{"id":30165,"date":"2025-10-16T05:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=30165"},"modified":"2025-10-16T05:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:58:05","slug":"virgil-couch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/virgil-couch\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil Couch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"isPasted\">Virgil R. Couch, age 87, of Geneva, Indiana, passed away at 3:04 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at Envive of Berne in Berne, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on January 5, 1938, in Hillsboro, Ohio, to the late Grant and Vivian (Elliott) Couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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-57-1.jpg?resize=640%2C799&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30166\" style=\"width:217px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lg-57-1.jpg?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lg-57-1.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lg-57-1.jpg?resize=768%2C959&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgil was united in marriage to Cheryl Bailey on October 21, 1989, at Bryant Wesleyan Church in Bryant, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A proud veteran, Virgil honorably served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. He worked in the maintenance department at Four M Company in Portland, Indiana. A gifted musician, he enjoyed playing the guitar and singing, and he had a lifelong love for sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgil was a faithful member of Bryant Wesleyan Church in Bryant, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include his wife, Cheryl J. Couch of Geneva, Indiana; daughter, Sarah E. Couch of Geneva, Indiana; and son, Michael Couch of Indianapolis, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was preceded in death by two brothers, Clyde Couch and Larry Couch; and a sister, Charlotte A. Groom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at Bryant Wesleyan Church, Bryant, Indiana, with Pastor Paul VanCise officiating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burial will take place at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil R. Couch, age 87, of Geneva, Indiana, passed away at 3:04 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 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-30165","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\/30165","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=30165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30167,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30165\/revisions\/30167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}