{"id":10968,"date":"2023-12-20T06:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=10968"},"modified":"2023-12-20T06:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:39:24","slug":"steven-bussel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/steven-bussel\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Bussel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steven \u201cBus\u201d A. Bussel, 70, of Bluffton, passed away Monday morning, Dec. 18, 2023, at Parkview Hospital Randallia hospice unit in Fort Wayne, after battling a long-time illness. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve was born on Aug. 20, 1953, in Bluffton, to Roy and Helen (McAdams) Bussel. \u00a0On Nov. 23, 1999, he married Anna M. Snider in Kentucky; together they shared a total of 28 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Steven-Bussel.jpg?resize=400%2C491&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10969\" style=\"width:205px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Steven-Bussel.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Steven-Bussel.jpg?resize=244%2C300&amp;ssl=1 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A 1972 graduate of Bluffton High School, Steve retired from Fort Wayne Metals in 2021, after 16 years of service. &nbsp;He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion Post 111 in Bluffton. &nbsp;He was an avid Chicago Bears and IU basketball fan, and he also loved watching boxing. &nbsp;Steve loved his wife and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his wife, Steve is survived by a daughter, Tori (Todd) Brown of Butler; a stepdaughter, Christine (Jon) Newell of Auburn; a stepson, Shawn (Cindy) Moser of Hoagland; six granddaughters, two grandsons, and five great-grandkids (and one on the way in March of 2024); and a brother, David (Cathy) Bussel of Bluffton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve was preceded in death by his parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No public services are planned at this time. &nbsp;A memorial service will be held at a later date. &nbsp;Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton has been entrusted with the arrangements. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial contributions in Steve\u2019s memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association and can be mailed directly to Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel, 3220 East State Road 124, Bluffton, IN 46714.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven \u201cBus\u201d A. Bussel, 70, of Bluffton, passed away Monday morning, Dec. 18, 2023, at Parkview Hospital Randallia<\/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-10968","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\/10968","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=10968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}