For more than 50 years, Ben F. Higgins has provided professional auction service to Marion County. Ben F. was fascinated with auctions at an early age as he accompanied his grandfather and a close neighbor to local livestock auctions in Marion in the early 1950s. He discovered he had a fondness for auctions. Thus began […]
People
John Butterworth
This story has a special writer- Phyllis Butterworth, John’s widow. It was an honor to have her share her memories of John, both are great examples of what it means to be MarionMade! It was September 2013 and John Butterworth sometimes wondered if he might be losing ground in his fight against the cancer that […]
Catherine L. Ferguson
Catherine L. Ferguson is a 2020 MarionMade! Celebrate Marion honoree in the People category. Catherine was born in Marion, Ohio in 1924 to Harold W. and Margaret Hall. In 1942 she graduated from Marion Harding High School. She married Robert Ferguson, in 1943, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church. She and Robert shared 73 years of […]
Greg Swepston
The story was written by Rob McCurdy and printed in the Marion Star on March 21, 2020 There were many sides to Greg Swepston and all of them were good. Marty Riggs is a retired educator and former athletic director now living in Marion, but that’s not how he met Sweppy. Riggs works as an […]
Johnnie Jackson
Johnnie Jackson grew up in Marion, Ohio, and like many young people left for college at 18. While at the University of Findlay, getting his BS and Masters in Business/Marketing/Finance, he would come home each summer. In his twenties, he moved to South Korea and traveled the world, visiting fifteen countries. For many young people […]
William Obenour
Local artist William Obenour is helping make Marion businesses beautiful. Now on his fourth public mural in downtown, Obenour is a life-long resident of Marion and comes from a family of artists, ranging from photographers to painters. Making a living as an artist is notoriously challenging, admitted Obenour–at least until one is “discovered.” The downtown […]
