GoFundMe page established for family of Bluffton boy who died in snowmobile mishap
BLUFFTON A teacher in the Bluffton school district has started a fundraiser for the family of a sixth-grader killed in a snowmobile accident.
Christine McCafferty created a fundraiser to help support the family of Ethan Leiber, a middle school student who died Sunday in a snowmobile accident near Bluffton.
“Ethan loved to help people and had a smile that could cheer anyone up,” McCafferty wrote on the GoFundMe fundraiser. “This is the Student Senate’s way of honoring this sweet boy.”
It started with a goal of raising $2,000 and already surpassed that by 1:30 p.m. Thursday. To view the GoFundMe, visit j.mp/3oKph0F.
Bluffton sixth-grader dies in snowmobile accident
Leiber
BLUFFTON A Bluffton sixth-grader died Sunday morning after being involved in a snowmobile accident on Alpine Drive, near its intersection with Lugabill Road.
At roughly 7:10 a.m. Sunday, the Allen County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a single-unit snowmobile accident outside the small town. Upon arrival, Ethan Leiber, 12, was transported by Bluffton EMS to Lima Memorial Health System, where he later died.
According to the sheriff’s office, he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Leiber enjoyed boating, tubing, jet-skiing, snowmobiling and golfing, according to his obituary. Private services and burial have been scheduled. There is a public visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services-Bluffton.