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Visitation Monday, funeral service Tuesday

Esther L. Brauen, 87, died April 5, 2018 at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.

Esther was born June 2, 1930, in Findlay, Ohio, to Eldon and Ada (Hilty) Lugibihl who preceded her in death. On Nov. 6, 1947, she married E. Keith Brauen who survives.  Esther attended Bluffton High School and Lima Technical College where she received an Associates of Nursing degree. 

She worked at Celebration of Health with Dr. Terry Chappell for many years before she retired. 

This looks like fun. One of the learning activities at the Bluffton Community Preschool involves pebbles, numbers and thinking about math with a duck of all things. Two additional photo in this series demonstration how a student focuses on learning.

Friday mornings for youth of all ages

A new addition to Bluffton Family Recreation’s class offerings to youth this spring is a home school recreation class, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.

The class is open to youth of all ages and is held on Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. in the BFR indoor soccer arena, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

Tinch said that the class offers lots of different physical education opportunities for homeschooled youth.

Contact BFR at 419-358-4150 for more details.

24 youth soccer teams will compete

This year's Bluffton Soccer Club American Cup tournament is Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20.

The event brings to Bluffton 24 youth teams totally over 250 youths. Teams represented include teams from Black Swamp recreational league and the Northwest Ohio Youth Soccer league.

The library will host another Mobile Health Clinic on April 10 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in honor of World Health Week. This clinic is led by staff and students of Ohio Northern University Healthwise, a program that employs health care providers to provide the local community with knowledge and resources to address health related concerns and to improve your health.

He will work from the Trenton Avenue branch in Findlay

Shawn C. McFarland has joined First National Bank as Mortgage Originator for the Findlay area.

McFarland joins First National Bank with over 18 years of banking experience. McFarland will oversee the origination of residential loans in Findlay and its surrounding areas.

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