John R. Beckler Jr., 77, died on March 14, 2014 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. He was born on July 29, 1936 in Leadwood, Missouri to the late John and Audrey (Rice) Beckler. On July 20, 1958, he married Marilyn Shoemaker and she survives.
John had been a truck driver for Signal Delivery, Findlay. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, the Pandora American Legion, Masonic Lodge Post 418, Mt. Cory, the Teamsters Union and was a veteran of the U.S. Marines Corp.
Jordyn Garmatter, Bluffton fourth grader, practices the recorder in music class. Fourth graders will perform at the Bluffton Music Boosters chicken barbecue at the end of March.
Ruth Naylor, Bluffton author and poet, will hold a book signing and reading at Book ReViews from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22.
In her book, "A Family Affair," she gathered together a collection of her poems that traverse the rough terrain of family life, pain of loss, the difficult beauty of human love. She writes, “I do not know understand / How love can dwell so close to hurt.” A reader shared, “Your self-disclosure somehow puts my own life in perspective. Your struggles move me to a quicker understanding, deeper contentment, and brighter hope.”
Kimberly Lynn Nussbaum of Columbia City, Ind., died on March 13, 2014, at Parkview Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Ind.. She was born on Jan. 9, 1957, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Don and Tresa Burris who preceded her in death. She married Roger Gross who died on July 4, 1993. On March 4, 1994, she married Steve Nussbaum who died on April 26, 2004. She is survived by her companion, Dan Chivington.
Kim was a 1975 graduate of Bluffton High School. Kim was an organ donor.
