{"id":11407,"date":"2024-01-01T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=11407"},"modified":"2024-01-01T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:42:06","slug":"jerry-l-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/jerry-l-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry L. Beard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jerry L. Beard, 84, of Berne, Ind. passed away Sunday morning, December 31, 2023 at Swiss Village in Berne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry was born December 18, 1939 in Decatur, Ind. to the late Roger H. and Orvena L. (Biberstein) Beard.<\/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=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jerry-Beard.jpg?resize=400%2C607&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jerry-Beard.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jerry-Beard.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He served his country in the United States Army Reserves for eight years, as a staff sergeant E6 in the field artillery during the Cold War. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry was united in marriage to Joyce C. Moser on December 5, 1959 at First Missionary Church in Berne, and she preceded him in death on April 27, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry was a member of First Missionary Church in Berne, where he was a longtime Middle School Sunday School Teacher. He was also the former President of the Berne Lions Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry was a journeyman tool and die maker and retired from CTS in Berne. He was known for delivering the mail at Swiss Village.&nbsp;<em>He loved trains, collecting trains, taking pictures of trains, anything trains. He traveled to all 50 states. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry is lovingly survived by his daughter, Teri (Rev. Ken) Hogg of Decatur; son, Jim (Sondra) Beard of Fort Wayne, Ind.; brother, Richard Beard of Muncie, Ind.; two sisters, Marilyn Augsburger of Poplar Grove, Ill. and Judy Jones of Fort Wayne; three grandchildren, Joshua (Catalina) Hogg, Chrystal (Cole) Went, and Colin (Taylor) Beard; and two great-grandchildren, Liam Went and Archer Hogg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his wife and his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, John Allen Beard, in infancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 6, 2024 at the Swiss Village Chapel with Rev. Dathen Foust and Rev. Ken Hogg officiating. Burial will follow at M.R.E. Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation will be two hours prior to the service on Saturday morning, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., at the Swiss Village Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Military honors will be provided by the U.S. Army Honor Guard and the American Legion Post #468.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials are to the Swiss Village Samaritan Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry L. Beard, 84, of Berne, Ind. passed away Sunday morning, December 31, 2023 at Swiss Village in<\/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-11407","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\/11407","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=11407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}