Edison "Eddie" LeRoy Young, 81, of Bluffton, OH, died at 7:55 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. Eddie was born on July 23, 1930 in Bluffton to Lester and Ethel Gail (Shulaw) Young. He married Hilda Binkley Young on Oct. 15, 1948, she survives and they have been married for 63 years.
Also surviving are two sons, Richard W., of Bluffton; and Roger L., of Arlington; 2 grandchildren, Ryan and Renae Young; and 2 great-grandchildren, Gage and Dayton Young.
Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton, will host a soup cook-off from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, featuring six area restaurants and caterers.
The event is in the Patio Room at Maple Crest, 700 Maple Crest Court, off Augsburger Road, Bluffton.
Preparations for winter were underway earlier this week at Riley View Apartments. A maintenance worker painted the roof of the apartment facing the public library.
After more than 50 years, The Little Red Barn is moving out of downtown Bluffton. While the florist no longer has a storefront, it continues to take phone orders and now offers free local delivery.
The full service florist shop offers fresh flowers, silk arrangements, plants, wind chimes, garden stones and angels, throws, wire-out service, and more.
The business is Bluffton's oldest flower shop and remains locally owned and operated. It was started in 1960 in Bluffton by Geneva Rammel and consisted of silk and fresh flower arrangements in an actual little red barn.
Vernal H. Corson, 94, of Bluffton died Oct. 24, 2011 at Baton Rouge Senior Services Health Center, Lima. She was born May 21, 1917, in Van Wert to Raymond and Ruby Ausman Holbrook. On June 19, 1937, she married Donald C. Corson and he preceded her in death.
Vernal spent most of her adult life in Bluffton. She was employed as the secretary/clerk of the Board of Education and treasurer for the Bluffton Schools for a number of years.
Later she worked as a secretary for Ex-Cello Corp. She was a 1935 graduate of Lima Central High School.
