{"id":10820,"date":"2023-12-15T15:21:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=10820"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:21:54","slug":"arleen-k-byrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/arleen-k-byrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Arleen K Byrd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.batesvilletechnology.com\/fh_live\/15900\/15910\/images\/obituaries\/8787056.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:204px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arleen K. Byrd, 73, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023 at Stillwater Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on September 28, 1950 in Adams County, Indiana to the late Marcus Schueler and the late Ilo Jean (Grote) Schueler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arleen was united in marriage to Richard T. Byrd on June 29, 1996 in Bloomington, Indiana, and he passed away on September 15, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arleen was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Decatur (Preble) Indiana. &nbsp;She was previously employed at Target as a sales associate. Arleen loved going to craft shows. &nbsp;She really enjoyed making her own crafts and sharing them with family and friends. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include her son, Marcus Byrd of Fort Wayne, Indiana; step-son, Joel Byrd of Fort Wayne, Indiana; brother, David Schueler of Decatur, Indiana; sister, Ellen (James) Bruns of Celina, Ohio; sister, Susan (Carl) Seddelmeyer of Decatur, Indiana; sister, Barbara (Mitch Braswell) Gaffer of Peachtree, Georgia; brother, Norman Schueler of Decatur, Indiana; brother, Jim (Karen) Schueler of Decatur, Indiana; sister, Corene (Nolan) Scheumann of Decatur, Indiana; brother, John (Claudia) Schueler of Decatur, Indiana; sister, Karen (Thomas) Dennison of Fort Wayne, Indiana; six grandchildren, Briana Byrd, Adalyn Byrd, Aurora Byrd, Noah Byrd, Evan Byrd, and Mykell Byrd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arleen was preceded in death by a step son, Eric Byrd, and a brother, Ron Schueler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In following with Arleen\u2019s wishes, private family services will be held at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur, with Pastor Andrew Yeager officiating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials can be given to Stillwater Hospice or St. Paul Lutheran Church in Decatur (Preble).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Homes of Decatur, Indiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arleen K. Byrd, 73, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023 at Stillwater Hospice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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-10820","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\/10820","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}