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, August 5th, 2008
Alvira Homan
Former Minster resident, Alvira R. Homan, 93, died at 12:10 a.m. Aug. 4, 2008, at Sunrise of Englewood.
She was born May 27, 1915, in St. Rose, to Frank and Anna Bomholt Stucke. On July 28, 1937, she married her first husband, Raymond F. Schwartz, who died Dec. 27, 1964. On Sept. 29, 1972, she married Raymond T. Homan, who died Nov. 26, 1986.
Surviving are four sons, Don (Mary) Schwartz, Botkins, Jerry (Mary Jane) Schwartz, Fort Loramie, Dave (Lorraine) Schwartz, Coldwater, and Mike (Vickie) Schwartz, Minster; a daughter Mary Lou (Bruce) Guy, Dayton; a stepson, Gene (Norma Jean) Homan, Coldwater; two stepdaughters, Evelyn (Dave) Hale, Indianapolis, and Doris Ann (Jerry) Will, Celina; three brothers, Art (Pat), Dayton, Werner (Vera), Maria Stein, and Lee (Kathy) Stucke, of California; 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 19 stepgrandchildren, 49 stepgrandchildren, and five stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three brothers; four sisters; a great-grandchild and a stepgrandchild.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Minster, and a former member of St. Monica Ladies Sodality and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary, both in Minster.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Rick Nieberding officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 3-8 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.
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