Elizabeth “Betty” Jeschke, 88, of Goshen, Ind., died June 27, 2018, at Goshen General Hospital. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma six years previously.
Betty was born to Gordon and Margaret Claassen Bixel Nov. 27, 1929, in Bluffton, Ohio. She was a member of First Mennonite church in Bluffton and a graduated from Bluffton High School in 1947. She graduated from Bluffton College in 1951 and that same year married Oscar Miller of Berlin, Ohio.
That's a wallaby checking you out - wait - it's two wallabys! This Australia native stopped in Bluffton during Tommy Tire's customer appreciate event on Friday. There were lots of other interesting animals, free ice cream and a free A to Z truck lunch. More photos below.
Leave it to the elders at Maple Crest to show off their talent. They even put on a show on Friday. The lineup included several musicians performing solos and duets, actors, and others too talented to describe.
Jamie Nygaard shares these photos of the event (see bottom of story)
A support group for caregivers of spouses or family members with Alzheimer’s Disease or other forms of dementia is scheduled the third Monday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. The group meets in the library at the Home, located at 410 W. Elm Street.
Group facilitators are Tricia Herrmann, RN and Janet Schroeder, LSW. The focus of the group is to allow each member to discuss his/her issues involved in caring for their loved one with dementia. Speakers may be brought in to address specific topics at the request of the group.
These two photos are among the most frightening old photos ever posted on the Icon - for that matter, ever photographed near Bluffton.
Here's what we know about these photos. They show three burning oil tanks that were struck by lightning somewhere near Bluffton. Each tank contained 35,000 barrels of oil.
The photos are in post card format taken by Sidney Hauenstein.
