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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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Peter and Anna Aeschlimann Badertscher

Our Swiss connection - part 10
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2021 - 6:57am

This is the 10th installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

Peter Badertscher, a skilled cabinet maker and carpenter, was born Sept. 29, 1805, to Christian (1720-1838) and Barbara Gerber (1784-1855) in Bagischwand Emmenthal, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Peter had another brother, John, who remained in Switzerland with his parents.

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The 1950s were dangerous times for kids growing up in Bluffton

Rudi Steiner remembers the 1950s
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 20, 2021 - 8:59pm

For more information about "Bluffton Anthology" click here.
Rudi Steiner remembers Bluffton in the 1950s – The 1950s were dangerous times for kids growing up in Bluffton.

We grew up in homes and went to school in buildings painted with lead paint and floors covered with asbestos tiles. The air we breathed was filled with smoke from houses heated by Little Joe, Black Star, Jewel and Pocahontas lump coal.

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Jan Basinger will be operator of waste water plant

Village hopes to separate yard waste from other brush to make a better quality mulch product along with a composting type material
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 20, 2021 - 4:38pm

Jan Basinger, Bluffton EMS chief and member of the village public works department, will be the new Bluffton operator of records of its waste water plant.

The decision was made during a Bluffton council personnel committee meeting on Jan. 8, and reported to council on Jan. 11.

Basinger replaces Dan Bowden, who retired from the position at the end of 2020. Basinger holds a Class II license and is working on a Class II license, required for the position.

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