{"id":14224,"date":"2024-03-21T05:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T09:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=14224"},"modified":"2024-03-21T05:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T09:51:57","slug":"carl-stephan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/carl-stephan\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Stephan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carl R. Stephan, 88, of Ossian passed away on Tuesday evening, March 19, 2024, at The Heritage of Huntington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Carl-Stephan-1710954707.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14225\" style=\"width:208px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Carl-Stephan-1710954707.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Carl-Stephan-1710954707.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Carl-Stephan-1710954707.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Carl-Stephan-1710954707.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carl R. Stephan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Carl was born on December 9, 1935, in Huntington, Indiana to John E. &amp; Freda (Schenkel) Stephan. A farmer most of his life, Carl was active in starting the local chapter of Reformer\u2019s Unanimous in Bluffton.<br>On November 14, 1988, Carl and Mary E. were married. They were married for 14 years before her passing in 2013. He married Darlene (Schibley), and she survives.<br>Survivors include his wife Darlene of Markle, and children; Carlene Peters, Cathlene Smith, Chris Stephan, and Chad Stephan, all of Huntington, a sister, Mae Leedy of Huntington, along with nieces &amp; nephews.<br>He is preceded in death by his parents, a his wife, Mary, and siblings; Eldon Stephan, Rose Mary Storer, Marcella Westfall and Jim Stephan.<br>No formal services will take place. Burial will take place at Fairview Cemetery in Bluffton.<br>Memorials may be made to Redemption House of Fort Wayne.<br>Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Lemler family at Thoma\/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl R. Stephan, 88, of Ossian passed away on Tuesday evening, March 19, 2024, at The Heritage of<\/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-14224","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\/14224","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=14224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}