Bluffton resident Geneva (Stamm) Shetler celebrated her 100th birthday on July 8 with a family celebration.
A retired Bluffton elementary teacher, she taught third grade for several years in the 1970s.
Geneva was born on a farm near Archbold and graduated from Archbold High School in 1936. She attended Goshen College, Indiana, where she met her husband-to-be, Luther Shetler. They were married in 1940.
The couple was married 78 years. Luther died July 1, 2017.
The Shetlers moved to Bluffton in 1950, where Luther began teaching at Bluffton College.
This year's members of the Bluffton Cattle Club include Grace Meyers, Claire Armentrout, Brittany Goodman, Sophie Zeller, Landon Sehlhorst, Hudson Phillips, Greta Meyers, KJ Hohenbrink, Branson Hilty, Seth Gladwell, Zoe Zeller, Klaria Hohenbrink, Elizabeth Phillips, Courtney Goodman, Nathan Speicher, Evan Speicher, Riley Herrimann, and Xavier Narrarro.
Vicki Mills directs the Noteworthy Community Choir during the intermission of the patrotic pops concert at ONU on Saturday. Additional photos are in this series. Mills conducts the first-ever Summer Sounds Choral Camp, July 15-19, at ONU.
Elders of Maple Crest invites the community to view displays of hobbies and collections from 19 elders from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 11, in the Maple Crest Patio Room.
The show ranges from Oliver Lugibihl’s nuts and jams to Paul Klassen’s water color paintings to Jim Smith’s toy farm equipment to Becky Sprunger’s knitting - plus many other displays.
A celebration of the life of Dr. Howard M. Shelly, M.D., who died May 4, 2019, takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Sunday, July 14, at The Centre, 601 N. Main St., Bluffton.
The evening’s activities includes signing a guest book. Making an audio recording of your favorite Dr. Shelly story, or bring a written memory. There will be three scheduled sessions of memory sharing and hymn singing.
Guests are invited to bring a pie to share with others.
The Court of Appeals of Ohio Third Appellate District has reversed – rendering null and void – the April, 2018, conviction of Dr. James A. Gideon, M.D., Bluffton rheumatology and internal medicine physician, on three misdemeanor charges in Lima Municipal Court.
The court of appeals issued its judgment on June 24.
