Dottie Anderson Shelton died on Dec. 8, 2012, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton, Ohio, where she had resided for several weeks. The daughter of Jesse and Pearl Guin Anderson, she was born on Jan. 7, 1926, in Columbus Grove. In 2004, Dottie married Lloyd Shelton of Bowling Green, who died on June 26, 2012.
Ebenezer Mennonite Church children’s choir, Disciple Singers, will present a Christmas musical titled “Spread The Goods News” Sunday, Dec. 9. at 6:30 p.m.
The program will also include the Cherubs choir, bell choir, and a song combining the Disciple Singers and the adult choir.
The church is located at 8905 Columbus Grove Bluffton Road, Bluffton. An afterglow will beheld following the program.
Obstetric and gynecological services of the Blanchard Valley Hospital Women & Children’s Center will be provided at a new location beginning Dec. 10.
The new location, 301 West Wallace Street, Findlay, will be known as the Neil and Laura Clark Women & Children’s Center.
The Neil and Laura Clark Women & Children’s Center has been made possible thanks to a recent donation from Neil and Laura Clark to support obstetrics and gynecology care at Blanchard Valley Hospital.
Descendants of Peter Hilty (1821-1892) and Elizabeth Neuenschwander Hilty (1818-1894), and other persons interested in Swiss family history, are invited to view several family documents and furniture this month.
Bob Hilty, 7790 Rockport Road, Bluffton, has several family heirloom items on display from Dec. 8 to Dec. 29 in his home.
Bluffton University will present its 117th performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken.
"The Bluffton Senior Center is starting a new tradition," Tonya Meyer, director, told the Icon.
With the help from Signature Health Services, the Senior Center hosts it's first ever Cookie Walk on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 9 a.m. until noon.
"The idea of a cookie walk is to have a wide variety of cookies available to purchase. The buyer can walk in with a little money and walk out with 12 different cookies or six of one kind, two of another and four of another." said Meyer.
December is traditionally a month for giving generously to charities, friends and family. But it’s also a time that can have a major impact on the tax return you’ll file in the New Year.
Here are some “Season of Giving” tips from the IRS covering everything from charity donations to refund planning:
Helen M. Andrews, 87 died at 12:35 PM at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born January 6, 1925 in Elm Grove, West Virginia to Thomas and Katherine (Daughtery) Shaw. On April 22, 1951 she married Harold E. Andrews and he survives.
