{"id":18144,"date":"2024-08-02T06:03:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T10:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=18144"},"modified":"2024-08-02T06:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T10:03:18","slug":"maurice-springer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/maurice-springer\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurice Springer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maurice D. \u201cMaury\u201d Springer, 82, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on August 13, 1941 in Wells County Indiana to the late Gottlieb Springer and the late Margaret (Forks) Springer.<\/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=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9027016.jpg?resize=400%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18145\" style=\"width:177px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9027016.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9027016.jpg?resize=207%2C300&amp;ssl=1 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maury was united in marriage to Sharon K. Gibson on October 16, 1965, at First Missionary Church in Decatur, and she survives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maury graduated from Ossian High School in 1959. &nbsp;He was baptized on August 24, 1941 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, where he was also confirmed into the Evangelical Lutheran faith on April 3, 1955. &nbsp;Maury was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne where he was a fixture in the church choir, and a member of the Men\u2019s Bible Study. &nbsp;He continued to share his love of music by being an active participant in the Lutheran Men of Song.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maury was a lifelong farmer and worked at JB Tool in Fort Wayne as a tool and die maker. He later established his own business of Springer Manufacturing in 1979. &nbsp;He spent his leisure time at the family cottage on Pleasant Lake Michigan, where he enjoyed water skiing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Sharon K. (Gibson) Springer of Fort Wayne, Indiana; son, Rev. Jeffrey (Nancy) Springer of Fort Wayne, Indiana; daughter, Jill (Tony) Bauermeister of Ossian, Indiana; brother, Ronald (Jacqueline) Springer of Yoder, Indiana; three grandchildren, Ryan Springer, Caleb Lenardson, and Rachel Lenardson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, &nbsp;917 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, with Pastor Thomas Eggold officiating. &nbsp;A private family interment at St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery will follow the funeral service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family and friends will be received from 2-4 and 5-7 p.m. on Monday, August 5, 2024 at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, Maury\u2019s family requests preferred memorials be given to ACCF Angel Fund &#8211; Kidney or Emmanuel Lutheran All Generation thru Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, 520 N. 2nd Street, Decatur, IN &nbsp;46733<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurice D. \u201cMaury\u201d Springer, 82, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at Lutheran<\/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-18144","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\/18144","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=18144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}