SEWING HER WAY THROUGH HISTORY. Alberta Cress started volunteering at Marion County Historical Society about four years ago because she loved the idea of getting involved in the Night at the Museum. It was sort of her way of giving back. With that event, she was called upon by the Historical Society to make a Civil […]
People
Samantha McCurdy
Local businesses can take all shapes and sizes in a community. And, that includes many one or two-person businesses that make up a large portion of the jobs in Marion. One such business is Neuromuscular Therapy on East Center Street. The owner, Samantha McCurdy, was born and raised in Marion and attended Marion Harding High […]
Rob Vance
Rob Vance started his business — Rob’s Hauling Services — from scratch more than 25 years ago in Marion. That alone is a wonderful thing; but, it’s the things that Rob does outside of his job that made him a MarionMade! story. Just this last weekend, he worked to make sure his neighborhood’s front yards, […]
George and Evelyn Ghearing
Love and devotion are the hallmarks of 75 years of marriage for a Marion couple. In the mid 1920s, two babies were born–220 miles apart–who were destined to meet. George Raymond Ghearing was born on July 28, 1924, in Wellston, Ohio. On December 26, 1926, Evelyn Gene Sadler was born in Cleveland. Her family moved to Minnesota, […]
John Keggan
LEAVE WHATEVER YOU DO BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT. John Keggan is a Marion supporter and collaborative, get-it-done kind of man. Known for years as the (now former) owner of Marion Flower Shop and a local realtor, Keggan has put his all into making Marion wonderful. In 1968, he was among a select group who […]
Jeff Ruth
He may have come from Lexington (Ohio), but Jeff Ruth is MarionMade! without a doubt. He’s been a fixture on local radio–WMRN–since moving here in 1979 as the station’s evening announcer, fresh out of Bowling Green State University with a degree in broadcast journalism. As fate would have it, in 1983, the sports director left […]
