Dayton Couple Still Missing After Second Day
Posted by Terry White on December 29, 2006
From today’s Dayton (OH) Daily News:
ENGLEWOOD — A second full day of searching failed to turn up any sign of a Clay Twp. couple who were swept away in the Stillwater River on Christmas Day.
The search halted around 5 p.m. Wednesday and will resume today.
Craig and Patricia Wenner, both 50, were walking with their two teenage daughters and the family’s black Labrador puppy in Englewood MetroPark when the puppy apparently fell in the fast-flowing river. Park officials said Patricia Wenner attempted to rescue the dog, and her husband, a longtime Five Rivers MetroParks employee, jumped in to help.
The couple and the dog were swept downstream, apparently into the two large chutes at the base of the Englewood Dam.
One of the daughters ran up the side of the 110-foot-high earthen dam to get help.
At the time, the park was closed for the holiday.
A memorial service for the Wenners will be held Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. at Brookville Grace Brethren Church, 665 W. Westbrook Road, in Brookville. The public is welcome to attend.
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