Don and Nancy Schweingruber of Bluffton are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary July 17.

Don Schweingruber and the former Nancy Hoeltje met while attending Miami University (OH) and married in 1965 at Willow Grove Presbyterian Church in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. They moved to Bluffton in 1972 when Don was hired as Bluffton College’s Dean of Students.

They have three sons and two daughters-in-law, David Schweingruber and Nancy Berns of Ames, Iowa; Doug and Kristy Schweingruber of Bluffton; and Matt Schweingruber of New York City. They have five granddaughters: Lydia and Chloe Berns-Schweingruber of Ames, Iowa, and Makayla, Jordan, and Addison Schweingruber of Bluffton. Their grandson, Zachariah Berns Schweingruber, died in 2001.

Don retired in 2005 as Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs of Bluffton University. His many community responsibilities included over 20 years membership on the Allen County Health Board. Nancy served as founding director of Bluffton’s Institute for Learning in Retirement and was a member of the Bluffton Exempted Village School Board for 20 years.

Don and Nancy are members of English Evangelical Lutheran Church.

In 2001, they were named Bluffton Lions Club Citizens of the Year.