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Dr. Howard Shelly tells about starting his general practice in 1957

I was new and modern, so I was going to have people call for appointments
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2021 - 9:11pm

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Dr. Howard Shelly remembers – Dr. Rodabaugh and Dr. Travis, the two general practitioners in Bluffton, were both were good to us. Dr. Rodabaugh took me under his wing and I took my internship at Memorial Hospital in Lima.

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University students return to campus

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2021 - 3:41pm

In-person Bluffton University classes resumed yesterday for spring semester 2021. Here's a photo from the university.

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You know someone on this honor roll

Here's the BHS second quarter list
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2021 - 3:27pm

Bluffton High School released its second quarter honor roll for the 2020-21 school year.|
9th Grade – all A:

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Opal Webb 1925 - 2021

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2021 - 3:23pm

Opal Webb, 95, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at 2:20 a.m. at the Lost Creek Care Center, Lima.

She was born on Sept. 3, 1925, in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, to the late Merda B. and Dora (Adams) Williams. On Sept. 18, 1942 Opal married Charles H. Webb and he preceded her in death on March 14, 1976.

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Russell Ludwig was a retired machinist at Ex-Cell-O

He was a Cory-Rawson HS graduate
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2021 - 3:15pm

Russell E. Ludwig, 84, died Jan. 21, 2021, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay.  Russell was born Feb. 8, 1936, in Rawson to the late Paul and Vera (Painter) Ludwig. On Jan. 4, 1955, he married Mary Ellen Burkholder and she survives. 

Russell graduated from Cory-Rawson High School. He worked at and retired from Ex-Cello Corporation in Bluffton where he had been a machinist. Russell enjoyed working with wood doing crafts. 

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Joyce Long 1940 - 2021

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2021 - 12:59pm

Joyce A. Long, 80, died on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at 4:15 p.m. at Vancrest of Ada.

She was born on June 14, 1940, in Lima, Ohio, to Irvin and Edna (Hassan) Vandemark who preceded her in death. On Nov. 12, 1960 she married Edison D. Long and he preceded her in death on May 7, 2013. 

Joyce was a homemaker. 

Surviving are two sons: Edward (Rose) Long of Radnor and Donald (Ranea) Long of Bluffton; a daughter, Cindy Sweigart of Beaverdam; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren;  

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Terry Lee Williams, Jr.

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