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Robert and Treva Stratton celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2013 - 4:12pm

Robert and Treva Stratton of 999 E. Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 9, 2013.

Robert and the former Treva M. Althaus were married Aug. 9, 1953 at Ebenezer Mennonite Church by the Reverend Howard T. Landes.

They are the parents of three children, Brett (Diane) Stratton, Jay (Sherry) Stratton and Sue (Robert) Fett, all of Bluffton. They have nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A family dinner celebration is being planned at a later date.

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"Refuse to be a victim" program at Blanchard Valley Hospital Aug. 13

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2013 - 3:58pm

“Refuse To Be A Victim,” a nationally recognized crime prevention course to be held in Findlay on Tuesday, Aug. 13.

This course provides practical information geared toward awareness and avoidance of criminal attack.

The program of the National Rifle Association will be held from 5:30 – 9 p.m. in the Ruse Board room located on the second floor of the William E. Ruse building at Blanchard Valley Hospital, 1900 South Main St., Findlay.

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Events
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Aug. 10 date of BHS alumni soccer games

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2013 - 3:53pm

The annual Bluffton High School alumni soccer games will be Saturday, Aug. 10.
Women play at 5 p.m. and men at 7 p.m. Games are played on Steinmetz Field on Harmon Road. 

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Sports
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Bluffton EMS responds to 26 calls in June

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2013 - 3:51pm

Jan Basinger, Bluffton EMS chief, released the June EMS docket to the Icon. The squad responded to 26 calls in June.

 

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Police/Fire/EMS
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Margaret Herr, 95, was a graduate of Bluffton High School

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2013 - 3:46pm

Margaret L. Herr, 95, died Aug. 1, 2013, at 2:25 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  She was born Jan. 22, 1918, in Bluffton to the late Clarence and Esther (Slusser) Jones. On Nov. 1, 1939 she married William M. Herr and he survives.

Mrs. Herr was a homemaker, farm wife and had worked at Triplett Corp., Bluffton.  She was a life long member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton. She had been a 4-H advisor. She was a graduate of Bluffton High School.

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Obituaries
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August MMH worship service preachers announced

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 4, 2013 - 3:31pm

August worship services at Mennonite Memorial Home are scheduled.

Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. in the chapel.
Aug. 4 - Mike Downey
Aug. 11 - Dave Thompson
Aug. 18 - Bill Herr
Aug. 25 - Bill Herr

Tuesday services are at 6:30 p.m. in the chapel.
Aug. 6 - Steve Yoder, First Mennonite
Aug. 13 - Rev. Kevin Mohr, English Lutheran
Aug. 20 - Gary Rummel, Harrod Christian
Aug. 27 - Sister Carol Inkrott, St. Mary's

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People
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