{"id":22539,"date":"2024-12-18T05:28:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=22539"},"modified":"2024-12-18T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:28:11","slug":"janice-uptgraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/janice-uptgraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Janice Uptgraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Janice M. Uptgraft, 91, of Bluffton, passed away Monday morning, Dec. 16, 2024, at Heritage Pointe in Warren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janice was born in Archbold, OH, on Sept. 6, 1933, to Logan and Mildred (Rupp) Houchin. &nbsp;She married Jack W. Uptgraft in Bluffton on Oct. 24, 1952. &nbsp;He preceded her in death on July 21, 2015.<\/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\/12\/9154574_fbs.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9154574_fbs.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9154574_fbs.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Janice was a 1951 graduate of Bluffton High School and was a receptionist for Caylor-Nickel Clinic in Bluffton for 25 years, until retiring in 1998. &nbsp;She and Jack loved to travel and spent twelve years wintering in Texas. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include two daughters, Deb (Bill) Pursley and Jody (Randy) Gentis, both of Bluffton; three grandsons, Ryan (Leah) Pursley, Randy (Gwen) Pursley, and Cory (Aimee) Lucabaugh; a step-grandson, Ryan (Lindy) Gentis; five great-granddaughters, Renner Pursley, Farren Pursley, Emery Pursley, Oaklee Pursley, and Adleigh Lucabaugh; and two step great-granddaughters, Lily and Ella Gentis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Private family services will be held at Six Mile Cemetery in Bluffton at a later date. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton has been entrusted with the arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janice M. Uptgraft, 91, of Bluffton, passed away Monday morning, Dec. 16, 2024, at Heritage Pointe in Warren.<\/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-22539","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\/22539","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=22539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22541,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22539\/revisions\/22541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}