September 2012

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Lester F. Elliott, 92, of Bluffton, died at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. 

He was born Feb. 8, 1920 in Sidney, Ohio, to Ferris O. and Margaret B. (Rhodehamel) Elliott. On June 29, 1974 he married Florence May Tabner and she survives.

Mr. Elliott had retired from Leroy Dresser, Sidney, as a tool and die maker. He was a member of the English Lutheran Church, Bluffton. He was a World War II Army veteran, lifetime member of VFW Post #1275, lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge, Bluffton. 

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By Evan Skilliter, sports information assistant

Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/sports/football/2012/09-29-12.htm

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Nope, you didn't win the red Corvette. But, try again next year.

A Celina woman, Carolyn Glock, had her ticket drawn following a pre-recorded drum roll at noon on Bluffton's Main Street on Sept. 29. The ticket made her the winner of the third annual Bluffton Lion's Club Foundation Corvette raffle. Glock bought her ticket from the Celina Lions Club, one of the groups selling tickets.

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It was a perfect fall day. This year's Bluffton Fall Festival attracted hundreds of visitors and local residents to Bluffton for a day of family-oriented activities.

Scroll down for photos and videos of the day.

Events took place on Main Street, at the middle school, Mennonite Memorial Home, Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Swiss Community Historical Homestead and Suter's corn maze.

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Marjorie M. Diller, 82, of Bluffton died at 3:34 am Sept. 29, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  She was born April 22, 1930, in Bluffton to Omer and Wilma Neuenschwander Gratz. On July 5, 1949, she married Roger Diller and he preceded her in death on Feb. 25, 2010.
   
Mrs. Diller retired from First National Bank, Pandora.  She was a member of St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora. She was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School, Poplar Bluff, Mo., and attended Bluffton College and Northwest Business College.

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Bluffton University will honor three alumni and a former faculty and staff member at its annual alumni awards banquet on Homecoming weekend. The Commons, in Marbeck Center, will be the site at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.

The late Jean (Hoover ’47) Triplett is this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Service Award, presented to alumni who have dedicated their lives to heartfelt service to people, community or church.

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St. John’s United Church of Christ's beef and noodle dinner, a Bluffton tradition, is back and slated for Friday, Oct. 19. Come and get a good home-cooked meal before the Bluffton High School homecoming football game.

The dinner will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in St. John’s Oppermann Hall, which can be accessed from College Avenue. (223 West College Ave.)

The dinner includes homegrown beef, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll, homemade pie and beverages.

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Lots of events are planned in October at Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton.

Among those events from 2 to 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 15, is a "meet the author" program in the family room.

The newest book publications out by Maple Crest residents are “An Alzheimer’s Primer,” by Joanne Niswander, based upon personal family experience, and “Where Flows the River
Twee,” by Claralice Wolf, inspired by her life in Thailand.

Other October events are listed on the October calendar in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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The Swiss Community Historical Society will host a fund-raiser hog roast after the Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Road.

Tickets may be purchased at the Homestead during the Festival, or in advance at The Black Lab on Main Street in Bluffton.
 

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Bluffton celebrates the arrival of fall at its ninth annual Fall Festival, Saturday, Sept. 29, at five locations in the community.

Most events are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mennonite Memorial Home
Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., is the hub for all free transportation. Visitors may park at one of the venues and enjoy free horse and wagon rides, or vans that goes to other locations. The vans arrive and depart every 15 minutes from Maple Crest, Swiss Homestead, Bluffton Middle School, downtown and the Mennonite Home.

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