{"id":10519,"date":"2023-12-07T05:27:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=10519"},"modified":"2023-12-07T05:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:27:09","slug":"mark-scherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/07\/mark-scherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Scherry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mark F. Scherry, 65, of Decatur, Indiana passed away Tuesday morning, December 5, 2023, at his residence following a four year battle with cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on June 11, 1958 in Bluffton, Indiana to Rolland F. and Nancy (Willmert) Scherry. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mark-Scherry.jpg?resize=400%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mark-Scherry.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mark-Scherry.jpg?resize=258%2C300&amp;ssl=1 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark graduated from Bellmont High School Class of 1977. He was a member of Salem Magley Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was employed at Fort Wayne Wire Die in Fort Wayne for 42 years before his retirement in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark loved to race cars on area race tracks. He raced on Baer Field Race Track from 1981 to 1986. He also enjoyed playing guitar with his Pool House Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is survived by his longtime companion, Christi Goble of Decatur, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, James \u201cJ.R.\u201d Scherry, in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, December 8, 2023, at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur with Pastor Christopher Hirschy officiating. &nbsp;Burial will follow at Salem Magley Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family and friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home on Friday prior to the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials are to Salem Magley Church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements are by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home of Decatur, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark F. Scherry, 65, of Decatur, Indiana passed away Tuesday morning, December 5, 2023, at his residence following<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-10519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}