{"id":37396,"date":"2026-06-08T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37396"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:37:53","slug":"dorothy-spice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/dorothy-spice\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Spice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorothy H. Spice, age 91, of Berne, IN, passed away at 6:48 PM on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at her home. She was born on Friday, April 19, 1935, in Potosky, MI. &nbsp;She married Leonard &#8220;Gene\u201d Spice on Saturday, May 2, 1959 in Fort Wayne, IN. Dorothy attended Geneva High School. She was a member of the New Beginning Faith Center in Decatur, IN. Dorothy was a homemaker and loved to vacation, go camping, watch birds, and above all cherished the times spent with her family.<\/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\/2026\/06\/9611565_fbs.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9611565_fbs.jpeg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9611565_fbs.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She will be forever missed by her husband &#8211; Leonard &#8220;Gene&#8221; Spice, Berne, IN, daughters- Linda (Mike) Doherty, Geneva, IN, Sue (Eric) Scherrer, Geneva, IN, Peggy (Roger) Smitley, Bryant, IN,\u00a0sons &#8211; Herb (Kathy) Bergman, Berne, IN, Don (Sara) Spice, New Corydon, IN, David (Jackie) Spice, Berne, IN, 25 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, 35 great-great-grandchildren, and many wonderful nieces &amp; nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was preceded in death by her father &#8211; Harlow Hart, mother &#8211; Pearl (Eash) Hart, brother &#8211; Sam Hart, sister &#8211; Becky Tarkington, two granddaughters, one grandson, and four great-grandchildren.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Family and friends may gather to share and remember at Downing &amp; Glancy Funeral Home located at 100 N Washington Street Geneva on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A service to celebrate her life will be at Downing &amp; Glancy Funeral Home at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 with Pastor Bob Miller officiating. Interment will follow in the West Lawn Cemetery in Geneva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrangements are being handled by Downing &amp; Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorothy H. Spice, age 91, of Berne, IN, passed away at 6:48 PM on Thursday, June 4, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37397,"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-37396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9611565_fbs.jpeg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37396","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=37396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37398,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37396\/revisions\/37398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}