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.
72° 72° chance Sat 88° Sat 88° chance 66° 66° Sun 80° Sun 80°
a_d
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Virginia Carter
Virginia Mae Carter, Celina, died at 2:40 p.m. Dec. 30, 2011, at Community Hospital, Coldwater.
She was born April 4, 1931, in Lima, to LeRoy and Golda May Goodwin Rupert. She married Gerald Chrisman, who survives. She then married Eugene Carter, who preceded her in death.
Surviving are five children, Candise Snyder, Troy, Diane (John) Kochert, Celina, Holly Ann Waltz, Portland, Ind., Gerald "Gary" Chrisman, Jenison, Mich., and Timothy Chrisman, Celina; two brothers, William (Barbara) Rupert, Xenia, Michael (Irene) Rupert, Framingham, Mass.; a half-sister, Debra (Dean) Kile, Phoenix, Ariz; two half-brothers, Jack (Nancy) Rupert, Galveston, Texas, and Douglas (Lori) Rupert, New Knoxville; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two siblings, Janet Seibert and Leon Rupert.
She was a homemaker and a poet.
Services were 2 p.m. today at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. William Maki officiating. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Fund.
Condolences may be sent to millerfuneralhomes.net.
Archive of
January 3rd, 2012
Buy this E-Edition
Additional obituaries on this date
Thomas Case
Thomas "Tom" R. Case, 67, Bluffton, Ind., died at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 31, 2011, in Celina. [More]
Delores Kellogg
Delores Ann Kellogg, 71, died at 6:40 a.m. Dec. 30, 2011, at Integra Specialty Hospital/I.U. Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Ind. [More]
Bernadine Potbury
Bernadine Potbury, 90, St. Marys, died at 6:25 p.m. Dec. 31, 2011, at Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices, St. Marys. [More]
Clarence Crouch
Clarence Lyle Crouch, 85, North Star, died Dec. 31, 2011, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Betty DeAnthony
Betty L. Reese DeAnthony, 86, Celina, died Jan. 2, 2012, at Briarwood Village, [More]
Marilyn Helmer
Marilyn Ann Helmer, 77, Rockford, died at 2:45 p.m. Dec. 30, 2011, at Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
Elsie Snider
Elsie M. Snider, 87, Celina, died at 11:50 a.m. Dec. 31, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center. [More]
Donald Wyatt
Donald E. Wyatt, 47, Celina, died Dec. 31, 2011, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
a_d