{"id":12049,"date":"2024-01-18T05:47:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=12049"},"modified":"2024-01-18T05:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:47:35","slug":"melissa-pax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/melissa-pax\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Pax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melissa J. Pax, 43, of Bluffton, Indiana passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 16, 2024, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on December 8, 1980, in Portland, Indiana to the late Daniel L. Pax and Norma (Wellman) Mangen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa was a 2000 graduate of South Adams High School.<\/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=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Melissa-Pax.jpg?resize=400%2C586&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Melissa-Pax.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Melissa-Pax.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She enjoyed water aerobics and received an award in 2016 for her many years of participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa is survived by her mother, Norma (David) Mangen of Bluffton, Indiana; brother, Kevin (Nicole) Pax of Russiaville, Indiana; step-sister, Denise Mangen of New York, New York; step-sister, Lynn (Charles) Gustin of Piqua, Ohio; six nieces and nephews, &nbsp;Kayden, Karalee, Elijah, Beckham, Kaytlynn, and Alexis Pax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Pax in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 22, 2024, at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, Yager-Kirchhofer Chapel in Berne, Indiana with Father David Violi officiating. Burial will follow at the St. Mary\u2019s of the Presentation Catholic Cemetery in Geneva, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa J. Pax, 43, of Bluffton, Indiana passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 16, 2024, at Lutheran Hospital 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-12049","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\/12049","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=12049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}