Sometimes it’s the little things we do in life that have the most impact.
“New York Times” bestselling author, Nathan Whitaker, shared this message with Bluffton’s new students during Opening Convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 29.
“I think it’s easy for us to devalue what we do or say. That what we do isn’t going to impact anybody,” explained Whitaker, co-author of “Quiet Strength” the memoir of Super-Bowl winning coach Tony Dungy.
Phyllis Ruth (Sawatzky) Friesen, 77, died on Aug. 27, 2017. She was born on June 3, 1940, in Butterfield, Minnesota, to Rev. Victor and Ruth Louise (Phifer) Sawatzky.
On June 2, 1961, she married Ronald Lee Friesen, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Friesen graduated from Pawnee Rock (Kansas) High School and attended Bethel College (Kansas).
Phyllis and her husband lived in Tanzania, East Africa for several years. She lived in Bluffton, Ohio, the rest of her life.
Dr. Jatinder Patti joins Neurosurgical Associates of Northwest Ohio at 1641 N Lake Drive, Findlay.
Dr. Patti completed medical school at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College in Faridkot, India.
He completed his internship in internal medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Bronx, New York. He completed his neurology residency and fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, Massachusetts.
