{"id":28342,"date":"2025-08-22T19:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=28342"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:18:08","slug":"nancy-gerber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/nancy-gerber\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Gerber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nancy L. Gerber, 85, of Bluffton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 20, 2025, at her residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nancy was born in Bluffton on Oct. 19, 1939. &nbsp;She was preceded in death by her parents, Dwight Shady and Mae (Heller) Seyfert. &nbsp;Nancy married Linus R. Gerber in Bluffton on Feb. 15, 1959. &nbsp;He preceded her in death on Apr. 22, 1999.<\/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\/2025\/08\/9424974_fbs.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9424974_fbs.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9424974_fbs.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A 1958 graduate of Lancaster Central High School, Nancy was a long-time member of the Apostolic Christian Church. &nbsp;She started her career at RSM in Bluffton, where she worked for several years and later served as the office administrator for Gerber Bros. Super Value from 1970 until 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many years Nancy enjoyed traveling with her husband and also enjoyed spending time with her family at Lake Wawasee and Marco Island. &nbsp;She loved cooking and hosting her family at her home, and also enjoyed supporting her children and grandchildren at their various activities. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include two daughters, Jackie Jenkins of Ossian and Jill (Mark) Middaugh of Auburn; a son, Jarrod (Amy) Gerber of Bluffton; eight grandchildren, Chad (Lindsey) Jenkins, Benjamen (Jordann) Jenkins, Megan Middaugh, Jacob (Leena) Middaugh, Bradley Middaugh (fianc\u00e9e Samantha Onesti), Isaac Gerber, Caleb Gerber, and Audrey Gerber; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Sally Gomez of Fort Wayne and Terri (Gary) Worden of Brownsburg; and a half-brother, Scott Garvin of Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her parents and husband, Nancy was preceded in death by two sisters, Linda Gearhart and Marcia Blair; a half-brother, Todd Garvin; and her step-mother, Dorothy Shady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation will be Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, from 2:00 until 7:00 PM, at Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton. &nbsp;Services will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at 10:00 AM, at the Bluffton North Apostolic Christian Church, with visitation from 9:00 until 9:45 AM, prior to the service. &nbsp;Jeff Leman and Ryan Bertsch will officiate. &nbsp;Burial will follow at the Apostolic Christian Cemetery in Adams County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy L. Gerber, 85, of Bluffton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 20, 2025,<\/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-28342","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\/28342","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=28342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28344,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28342\/revisions\/28344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}