Gary M. Marshall, 77, died May 19, 2017, at 10:49 at St. Rita's Inpatient Hospice in Lima. Gary was born July 18, 1939, in Greeley, Colo., to the late Paul and Rose (Markus) Marshall. In 1978, he married Sharon Parkins who survives.
Gary was a supervisor/foreman at Motorola, JB Tool and Machine in Wapakoneta, RCA and DTR Industries in Bluffton. He was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous with over 18 years of sobriety.
Ann Kingsley's third grade class took a short field trip to the Oscar Velasquez mural on Main Street earlier this week. She shared with students the background of the mural and some of the history it portrays. Dennis Morrison took the two photos.
Bluffton fifth-sixth grade string orchestra and Bluffton Junior High orchestra both received "excellent" ratings in competition earlier this month.
PHOTOS OF BOTH ORCHESTRAS ARE BELOW -
The fifth-sixth graders entered Class C and Junior High entered Class A in the OMEA large group adjudicated event at Parkway High School on May 12. Rachael E. Lewis is the director of both orchestras.
Sydney Staton is the May Bluffton High School student of the month.
A senior, she is a member of the Show Choir, Chamber Choir, Math Team and played softball, track and soccer where she was the team captain.
She was awarded the "Student of the Year" in Statistics and in Photography, received the top score on the Ohio Math League Test and was awarded the academic excellence scholarship.
Her hobbies include photography and Photoshop. Her pos-secondary options were at Rhodes State College where she took Calculus.
Bluffton's Memorial Day observance is Monday, May 29. Here is information about the day from the Bluffton American Legion Post 382.
• Anyone wishing to be in the parade, be in line by 9:15 a.m.
• Time of the parade: 9:30 a.m.
• Parade line up: Bluffton town hall
• Ceremonies: Maple Grove Cemetery
• Memorial Day speaker: Tim Wilmetta, pastor of the Bluffton First United Methodist Church and chaplain for the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tennessee.
