{"id":21555,"date":"2024-11-15T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=21555"},"modified":"2024-11-16T06:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T11:19:41","slug":"kenneth-singleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/kenneth-singleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Singleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"isPasted\">Kenneth P. \u201cKen\u201d Singleton, 93, of Decatur, Indiana passed away Thursday evening, November 14, 2024, at his residence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on June 19, 1931 in Decatur, Indiana to Frank and Helen (Rayer) Singleton. On October 24, 1954, he was united in marriage to Carol J. Klusman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/e51c0ce7-1ac5-4a37-9286-ca7678ff69fd.jpg?resize=139%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21556\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served as the Adams County Democratic Chairman for a period of time where he loved serving and creating lasting relationships with other Democrats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken served Adams County delivering fuel oil for many years and then moved on to owning his own fueling station. He also worked as the Adams County Highway Superintendent and 5 Points Auto and had also worked part-time for Fuhrman Electric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He loved attending High School games where he watched his children and grandchildren play along with other nieces and nephews.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Carol Singleton of Decatur, Indiana; two sons, Douglas (Candy) Singleton and Dennis Singleton both of Decatur, Indiana; daughter, Diane (Rev. Gary) Hoffman of Rocky Mount, Virginia; two grandchildren, Luke (Jessica) Hoffman of Rocky Mount, Virginia; and Alexa (Brooks) Faurote of Decatur, Indiana; and three great-grandchildren, Haven Hoffman; and Zane and Ainsley Faurote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was preceded in death by a brother, Roger Singleton and a sister, Kathryn Ritter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur with Pastor Gary Hoffman officiating. Burial will follow at Decatur Cemetery with Military Honors conducted by the American Legion Post #43 Color Guard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family and friends will be received from 10:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. service on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at the funeral home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials are to Adams County Community Foundation \u2013 Cancer Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements are by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Homes of Decatur, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth P. \u201cKen\u201d Singleton, 93, of Decatur, Indiana passed away Thursday evening, November 14, 2024, at his residence.&nbsp;<\/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-21555","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\/21555","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=21555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21557,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21555\/revisions\/21557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}