Marjorie J. Marquart, 89 died at 10:45 p.m. February 10, 2013 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
She was born August 6, 1923 in Bluffton to the late Charles F. and Fairy D. (Diefendeifer) Stratton.
She was married to Frank Houston in June 1943 and he died in World War II in September, 1944. On July 8, 1947 she married Paul Marquart and he died October 13, 1992.
Over 20 Rhythm In Motion Dance Centre' dancers participated in the ONU 2013 Dance Clinic with the ONU Northern Stars dance team on Feb. 9.
Over 100 dancers participated to a medley of One Direction during the event.
RIMDC dancers range in ages 5-18 and are from Ada, Bluffton, Allen East, Cory-Rawson and Kenton.
The girls took class from ONU students and dancers from 11:30-2:20 p.m., putting the final product together at the 3 p.m. ONU men's basketball game against Mount Union.
The Icon welcomes Rachel Stutzman as a new columnist and blogger. She writes a blog titled "Small Town, Big World." Here's a link to her blog and here's her second contribution.
I know. Sweet, right? Oh, but you should see her when she gets ahold of my slippers. Eight months old and I am completely out-maneuvered.
The Tuesday, Feb. 19, noon meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club will recognize the club's charter of 79 years. Lion Dick Boehr will give us a presentation on the history of the Bluffton Lions Club.
The meeting is at noon in the Patio Room of Maple Crest Senior Living Village.
Have you ever wondered what the Buckeye would look like with the water drained? Here's the answer. This photo shows the "Buckeye Stone Quarries" - does that mean there were more than one?
Although we aren't certain, our hunch is that this photo was taken from the "Main Street" side of the quarry looking toward Spring. This photo is not dated, however, a plat map of Bluffton from 1880 shows Riley Creek and the Marsh Run, and no quarry exists. So the Buckeye was quarried after 1880.
