{"id":31723,"date":"2025-12-31T08:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=31723"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:16:51","slug":"jerome-fuhrman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/jerome-fuhrman\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerome Fuhrman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lawrence Jerome \u201cRomey\u201d Fuhrman , 90, of New Haven, Indiana passed away early Monday morning, December 29, 2025, at Adams Heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born on November 23, 1935, in Decatur, Indiana to the late Lawrence F. and Mabel Fern (North) Fuhrman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Romey was united in marriage to Harriet Fuelling on April 20, 1968 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Fuelling and she preceded him in death on January 23, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He served his community and his country in the Indiana Air National Guard 122nd Tactical Fighter Wing, being honorably discharged following his enlistment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romey was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Fuelling in Decatur. He was a former member of Martini Lutheran Church in New Haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was a lifelong farmer in Allen County. In addition to his farm life, Romey was also employed at General Electric in Decatur, retiring in 1982 when they closed the Decatur plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romey and Harriet were involved in square dancing for many years in the Hoagland and Decatur areas. He loved a good Western movie or television program. Among his favorite TV series was the Rifleman and you couldn\u2019t skip or miss a good John Wayne movie. Romey also was fond of tinkering with anything\u2026even if it didn\u2019t need tinkering with! His family was very important also and he developed a very fond relationship with his grandsons, whom he raised as his children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romey is survived by his two grandsons, Jerimiah (Juliann) Wylie of Woodburn, Indiana and Brandon (Rachel) Wylie of Fort Wayne, Indiana; sister, Jackie (John) Fisher of Manlius, New York; cousin, Sharon Busick \u2013 Howell of Fort Wayne, Indiana; five great-grandchildren, Taylor (Landon) Place, Paige Wylie, Reese Wylie, Addlee Wylie and Laney Wylie and great-great granddaughter, Miah Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was preceded in death by his wife, Harriet Fuhrman and a son, Tommy Fuhrman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Funeral Service for Romey will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Fuelling with Pastor Leonard Tanksley officiating. Burial will follow at St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery, Fuelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends and family will be received from 3-6 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026 at the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur and one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preferred memorials may be given to St. Peter Lutheran Church \u2013 Fuelling or Comforting Angels Hospice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrangements by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Homes of Decatur, Indiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lawrence Jerome \u201cRomey\u201d Fuhrman , 90, of New Haven, Indiana passed away early Monday morning, December 29, 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-31723","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\/31723","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=31723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31725,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31723\/revisions\/31725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}