Ara Ellen Woolley, 95, of Rawson died November 4, 2014 at 5:35 a.m. at Bluffton Hospital. Ara was born November 17, 1918 in McGuffey to the late Charles and Annie Wilson Patterson. On June 27, 1937 she married Roy L. Woolley and he preceded her in death on April 5, 2000.
The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four. In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15.
Boxes will be available to be picked up at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main Street, Pandora.
Please note that this is one week earlier than usual due to the holiday.
A collection of family and individual portraits from the 1950s to 1970s taken by long-time Bluffton photographer, Leland Gerber, is on display in the third floor gallery at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.
Gerber owned a photo studio on South Main Street, Bluffton, during the 1950s-70s era. Most class photos of Bluffton elementary students from this era were taken by Gerber.
Mallory Blackburn has some fun while learning about different letters of the alphabet. She blows blue bubbles as she learns about the letter B. Mallory is a student at Bluffton Child Development Center.
Tim and Pat Boutwell have opened a new business that offers heated vehicle storage in Bluffton.
The facility is provided by Marsh Run Properties, LLC, owned by the Boutwells. The storage is located at 906 N. Main St., next door to Masterpiece Signs and Graphics, Inc.
Boutwells said that they saw a need for winter storage of vehicles, motorcycles, boats and other large vehicles that need to be stored in a heated area.
