Ray L. Burkholder, 96 of Pandora, retired farmer, and renowned National Weather Service observer died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.
He was born July 3, 1917, in rural Pandora to the late Christian C. and Bertha (Zuercher) Burkholder. Following the death of his mother in 1921 Ray resided with his paternal uncle and aunt, Amos and Katie Burkholder, until his father’s marriage to Irma (Foltz) in 1925.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's soccer team responded favorably to its first match at the Sears Complex in over three weeks when the Beavers welcomed rival Anderson University on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013.
Note: This story is reprinted with permission from The Toledo Free Press. Don Diller is a Pandora-Gilboa HS grad and Bluffton College alumnus. His nephew, Jason Diller, lives in Bluffton.
By Michael Miller, editor in chief, Toledo Free Press
United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey may have taken the first step toward understanding her mother in Bluffton, Ohio.
She said as much following an Oct. 15 lecture at Bluffton University, where her late mother, Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough, attended college for one year 50 years ago.
Farthing Real Estate and Auctioneers, Findlay, announce the sale of four parcels at public auction at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 26, on the premises at 3576 and 3598 State Route 103, Bluffton.
The property includes 58 acres of farm ground and woods, two homes and buildings, farm equipment and personal property.
The owners are james and Imogene Benroth and Judith Houdeshell.
For a complete listing of the items at auction open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
