Geniece King, who died in earlier this year, was awarded, posthumously, the 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award by the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center board of directors.

Mrs. King was 82 when she died on July 14, 2011 at Mt. Carmel East Hospital, Columbus. Mrs. King retired as cafeteria manager at the Bluffton schools after 31 years. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton, the Bluffton Senior Citizens, member of the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Club, and a volunteer at Bluffton Hospital. She was a 1946 graduate of Mt. Cory High School.

She had served on the Senior Citizens board for many years, quilted and did embroidery and sewing and for many years worked in the Center's kitche during fundraisers.

Her son Wayne and his wife, Becky, accepted the award on her behalf during the December meeting of the Association.

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