Donald Lee Schweingruber, 75, of Bluffton, died Saturday, Sept. 12. Don had been living with multiple myeloma for the past 15 years and was in hospice care when he died.
Don was born April 4, 1940, in Ellwood City, Pa., to Russell and Dorothy Schweingruber and grew up on a farm in Butler County. He graduated from Zelienople High School in 1958 and Thiel College in 1963. He continued his education at Miami University, where he met Nancy Hoeltje. They married in 1965.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University senior defensive end Ryan Aelker (New Bavaria/Holgate) led the Beavers to their first ever win over Baldwin Wallace and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Player of the Week on defense for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 13. It was also Bluffton's first game on the new turf at Alumni Field.
If you wanted to draw up a great start to a football game, Bluffton met all expectations Friday night. Just five minutes into the game, BHS led 14-0 in their first trip to the beautiful Redskin Stadium in Shelby County. The great start didn’t last however and by halftime, Fort Loramie had clawed back to tie the game at 14-14. The Pirates showed some grit in the second half and won the game 23-14 to advance to 3-0 for the first time since 2011.
Bluffton school board will consider several contracts, assignments and advancements at its Sept. 14 board meeting.
On the agenda includes certificate advancement for three teachers:
• Rebecca Boblitt
• Jaime Combs
• Kyle Cutnaw
Supplemental contracts will be offered to 12 persons involving winter sport coaching positions. The sports include:
• Girls’ varsity basketball
• Boy’s varsity basketball
• Boys’ freshman basketball
• Middle school volleyball
• Varsity wrestling
• Middle school wrestling
High school seniors may be limiting their college choices because of the perceived cost of a private college education.
But Bluffton University is offering a high-quality, private education at a cost no higher than at top state universities in Ohio.
Introduction of the new Bluffton Tuition Equalization Program (TEP) means that, for qualified prospective students, tuition and fees will be equal to or, in many cases, less than what they would pay at a state school.
Donald Schweingruber, 75, of Bluffton died September 12, 2015 at Bluffton Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.
