Funeral Services for Avinell Manns will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at the Price - McElroy Funeral Home, Kenton. Burial will follow in McDonald Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the funeral home.
She died Oct. 5, 2018, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born on June 11, 1939, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to the late Earl and Vernal (Click) Crisp. On May 9, 1957, she married Virgil Manns and he preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 2009.
Bluffton Lions recently presented certificates of appreciation to Bluffton HS students who this past summer participated in Ohio American Legion Buckeye Boys State and Ohio American Legion Auxiliary Girls State. With Dennis Morrison of the club are, from left, Tanner Pinks, Arielle O'Neal and Ashley Eachus. Morrison is also the Bluffton American Legion Boys and Girls State chair.
Here is the September Bluffton police department docket.
September 4
Officers arrested Carla D. Major, 48, Lima, for driving under suspension following a traffic stop in the area of State Route 103 and Commerce Lane for a stop sign violation. The case is pending in Findlay Municipal Court.
September 8
Officers responded to a noninjury hit/skip traffic crash in the area of Vine Street and North Main Street.
Bluffton Senior Citizen Center, 132 N. Main St., has a full calendar of events for October, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
THE COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS IS IN THE OCTOBER NEWSLETTER – ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
AARP hosts a voter issue forum from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 17. The program includes a non-partisan discussion of issues on the mid-term election. It is open to the public.
Winner will receive a bouquet of flowers from Town and Country Flowers
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Nominate Bluffton's sweetest person for Sweetest Day on Oct. 20.
One winner will be drawn from all nominations. The winner will receive a bouquet of flowers from Town and Country Flowers, 124 N. Main St., Bluffton.
To enter, send your nominee's name to: [email protected]. Please include your name in the e-mail.
The deadline to enter is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 17. The winner will receive the flowers on Friday, Oct. 19, "from you" one day in advance of Sweetest Day.
Philip David Sprunger, 75, died Oct. 4, 2018, at his residence in Bluffton. Philip was born Oct. 10, 1942 in Berne, Indiana, to the late Donald and Mary Jane (Nussbaum) Sprunger. On July 23, 1966, he married Janice Smith Sprunger who survives in Bluffton.
Philip graduated from Berne French High School, obtained his bachelor's degree from Bluffton College and his master's degree from St. Francis College. He had been an educator and guidance counselor at Leipsic and Patrick Henry Schools.
