Make plans to join us at this year’s annual Hilty Home Craft Bazaar! Held on November 8th and 9th, the event includes crafts for sale, a silent auction, a bake sale and luncheon. All proceeds go to the Hilty Home Activities Department. We are currently accepting donations for the silent auction. To make the event… Read more »
October 3, 2019 – Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio is currently celebrating full occupancy of all independent living units throughout the organization. In total, there are 87 independent living units spread among the Mennonite Memorial Home and Maple Crest campuses in Bluffton, and the Hilty Home campus in Pandora. Of those units, 34 are independent… Read more »
The Bluffton community’s 16th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 28th from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. New this year, Bluffton Family Recreation will host a “Kickoff Event” on Friday, September 27th beginning at 5 p.m. The primary locations of festivities include the Mennonite Memorial Home,… Read more »
On September 16, 1999, Carol Diller, Tesla Diller, Harriett McKibben and Marie Augsburger were the first residents to move into Maple Crest Senior Living Village’s main building. The rest is history, as they say, as Maple Crest has grown and developed into the vision of being a great living option for independent seniors with an… Read more »
Bring a lawn chair and relax on the Hilty Home front porch as we enjoy delicious homemade ice cream and listen to the Lima Beane Chorus! The event will be held on Thursday, September 5th from 7pm to 8pm, and is free and open to the public.
Maple Crest elders Joanne Niswander and Hazel Rodabaugh are already hard at work as “midwives” this year, “delivering” Monarch butterflies to the world! Two have already been born and there are around 12 others in the chrysalis stage at this time. Stop by the main Maple Crest Lobby to see the amazing process yourself!
The Al Best Band will play at a free concert on Sunday, August 18th at 6:00 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton. MMH has hosted the annual “Concert on the Lawn” since 2005. The Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Service Group will serve ice cream, and popcorn and ice water… Read more »
Driving means independence and freedom for most of us, but sometimes decisions need to be made on whether driving should be continued. “Driving” this decision could be health issues, vision problems or just the combined issues of aging. Some things to consider when helping a loved one make the decision to give up the driver’s… Read more »
Photos and Article by Fred Steiner – originally published on the Bluffton Icon at http://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2017/06/30/kathleen-mikkelsen-turns-100-july-3 Kathleen Mikkelsen has a special birthday next week. And, her only regret is that her twin sister, Geraldine, who died a few years ago, isn’t here to celebrate it with her. On July 3, Kathleen, a Mennonite Memorial home resident,… Read more »
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), St. John Mennonite Church and The Swiss Community Historical Society (SCHS) have received a bequest from the estate of Arthur E. Gratz of Pandora. Mr. Gratz, 84, died on October 22, 2018 at Hilty Memorial Home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Kline Gratz. A lifelong… Read more »