Don Filhart, 77, of Cleveland, Oklahoma and Bluffton, Ohio passed away July 26, 2022 at Lima Memorial Health System. Don was born May 23, 1945 in Brandon Township, Michigan to the late Clifford and Wilma (Amstutz) Filhart. He married Leslie Amstutz and she survives.
Don was a self-employed farrier. He enjoyed riding cutting horses and quarter horses. Don enjoyed playing and collecting guitars and was a brown belt in karate. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines serving during the Vietnam Conflict as a Marine scout sniper.
Mennonite Memorial Home, Willow Ridge, Hilty Home and Maple Crest
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio offers the following volunteer opportunities for Summer-Fall 2022. If you are interested in participating, contact Chris Moser at [email protected] or call 419-358-1015, extension 263.
At Mennonite Memorial Home
Medical Transport drivers: (Licensed driver to take residents to Bluffton, Lima, Findlay doctors’ appointments)
UPDATED 5 p.m. July 27: An incomplete version of this article was initially posted on Wednesday morning. See below regarding a reception for Kent on Aug. 27.
By Paula McKibben for the Bluffton Police Department
“I want to be the officer who takes care of the other officers,” commented Corporal Lonny Kent when asked why he chose this time to retire from the Bluffton Police Department.
The attached weather report for July 1-25 comes from our observer in Pandora, where daily maximum temperatures ranged from 73 to 93 and minimums ranged from 55 to 72.
