October 2017

Service is Friday at English Lutheran Church

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Marylin Jean (Dillman) Basinger died Oct. 1, 2017, at 2:25 p.m. at Bluffton Hospital.

Marylin was born May 19, 1942, in Bluffton to Donald and Treva Dillman who preceded her in death. On July 5, 1964, she married Richard Basinger and he survives in Bluffton.

Marylin retired from Bluffton Schools after 25 years and also retired from the Mennonite Memorial Home after 10 years.

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Penny E. (Amstutz) Mumma,  69, of Ada, Ohio, died Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at Lima Memorial Health System, with her family at her side after a lengthy illness.

Penny was born on March 12, 1948, in Bluffton, Ohio, the daughter of Carl L. and LaVaun B. (Weaver) Amstutz, both of whom preceded her in death.

Penny married Ray F. Mumma on March 16, 1968, and he survives in Ada.

She attended Beaverdam Elementary-High School Beaverdam  and graduated from Bluffton High School, Bluffton in 1966.

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Here’s Elfrieda Howe’s morning Kindergarten in 1955-56. It was the final year for private Kindergartens in Bluffton.

Front row from left, Mary Herr, Linda Marshall, Connie Sommers, Kathy Kirtland, Ann Balmer, Patricia Benroth, Barbara Basinger, _____ Anderson, Rick Emmert.

Second row from left, John Simcox, James Henry, Fred Steiner, Ron Benroth.

Third row from left, Judy Lehman, Beth Dailey, Candice Swank.

Fourth row from left, Chris ______,  Michael_______, Judy Westrick, Kent Kinsinger, Dan Steiner, John Lehman (with cat), Jon Sommer, Mrs. Howe.

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PAPA NO1 - The Icon spotted this Hancock County plate on Bluffton's Main Street on a gold Chevrolet van.

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Pleasant View United Methodist Church, Bluffton, will host their annual Soup Benefit on Sunday, Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. at the church. The public is invited to this benefit meal.

The benefit will include numerous types of soup, breads and desserts and beverages. It is by donation. Proceeds from the benefit are for Owen Weaver, born Aug.14, 2007.

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St. John's United Church of Christ will host its fall beef and noodle dinner on Friday, Oct. 6, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The menu includes home-grown beef, noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, apple sauce, roll, assorted pies and beverages. 

Adults: $8; 6th grade through college:  $5; elementary students:  $4; Pre-K:  free. Patrons may dine in or carry out. The church is located at 223 W. College Ave., Bluffton.

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Bluffton University will host a concert featuring its Concert Band at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, in Yoder Recital Hall.

The performance, part of Homecoming weekend activities at Bluffton, is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships during intermission.

Free program on pottery at senior center

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The first of six Our Version of Adult Learning (OVAL) classes in October is set for Monday at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. The class is free and open to the public. Here are the other OVAL classes this month, according to Tonya Meyer, director,

• Thursday, Oct. 5 – A trip to historic Roscoe Village, Coshocton. Bus leaves Bluffton at 7:15 a.m.

• Thursday, Oct. 12 – 11 a.m. – Jonah Agner, The Food Store, presents a healthy fall cooking food demonstration

• Thursday, Oct. 19 and 26 – 9:30 a.m. – John Rich presents a bread baking class

Bluffton senior explores neuropsychology during summer at Harvard Medical School

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Kala Jilani-Pritchett, a Blufton University psychology major from Dayton, took part in an experience this summer that offered insight into her future.

Jilani-Pritchett, alongside other college students from across the country, spent a month at Harvard Medical School exploring the areas of neuroscience and neuropsychology, sciences involving the study of the brain.

“I ran across this program, and it was exactly what I wanted to do,” she said. “It opened a door that I didn’t know I could open.”

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Craig Arnold Walls, 47, died on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at 6:10 p.m. in his sister and brother-in-law's home.  He had battled over five years with a brain tumor.   Craig was born April 18, 1970, in Lima to Jack and Gloria (Jones) Walls who preceded him in death.

Craig was a 1988 graduate of Columbus Grove High School where he played football and ran track. He had been the owner/operator of the Artillery Shed in Lima, was a construction worker, salesman, handyman, musician, and personal trainer and weight lifter. 

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