{"id":12044,"date":"2024-01-17T12:45:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T17:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T17:45:50","slug":"donald-l-bragg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/17\/donald-l-bragg\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald L. Bragg"},"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\/8822303.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:233px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald L. Bragg, 93, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 16, 2024, at Stillwater Hospice in Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on October 3, 1930 in Upland, Indiana to Albert Atwood Bragg and &nbsp;Kathryn Hope (Bittner) Bragg Scott. Don married Gertrude Jean \u201cTrudy\u201d Roberts on April 13, 1970 in Monroeville, Indiana and she preceded him in death on February He was a veteran of the United States Navy, and was honorably discharged in 1952 after attaining the rank of Radioman Third Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don was a member of Monroeville United Methodist Church where he sang in the choir. Don had a beautiful voice and sang Opera. He was also a member of the American Legion in Monroeville and Waynedale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He retired from Challenge Tool and Manufacturing in New Haven, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald enjoyed his \u201cbluegill fishing.\u201d In his younger years he enjoyed bowling and coaching little league baseball in Monroeville. Don and his buddies enjoyed watching sports every Sunday together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is survived by son, Michael Haffner of Dayton, Ohio; daughter, Valerie Stimpson of Farmville, Virginia; son, Daniel (Candace) Haffner of Centerville, Ohio; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by son, Steven Haffner; two brothers, John &amp; Richard Bragg; and son-in-law, Wade Stimpson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 26, 2024, at Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel in Monroeville, Indiana with Pastor Harold Jones officiating. Burial will be held at the Monroeville Memorial Cemetery at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family and friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel in Monroeville, and one hour prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorials in Donald\u2019s name can be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements are by the Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel in Monroeville, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald L. Bragg, 93, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 16, 2024, 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-12044","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\/12044","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=12044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}