Thirty-seven years ago
June 1982
PIQUA Along about the end of July, Ed and Elizabeth Niemann will close their grocery store here one evening just like theyve been doing for the past 43 years, but they wont open it the next morning. That will mark the first time since 1884 that there wont be a Niemann store in Piqua. I thought wed stay open long enough for the business to be 100 years old, Niemann, who is 81, said, but the tornado and high utility bills took care of that. The tornado in March damaged the Niemann store roof and it hasnt been repaired. The couple havent missed a days work to illness in more than 43 years.
