Lifelong Bluffton resident Vera Burkholder is the June resident of the month at Richland Manor.
She graduated from Bluffton High School and studied to be a teacher at Bluffton College. After graduating she taught 19 years as a first grade teacher at Allen East. She is a lifelong member of the Bluffton Missionary Church.
June worship service leaders at Mennonite Memorial Home were recently announced. Here's the schedule of services:
Sunday, June 3 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Sunday, June 10 - Renee Caskie
Sunday, June 17 - Elizabeth McDowell
Sunday, June 24 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Sunday services are at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, June 5 - Carol Clements, St. John's UCC
Tuesday, June 12 - Matthew Zuehlke, Bluffton Presbyterian
Tuesday, June 19 - Steve Yoder, First Mennonite
Tuesday, June 26 - Sister Carol Inkrott, St. Mary's Catholic
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) June "Ask the Expert," program is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., according to Daren Lee of MHCO.
The program provides adults 55 and over in the greater Bluffton area an opportunity to speak directly to an MHCO nurse and social worker present at each session.
Mennonite Memorial Home held its annual Women's Celebration with two programs on May 21 and May 22.
The first featured a catered meal by Special Occasions and a guest speaker, Anne Stratton. Her presentation was "Toys of the Past."
The second program featured Ron Friesen, an MHCO duplex resident, as the guest speaker. Friesen brought some of his vintage toy collection and spoke on various items.
How long have you lived in Bluffton? What brought you here? Where did you grow up?
We have lived here for a little over 14 years. We lived in Findlay before moving here. My husband Doug worked at UPS and worked in the Lima center. We moved to Bluffton so he could be closer to work. I grew up in McComb and moved to Findlay when I was 15.
When/where did you graduate from high school/college?
I graduated from Liberty Benton High School in 1987. I went to Findlay College for a year then met my husband and got married in April '89.
Icon viewers may now see the updates on the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Green House project. Updates are provided in the current issue of "The Visioneer."
Cabinets and kitchen counter tops have been installed in House B and the appliances will be installed soon. The stone work on both homes is nearly completed.
Painting has begun inside House A.
A copy is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
