Clifton Diller, 96, of Bluffton died at 2:20 p.m. May 9, 2010, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born in Richland Township on Jan. 3, 1914 to Albert and Sarah Geiger Diller.
Mr. Diller was a retired farmer. He was a member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton where he had served at a deacon and Sunday School teacher.
He made several trips to Switzerland and the Holy Land. He was a 1932 graduate of Bluffton High School.
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