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Confessions of a "marching band geek"

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2020 - 1:27pm

Amanda Rhonemus:
I can honestly say that I loved being in marching band in high school. There was actually an award created for me called the "I Love Marching Band More Than Life Itself " award.

It was one of those things that people made fun of, but I absolutely loved. I don't know that I can put the feeling into words, but I can say that I always have and always will be a marching band geek.

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Lance Pearch was active in Bluffton Athletic Boosters

Private graveside services in Georgia
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2020 - 12:14pm

Former Bluffton resident Lance Jay Pearch,  80, of Cumming, Georgia, died on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020.

Lance was born in Stone Creek, Ohio, on July 26, 1940, to Donald and Anna (Lab) Pearch. He was a graduate of Findlay College and retired from management at the Ford Motor Co. Engine Plant in Lima after 28 years. 

Lance and Karen moved to Cumming to be closer to their children after living in Bluffton for 30 years. Lance was a  volunteer to the Lutheran Church, member of the Elks Lodge and an active Bluffton Athletic Booster while his children were in school in Bluffton. 

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Paula Monroe was a 1962 Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2020 - 10:46am

Former Bluffton resident Paula E. Monroe, 76, of Maumee, Ohio, died on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo.

She was born Nov. 16, 1944, in Bluffton, to Paul and Martha Greding. After graduating from Bluffton High School in 1962, she attended Toledo Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1965. She married Larry Monroe on March 26, 1966, in Lambertville, Mich.

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So, you think you know Bluffton?

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2020 - 9:47am

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

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Mark Ritchie worked at A to Z Meats

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2020 - 9:27am

Mark Douglas Ritchie, 36, died on Tuesday, Nov.17, 2020, at 6:41 p.m. at his residence in Bluffton.

He was born on July 22, 1984 in Kenton to Dale Ritchie of Alger and Shelly (Carmean) Ritchie of Ada.

Mark worked for A-Z Meats in Bluffton.  

Also surviving is his maternal grandmother, Nancy Tarr; two sisters: Amber Ritchie of Ada and Lindsey Ritchie of Spencerville; and a niece, Bayleigh Gay.

 Mark was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents: Ervin and Dorothy Ritchie; maternal grandfather, Jim Carmean; and a niece, Autumn Nicole.

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7th grade artists express "peace through service"

Bluffton Lions Club poster winners are Hudson Phillips, Lauren Dearth and Brooklyn Nance
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 23, 2020 - 2:48pm

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Hudson Phillips, Lauren Dearth and Brooklyn Nance are the three winners in this year's Bluffton Lions Club peace poster contest.

The three were announced in a Lions Club meeting held by Zoom on Nov. 17.  The first place winner this year is Hudson Phillips.

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