{"id":29703,"date":"2025-09-30T05:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=29703"},"modified":"2025-10-02T05:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:24:30","slug":"billy-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/billy-ellis\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"isPasted\">Billy Joseph Ellis, 61, of Berne, Indiana, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025, at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on December 31, 1963, in Celina, Ohio, to the late Donald F. and Lillie (Wessels) Ellis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lg-53.jpg?resize=640%2C799&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29704\" style=\"width:197px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lg-53.jpg?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lg-53.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lg-53.jpg?resize=768%2C959&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He worked at Peyton Northern in Bluffton, Indiana, for 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy enjoyed watching football and baseball. In his free time, he enjoyed taking his dog, Rocky, for walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include his brother, Donald Ellis Jr. of Celina, Ohio; brother, Gary (Beverly) Ellis of Celina, Ohio; sister, Terrie (Dave) Sovine of Decatur, Indiana; sister. Janice (Larry) Thornton of Rockford, Ohio; many nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Private family graveside services will be held at North Grove Cemetery in Celina, Ohio, with Pastor Lee Ellis and Pastor Brad Buckley officiating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Joseph Ellis, 61, of Berne, Indiana, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025, at his residence. He<\/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-29703","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\/29703","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=29703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29705,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29703\/revisions\/29705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}