Meet Missy Lonsway, Bluffton’s new postmaster.

Earlier this spring when she was appointed to the position she added her name to the long-standing list in the town’s history.

Bluffton has had a postmaster since 1837 – which is nearly a quarter of a century older than the name Bluffton.  (From 1837 to 1861 our village was known as Shannon.)

Lonsway’s post office career began in North Baltimore in 2002 when she became a temporary clerk.

Since then she has managed the Toledo Central Station post office, and served as postmasters in Custer, North Baltimore and Findlay.

As Bluffton postmaster she is also in charge of the post offices in Mt. Cory, Rawson and Jenera.

Bluffton is a Level 18 post office, which gets that listing based on its size and revenue. The post office has two city carriers, four regular rural carriers, two temporary carriers and handles the Beaverdam postal route.

Lonsway is a resident of North Baltimore. She graduated from Findlay High School and  attended Owens Community College. She and her husband have three children and six grandchildren.

Bluffton postmasters
Originally established as Croghan in Putnam County
Daniel L. Goble, 1837
Erastus Thompson, 1846
William McDermot, 1852
Changed to Allen County by 1854
Erasmus Thompson, 1854
Miles W. Vance, 1856
Erastus Thompson, 1861
Changed to Bluffton on Aug. 7, 1861
Erastus Thompson, 1861
Jacob Moser, 1864
Robert D. Murray, 1865
Abram Long, 1866
Andrew Hauenstein, 1868
Edwin Edsall, 1871
John Martin, 1871
Andrew Hauenstein, 1877
Milton G. Smith, 1885
John H. Patterson, 1889
William P. Bentley, 1890
Henry L. Romey, 1894
Russell B. Day, 1898
George H. Lewis, 1907
Gibson Locher, 1916
Maurice M. Murray, 1924
Edward R. Reichenbach, 1934
Ralph Stearns, 1956
Woodrow W. Little, 1965
Donald I. Gudakunst, officer in charge, 1975
Albert Callihan, 1976
Roger E. Neal, officer in charge, 1983
David L. Boisvert, 1984
Robert A. Schaefer, officer in charge, 1986
Cheryl L. Stacy, officer in charge, 1987
Mark D. Keisay, officer in charge, 1987
James A. Ribley, officer in charge, 1987
Jerry L. Burkholder, 1987
Gary S. Levitt, officer in charge, 1991
Barbar A. Spearman, postmaster, 1992
Michael R. Hoehn, 1995
Margaret Wray, 1998
Everett G. Collier, 1998
Danielle Laing, officer in charge, 2011
Darrell Von Sossan, 2012
Several officers in charge since 2012
Missy Lonsway, 2017