She volunteered at Bluffton Senior Citizens Center and Bluffton Hospital
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2020 - 1:07pm
Barbara A. Shinabery, 90, died at 9:04 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.
Barbara was born on July 20, 1930, in Allen Co, Ohio, to the late Clinton G. Wright and Florence Ruth (Leasure) Wright. On August 9, 1953, she married Elmer Ray Shinabery, Jr., he preceded her in death on August 11, 2017.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2020 - 11:48am
Denver Junior Zimmerly, 83, of Findlay died on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at Blanchard Valley Hospital of complications from COVID 19.
He was born April 28, 1937, to Denver and Olive (Schumacher) Zimmerly in Toledo, Ohio. He grew up in Bluffton, Ohio and graduated from Bluffton High School. He began working with Ohio Power (AEP) and continued working there until his retirement.
He married Barbara Katterheinrich on April 2, 1960, and she survives. They celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2020.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2020 - 11:02am
The Icon invites anyone who plows driveways, lanes, sidewalks and parking lots this winter to promote their business on the Icon.
The Icon will post a continually-running classified ad under "Services Offered" all winter for anyone in the snow plow business. The ad will include your name, contact information and any additional information you wish to provide.
Your ad will appear on both Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon for one price of $49 for the entire winter season.
"Bluffton Anthology - a creek runs through it" will be available next week in selected downtown stores.
Copies may also be ordered from the author, Fred Steiner. A prority mail order blank for persons out of town, and a pick-up order blank for people in Blulffton are attached.
Alice Hoffman does indeed spin a charming spell, one that sparkles with literary magic
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 29, 2020 - 8:45pm
Review by Robert McCool
Alice Hoffman's latest chronicle of the remarkable Owens women s “Magic Lessons” (ISBN9781982108847). It completes the enchanting trilogy “Practical Magic (1995) and “The Rules of Magic” (2017) began.
Ms. Hoffman explains the reason she writes most succinctly with a quote from her Aunt Jet, a character in “”The Rules of Magic” - “she opened a book and therefore was saved, discovering that a novel was as great as any spell.”