Five Bluffton University students who studied off campus last fall semester will relate their experiences during a Bluffton Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Founders Hall.
Edith M. Daft, 81, of Bluffton, formerly of Ada, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:05 p.m. at Bridge Hospice Care Center at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay.
Edith was born on October 10, 1931 in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio to the Leonard and Flossie (Hartman) Henry, who preceded her in death.
She married J. Robert Daft in 1951. He survives at Maple Crest Retirement Center in Bluffton.
The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law.
Forms go out to nearly 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries. Respondents are asked to provide a range of operational and performance data for their companies.
Response to the Economic Census is important for your industry, your community and your business.
Former Bluffton High School principal Walter Leonard “Bud” Marshall, 78, of Three Rivers, Michigan, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
He was born in Lima to James Walter and Thelma Brown Marshall. Walter was a 1952 graduate of Shawnee High School and a 1957 graduate of Ohio Northern University. He earned a Masters degree of Education from Indiana University. He was a member of Sigma Phi fraternity.
Bluffton University will host two annual campus events—the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Forum and the Keeney Peace Lecture—on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Both are free and open to the public.
Dr. Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, an associate professor of higher education and student affairs at Bowling Green State University, will revisit King’s legacy in her forum presentation at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.
The Bluffton University men’s basketball team fell just short in a 67-64 overtime loss to nationally-ranked Rose Hulman on Saturday, Jan. 19.
The setback dropped Bluffton to 7-10 on the season and 3-7 in the Heartland Conference. Rose improved to 15-2 overall and a league-best 9-1 in HCAC. It was an intense back-and-forth battle that came down to the final second of the contest.
The Cotton Patch Gospel, a one-man musical by Phillip Kaufmann, will be presented at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20, at First Mennonite Church. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day event is sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.
Quiz bowl season has begun for 5th and 6th graders. This year all matches will be held at Shawnee Middle School. Bluffton will be sending the following students:
Pastor Allan Ray Tschiegg died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Dallas, Oregon. He was born at home on the farm in Columbus Grove, Ohio, on September 27, 1930 to Eldon and Grace (Lora) Tschiegg.
He worked on the farm and at Farmers Grain Co. in Bluffton, Ohio until he left for Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. There he met Adelia Marie Heinrichs. A year later they were married while he was attending Grace Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. During his seminary years he was pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church, south of Warsaw, Ind.
