{"id":40298,"date":"2026-09-25T16:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=40298"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:37:32","slug":"shirley-mccoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/shirley-mccoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley McCoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shirley McCoy, age 75, a resident of Portland, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.<\/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=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lg-7.png?resize=640%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40299\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lg-7.png?w=819&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lg-7.png?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lg-7.png?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shirley was born January 6, 1951, in Portland, Indiana, the daughter of Arthur Fultz and Grace (Gilbert) Smith. She worked at Jay Garment in Portland and American Legion Post #211 of Portland. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Portland. Shirley married Homer McCoy on January 9, 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Survivors include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her husband: Homer McCoy \u2013 Portland, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 children: Brian Pogue \u2013 Portland, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michelle Pace (husband Eric) \u2013 Portland, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Granddaughter: Shiann Pace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great-Granddaughter: Adilyn Vaughn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brother: Larry Boucher \u2013 Decatur, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brother-in-law: Wayne Bradburn \u2013 Portland, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was preceded in death by her daughter, Shawn Pogue, brother, Rick Fultz and sister, Vickie Bradburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 4-7 p.m. at Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Funeral Home in Portland. Services to celebrate Shirley\u2019s life will follow at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memorials may be directed towards American Legion Post #211 of Portland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley McCoy, age 75, a resident of Portland, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at IU Health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-40298","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\/40298","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=40298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40300,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40298\/revisions\/40300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}