westerville, Charles (Susan), Winter Garden, Fla., and Harold "Harry" (Jean), Minster; four daughters, Patricia (Arnold) Clune, Minster, Doris (Mike) Schultz, St. Henry, Rosie (Mike) Pearson, Versailles, and Karen (Don) Luthman, Cincinnati; three brothers, Werner Stelzer, Celina, and Norbert (Adele) Stelzer and John (Ruth) Stelzer, all of St. Henry; two sisters, Nothburga "Butch" Geise, Coldwater, and Imelda "Sis" Puthoff, Chickasaw; 34 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two daughters-in-law, JoAnn and Sandra Lee; four brothers, Henry, Willibald, Francis and Florian Stelzer; three sisters, Elenora Schockman, Delphine Quinter and Corina Stelzer; and a grandchild.
She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church, and its Daughters of Isabella and Altar Rosary Sodality. She also was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Auxiliary Post 3025 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary Post 5135, both of Coldwater.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church, the Rev. Larry Wyen officiating. Burial is at St. Henry Cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Thursday and 9-10 a.m. Friday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
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