{"id":14387,"date":"2024-04-01T05:21:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T09:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=14387"},"modified":"2024-04-01T05:28:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T09:28:27","slug":"marlene-macon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/01\/marlene-macon\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlene Macon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marlene L. Macon, 75, of rural Bluffton, passed away Friday morning, Mar. 29, 2024, at her residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marlene was born in Bluffton on Feb. 24, 1949, to Dale and Maxine (Merkey) Schenkel. &nbsp;She married Vaughn E. Macon in Bluffton on Feb. 24, 1999. &nbsp;He preceded her in death on Apr. 7, 2022.<\/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=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8905766.jpg?resize=400%2C527&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14388\" style=\"width:166px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8905766.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8905766.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marlene graduated from Bluffton High School in 1967. &nbsp;She worked as a machinist at Memcor in Huntington for 25 years, and then retired from Bendix Corp. in Huntington, after 15 years of service. &nbsp;She loved the outdoors, especially gardening and doing yard work. &nbsp;She also loved spending time with her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include a daughter, Melissa Gooley (Brad Trollinger) of Bluffton; a stepson, DeWayne (Kathy) Macon of Bluffton; a stepdaughter, Lara (Rob) Burita of Columbia City; two grandchildren, Aubre Trollinger and Haely Beaty, both of Texas; and a brother, Jerry (Tatyana) Schenkel of Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her parents and husband, Marlene was preceded in death by a brother, Keith Schenkel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation will be Thursday, Apr. 4, 2024, from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM, at Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton, followed immediately by a funeral service at 2:00 PM. &nbsp;Pastor Shawna Scott-Hamilton will officiate. &nbsp;Burial will follow at Six Mile Cemetery in Bluffton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marlene L. Macon, 75, of rural Bluffton, passed away Friday morning, Mar. 29, 2024, at her residence. Marlene<\/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-14387","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\/14387","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=14387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}