The Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will induct new officers during a cookout installation ceremony tonight at the Bluffton Buckeye Park Shelter house.
The event is open to Legion members, area veterans and their families. The meal begins at 6 p.m. Persons attending are invited to bring a side dish or salad to share.
The post will provide brats, hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, chip drinks and paper products. In case of bad weather, the meal will take place in the Sportsmen's Club depot.
An installation ceremony will take place immediately following the meal.
Gary and Emily Crawfis will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 23. A Caribbean cruise was taken in January.
Gary Crawfis and Emily Hochstettler were married June 23, 1962, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, by the Rev. Dan Dalke.
They are the parents of two sons, Jason (Jami Shannon) Crawfis, of Bluffton and James Crawfis, of Beaverdam; and one daughter, Jami (Dan) Trumbower, of Monrovia, Md. They have five grandchildren.
Gary is retired from Westinghouse, Lima, and DTR, Bluffton. Emily is retired from Bluffton Schools.
Carol Barbara Diller, 97, died at 3:50 p.m. on June 13, 2012, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora, surrounded by family. She was born on Dec. 24, 1914 in Riley Township to Christian and Arvilla Yoder Diller, who preceded her in death.
She was a 1932 graduate of Pandora High School, a 1941 graduate of Bluffton College, a 1944 graduate of Cleveland St. Luke School of Nursing and a 1951 recipient of a Masters in Nursing from Mennonite School of Nursing, Normal, Illinois.
Miss Diller served in Puerto Rico under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee from 1944-1945.
