{"id":28463,"date":"2025-08-27T05:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=28463"},"modified":"2025-08-28T05:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:15:24","slug":"arthur-schindler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/arthur-schindler\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Schindler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arthur Duane Schindler, 85, of Berne, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly at 7:11 p.m. on Monday, August 25, 2025, at his residence. He was born on January 9, 1940, in Adams County to David and Irene (Affolder) Schindler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthur graduated in 1958 from Geneva High School and was employed at Franklin Electric in Bluffton, where he continued working until his retirement as a tool designer. He was a conservationist who loved to fish and hunt. Arthur served his country in the United States Army from 1963-1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He was a dedicated member of the Berne West Missionary Church, where he served faithfully as head usher and willingly helped in any way that he could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survivors include four nephews, Davis (Jodi) Chaires and Brent (Jeri) Schindler, both of Monroe, Indiana; Jeffery (Stephanie) Foster of LaFontaine, Indiana; and Michael (Toni) Foster of Warsaw, Indiana. He is also survived by two nieces, Kathleen (Curt) Hullinger and Jennifer Foster, both of North Manchester, Indiana; along with six great-nieces, three great-nephews, one step great-nephew, one step great-niece, four great-great-nephews, and two great-great-nieces. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Carolyn Schindler of Monroe, Indiana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, William Schindler and Gary Schindler, who passed away in infancy; and one sister, Doris Foster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitation will be held on Friday, August 29, 2025, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Downing & Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva, Indiana. A funeral service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at West Missionary Church, with Pastor Keith Rupp officiating. There will be an hour of viewing before the service at the church starting at 10:00 am. Burial will follow in the MRE Cemetery in Berne. Military rites will be conducted by the US Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arthur Duane Schindler, 85, of Berne, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly at 7:11 p.m. on Monday, August 25, 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-28463","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\/28463","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=28463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28465,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28463\/revisions\/28465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}