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M. Lois Baxter, 87, died Dec. 17, 2013 at St. Rita's Ambulatory Care Center, Glandorf. She was born June 26, 1926 in McCutchenville, Ohio, to the late Roy Calvin and May (Powell) Simpson. On June 20, 1948, she married James D. Baxter and he survives.

Lois retired in 1985 from teaching physical education and English at Columbus Grove High School. She had also taught at Morenci Public Schools, Morenci, Mich., and Anthony Wayne Local Schools, Whitehouse, Ohio. 

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Claude F. Boyer, 84, of Bluffton died at 5:50 a.m. Dec. 17, 2013 at the Mennonite Memorial Home. Bluffton. 

Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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http://www.bvhealthsystem.org/OnlineBabies/?id=229&sid=Here are births reported from Bluffton Hospital since Sept. 3.

For photos of these babies, click here.

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From the 1967 Bluffton High School yearbook, here is a photo of the Varsity B.

Front from left, Gerald Moser, Steve Sutter, Bob Yant, Steve Stratton, Bob Holt, Ken Amstutz, Dave Burkholder, Steve Yant, Dick Mast, Ron Benroth.

Second row from left, Rex Reichenbach, Jim Steiner, Mark Spalllinger, Max Eastman, Henry Burkholder, Ron Suter, John Herron, Don Cochran.

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Bluffton High School's gymn was "sold out" in a manner of speaking on Monday. The game being played was the elementary Christmas concert.

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Two alumni and a former sports information director (SID) comprise the Bluffton University Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2013-14.

Becky (Reineke ’98) Boblitt has been selected for her achievements in basketball and soccer, while Bill Lape, a 1962 graduate, is being honored for his Bluffton football career. They will be inducted alongside Ron Geiser, who performed SID duties during parts of four decades, on Jan. 25 in Marbeck Center.

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