Kathleen Mikkelsen has a special birthday next week.
And, her only regret is that her twin sister, Geraldine, who died a few years ago, isn’t here to celebrate it with her.
On July 3, Kathleen, a Mennonite Memorial home resident, turns 100.
She grew up on South Main Street Bluffton and graduated in the BHS class of 1935. The class had 75 members. Although in 1939 she married and moved from Bluffton, she never left home.
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” - Thomas Merton
Gallery 323 provides local artists in several media an outlet to display and sell their work.
To showcase the wide variety of artistic talent in Bluffton, the Icon introduces this monthly feature. It provides photographs of one of the gallery’s artists. This feature will continue at the first of each month.
By club reporter
The Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club had a meeting on Monday, June 26.
We did community service before our meeting by pulling weeds around the school buildings. If you weren't able to do this community service you can participate in helping at the Mennonite Home on July 16th from 9-10:30.
We are still collecting pop tabs to give to the Ronald McDonald House at any time. Demonstrations at the meeting were given by Luke Jebsen, Carter Dyar, Hannah Creeger, Daniel Creeger, Caitlyn Couch, and Brooke Camper.
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.
