Rita McVetta, 75, died March 2, 2019, at 12:26 p.m., at Bluffton Hospital.
Rita was born Aug. 21, 1943, in Findlay to the late Paul and Helen (Hartman) Rankin. On June 4, 1966, she married John "Bill" McVetta who survives in Mt. Cory.
Rita graduated from Cory-Rawson High School in 1961. She worked as a laborer for the Peerless Glove Factory and D.T.R Industries, both in Bluffton, retiring in 2007 from D.T.R. Industries.
Rita was a member of Mt. Cory United Methodist Church.
Decades before John Wagner became Bluffton's Nationwide agent, a radio and television retail and repair store was located at 105 N. Main Street. It was Beach Radio Television, owned by Oliver Beach.
To help date the photo is a 1950 or 1951 Dodge parking in front of the doorway.
To the left of you can read the "EWS" of "The Bluffton News" located at 103 N. Main St. at the time. To the right (today it's Family Eye Care) was Hankish's Confectionary.
March is Social work month: This year’s theme is "Elevate social work."
Each day, nearly 700,000 social workers nationwide work to elevate and empower others, giving them the ability to solve life’s problems, cope with personal roadblocks and get the services they need.
We all know special social workers in the area, that give their time, energy and love outside of their 9-5 work day in order to make life a little easier for others.
Senior artists and graphic designers from Bluffton University will showcase their most prominent work in their combined exhibit titled “6:1 Six Artists, One Show.”
Rebecca Baden, Bowling Green, Ohio; Becky Boban, Madison, Ohio; Brista Drake, Richwood, Ohio; Cara Echols, New Bremen, Ohio; Emily Griffioen, Belmond, Iowa; and Elizabeth Luersman, Fort Jennings, Ohio; will have work on display. The exhibit opens March 11 and runs through March 24 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Bluffton University baseball team knocked off Rivier University 10-3 on Sunday, March 3, in their second game of the Gene Cusic Classic. Bluffton improved to 2-0 on the season, while Rivier stands 0-2.
