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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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Rose Schoen
Rose M. Schoen, 100, Fort Recovery, died Jan. 29, 2012, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater.
She was born Nov. 8, 1911, in St. Henry, to Bernard and Catherine Gehle Heitkamp. On Nov. 8, 1933, she married Arnold Schoen, who died April 4, 1986.
Surviving are 12 children, Mary (Harvey) Thornton, Portland, Ind., Eileen (Carl) Barhorst, Fort Loramie, Janice (Harold) Hemmelgarn, Centerville, Patricia (Neil) Diller, Fort Recovery, Doris (Doug) Runyon, Sequim, Wash., Linda (Adrian) Noll, Celina, Marilyn (Eric) Greenrose, Dayton, Harold (Theresa) Schoen, Indianapolis, James (Mary Ann) Schoen, Kettering, Richard (Doris) Schoen, Palo Alto, Calif., Dan (Peg) Schoen, Fort Recovery, and Dave Schoen, Ansonia; a son-in law, Bill (Jane) Boeckman, Coldwater; a sister-in-law, Helen Heitkamp, Fort Recovery; 38 grandchildren; 94 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Deceased are daughter, Virginia Boeckman; 12 siblings, Joseph, Ray, Bernard, Clarence, Alphonse, Vincent and Melvin Heitkamp, and Mary Everman, Elizabeth Bruggeman, Bernadetta Heitkamp, Rita Post and Cecelia Kuntz; a daughter-in-law, Patricia Schoen; and four grandchildren.
She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Sharpsburg, and its Altar Rosary Sodality.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, the Rev. Thomas Dorn officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Calling is 1-6 p.m. Sunday and 9-9:45 a.m. Monday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery.
Memorials may be made to State of the Heart Hospice.
Condolences may be left at brockmanboeckmanfh.com.
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