{"id":38656,"date":"2026-08-24T06:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=38656"},"modified":"2026-08-24T06:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:17:54","slug":"donald-j-butch-affolder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/donald-j-butch-affolder\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald J. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Affolder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tukioswebsites.com\/a05e1eda-85b4-4bb7-892c-98632acf35cc\/lg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:277px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donald J. \u201cButch\u201d Affolder, 74, of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at Adams Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was born on May 23, 1952 in Adams County to the late Donald J. and Donna B. (Hurst) Affolder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butch was united in marriage to Marcia Alexander on November 9, 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butch retired from the Adams County Sheriff Department in 2015 after 26 years of service. Following his retirement, he worked part-time for Decatur Parks and Recreation. He was also a volunteer fireman with the Decatur Fire Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butch enjoyed attending gun shows, car shows, and flea markets. He collected knives and watches, and he loved riding Harley Davidson motorcycles. He had a kind and gentle spirit. His greatest joy in life was spending time with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Survivors include his wife, Marcia Affolder of Decatur, Indiana; daughter, Jami J. (Jason Myers) Affolder of Decatur, Indiana; daughter, Amy J. (Michael) Kaeser of Berne, Indiana; son, Adam J. (Jody) Affolder of Decatur, Indiana; son, Bert Ehrmann of Decatur, Indiana; son, Jay (Jade Kelsey) Ehrmann of Fort. Wayne, Indiana; six grandchildren, Josie (Luke) Fox, Corbin Wiegmann, Derek Sommer, Jace Myers, Addison Affolder, and Alysse Affolder; two great-grandchildren, Milo and Layla Fox; and sister, Linda (John) Lose of Decatur, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was preceded in death by his step-father, Glen Geyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private family services will be held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preferred memorials may be given to ACCF Angel Fund \u2013 Cancer or Riley Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrangements are by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home of Decatur, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald J. \u201cButch\u201d Affolder, 74, of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at Adams Memorial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-38656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38657,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656\/revisions\/38657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}