{"id":19007,"date":"2024-08-29T04:57:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T08:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=19007"},"modified":"2024-08-30T04:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T08:58:19","slug":"mary-lou-sprunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/mary-lou-sprunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Lou Sprunger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mary Lou Sprunger, 93, of Seymour, passed away Sunday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2024, at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Lou was born in Decatur on Mar. 7, 1931, to the late Harold V. and Sarah J. (Kaehr) Barger. &nbsp;She married Adrian B. Sprunger at the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren in rural Decatur on June 10, 1950. &nbsp;Adrian preceded her in death on July 7, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft 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\/08\/9048045_fbs.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9048045_fbs.jpeg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9048045_fbs.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Lou graduated from Kirkland High School and served in ministry alongside Adrian for over 50 years. &nbsp;She was a current member of Bethany Community Baptist Church in Seymour. &nbsp;Mary Lou loved to read, loved watching basketball, and will also be remembered for her love of ice cream. &nbsp;She also enjoyed spending time bargain shopping at Ollie\u2019s Bargain Outlet and always looked forward to family get-togethers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include a daughter, Cheryl (John) Moore of Seymour; two sons, Thomas (Becky) Sprunger of Red Lodge, MT, and Douglas (Teresa) Sprunger of Seymour; 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren and one on the way. &nbsp;Mary Lou is also survived by a brother-in-law, Bob Mitchel of Decatur; along with two sisters-in-law, Carolyn Barger of Decatur and Grace Sprunger of Berne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her husband and parents, Mary Lou was preceded in death by a brother, Philip \u201cPhil\u201d Barger, and a sister, Patrica \u201cPat\u201d Mitchel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation will be Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, from 10:00 AM until noon, at Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton, followed immediately by a funeral service at noon, also at the funeral home. &nbsp;Pastor Jay Carter and Pastor Jeff Gaskill will officiate. &nbsp;Burial will follow at Pleasant Dale Cemetery in Adams County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial contributions in memory of Mary Lou may be made to Samaritan\u2019s Purse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Lou Sprunger, 93, of Seymour, passed away Sunday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2024, at Schneck Medical Center 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-19007","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\/19007","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=19007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}