The Bluffton University women's basketball team dropped a 63-34 decision to Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Bluffton falls to 5-10 on the season (3-5 HCAC), while Rose improved to 10-5 and 7-1 in the conference.
The following feature is re-posted from November 2015. It shares part of Bob Neff's story as one of the world's longest living survivors of a heart transplant. His heart transplant took place in 1985.
It is believed that the world's longest surviving heart-transplant patient is Susan Law who received a new heart at Papworth Hospital near Cambridge, England, in 1982.
Robert “Bob” D. Neff, 66, died Friday morning, Jan. 11, 2019, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. He was born Nov. 6, 1952, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Richard and Beulah (Burkholder) Neff who preceded him in death.
On May 6, 1978, Bob married Nancy (Schumacher) Neff, who survives.
CLICK HERE for a column about Bob's heart transplant.
Robert “Bob” D. Neff, 66, of Bluffton died Jan. 11, 2019 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, at English Lutheran Church in Bluffton.
Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(WAPAKONETA) – After winning eight straight games to start the season, Bluffton’s boys basketball team dropped their second straight contest Tuesday at Wapakoneta. The losses came at the hands of two of the top teams of the Western Buckeye League in Ottawa-Glandorf and Wapak. The two teams have a combined record of 16-3. The host Redskins downed the visiting Pirates 61-54 Tuesday night in a game that had a tale of two halves.