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Some victims of Fort Lauderdale airport shooting identified

FLORIDA TODAY and AP

 

People stand on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday.

Below is a list of the known victims killed in Friday's shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport.

Shirley Timmons

Tragedy struck an Ohio family when Shirley Timmons was slain and her husband critically injured during the airport attack.

The couple had flown to Fort Lauderdale on Friday to join the rest of their family for a cruise, WILE-FM reported.

Timmons' grandson Steve Reineccius confirmed over Facebook that his grandmother was one of the victims and that his grandfather Steve Timmons was wounded. They were both 70 years old.

Timmons was shot in the head and underwent emergency surgery at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, where he's in critical condition, the station reported.

The couple's 51st wedding anniversary was in three weeks. They're from Senecaville, about 90 miles east of Columbus, Ohio.

Terry Andres

Virginia resident Terry Andres was identified Saturday by a volunteer fire department as a victim in the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting.

Andres worked as a volunteer support technician with the Oceana Volunteer Fire Department from April 2004 through 2010, said Art Kohn, spokesman for the Virginia Beach Fire Department.

The Oceana Volunteer Fire Department is the volunteer division of the VBFD. Volunteer support technicians ride on fire engines and brush-fire trucks to emergency scenes, where they provide firefighters food, water and shelter; refill their oxygen-supply bottles; and perform other tasks, Kohn said.

The Oceana Volunteer Fire Department posted this photo of Terry Andres on its Facebook page.

"His participation was above-average of other people that volunteer. He was well liked and did a good job in the time that he was with us," Kohn said.

Andres worked out of Station 8 in Virginia Beach. David Burket, a fellow volunteer support technician, said Andres was "a very kind man."

This undated photo provided by Julia Dwyer on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 shows her friends, Ann Andres  and her husband, Terry, of Virginia Beach, Va. Terry, 62, was killed in the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. The couple had flown to Florida to go on a Caribbean cruise. Both would have celebrated their birthdays on the trip. (Julia Dwyer via AP)

"He was on the truck with us. He was a good guy, good family man. He performed off his duties very well," Burket said. "We always had a good time wherever we went. He would always make you laugh."

Burket said he was stunned by the news of Andres' death at the Florida airport.

"Could not believe it. Could not believe it. Unreal," Burket said. "It's just weird: How would we know one person out of five?"

— Rick Neale, FLORIDA TODAY

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Michael Oehme

Michael Oehme was a frequent traveler who loved to cruise with his wife, and the couple was about to head out to sea again, his sister told The Associated Press on Saturday.

"They were supposed to leave today," Elizabeth Oehme-Miller, 52, said by phone from Council Bluffs, also the couple's hometown. "They were happy to be going on another trip."

Oehme, 57, was a land surveyor and owned his own business, Boundaryline Surveys, his sister said.

His wife, Kari Oehme, is hospitalized with injuries from a gunshot wound to the shoulder and is expected to recover, with a family member flying to Fort Lauderdale to help her return home, her sister-in-law said. Kari Oehme is a clerical worker at a local office, Oehme-Miller said.

She said she learned that the couple was at the airport during the shooting through a text message from her daughter.

"I still can't believe it's true," Oehme-Miller said. "It hasn't hit yet. I'm kind of in shock right now."

The couple was supposed to be cruising to the Caribbean a day after their arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport, a hub for vacationers headed to ships at Port Everglades.

– Associated Press

Olga Woltering

Members of Olga Woltering's church in suburban Atlanta circulated news of her death. She'd been an active part of the Catholic Church of the Transfiguration in Cobb County since 1978.

"Olga was one of the most joyful, loving, caring and committed people I have ever met," a church statement said.

"This is a horrible tragedy for everyone here at Transfiguration, especially because Olga was so loved."

Sunday, her son, Tim Woltering, Olga's son, offered a statement from the Woltering Family that was posted on the church's website and Facebook page:

"Olga Woltering was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and good friend to many. She, along with our father Ralph, is the cornerstone of our family, and while she's absent in our lives now, she remains in our hearts, thoughts, and memories for ever.

"Her bright smile and loving manner will be missed by all who had the fortune to know her. She rarely seemed to meet a stranger, rather she had a smile or a hug for all. She was a blessing in the lives of family and friends.

"She was always guided by her strong faith in God and remained very active in her church, Transfiguration Catholic Church. She worked at and led cursillos in the church to bring God's message to others, and she spoke to groups about her personal faith as a testament to the power of God's love for us. She will be terribly missed by her faith community.

"Her family asks for privacy at this time as we mourn her loss and support our father and each other in the coming days."

Funeral arrangements are not yet scheduled, said Cat Doyle, a church spokeswoman. Parishioners said she was in her 80s, but no exact age was given.

Woltering and her husband flew to Fort Lauderdale for a cruise, parishioners said.

Friends said she was originally from England. Ralph Woltering had served in the U.S. Air Force, parishioner Alvin Connolly said.

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"From what I understand, their sons are in Florida with her husband right now," Connolly said. "He's 90 or more himself, so it's kind of a fragile situation for him as well."

The couple lived in a retirement community and were socially active.

"She and her husband were kind of the life of the party," Connolly said. "They'd go to a dance, and they'd be the last ones on the floor.

"You look at them and say 'Man I hope I can do everything they do when I'm that age,'" Connolly said.

Woltering was active in the ladies auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic charity affiliated with her church, said Roger Heil, the grand knight of the local Knights of Columbus group. Her husband was involved in the Knights of Columbus, he said.

Heil informed other members of the group that Woltering had died. He said he learned of her death from a past grand knight of the local group.

– Associated Press and Rick Neale