{"id":17772,"date":"2024-07-22T10:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17772"},"modified":"2024-07-22T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:46:29","slug":"william-heign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/william-heign\/","title":{"rendered":"William Heign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>William \u201cBill\u201d R. Heign, 87, of Bluffton, passed away Saturday evening, July 20, 2024, at Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9014517_fbs.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9014517_fbs.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9014517_fbs.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill was born in Kendallville on Mar. 3, 1937, to Paul and Evelyn (Smith) Heign. &nbsp;Both parents preceded him in death, along with his stepmother, Mildred Heign. &nbsp;Bill married Patricia \u201cPat\u201d A. Schisler in Fort Wayne on June 8, 1968; she survives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 1955 graduate of Kendallville High School, Bill went on to serve in the United States Army for two years. &nbsp;He retired from International Harvester in Fort Wayne after 34 years of service as an electrical engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bluffton and was an avid IU basketball and Bobby Knight fan. &nbsp;Above all else, he loved his family, and especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his wife, Bill is survived by two daughters, Stacie (Brian) Randol and Marcie Walburn, both of Markle; seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; along with a sister, Beverly Stonebraker of Kendallville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from his parents and stepmother, Bill was preceded in death by his son, Todd William Heign in 1987, and a sister, Nancy Kohlhoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per Bill\u2019s wishes, private family services will be held at Elm Grove Cemetery in Bluffton. &nbsp;Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton has been entrusted with the arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial donations in Bill\u2019s memory may be made to the organization of the donor\u2019s choice and mailed to Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel, 3220 East State Road 124, Bluffton, IN 46714.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William \u201cBill\u201d R. Heign, 87, of Bluffton, passed away Saturday evening, July 20, 2024, at Ossian Health and<\/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-17772","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\/17772","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=17772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}