{"id":40892,"date":"2026-10-07T06:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=40892"},"modified":"2026-10-07T06:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:16:57","slug":"robert-l-butcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/robert-l-butcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert L. Butcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tukioswebsites.com\/fb3c2597-7bff-4f6c-87dc-4122d8af19e6\/lg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:240px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert L. Butcher, 60, of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away Monday, October 5, 2026, at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was born September 16, 1966, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Robert H. Butcher and Barbara J. (Hoffman) Butcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert was a loving, generous, and fun-loving man who had a way of making those around him feel welcome and cared for. He was employed at Perma-Column in Ossian, Indiana. Robert was always willing to lend a helping hand and especially enjoyed cooking for the people he loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had many interests and loved being outdoors. Robert enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and riding his motorcycle. He was also well known around Monroeville for his soft-serve ice cream machine and enjoyed making soft-serve sundaes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Survivors include his mother, Barbara (Fred Bolinger) Butcher of Monroeville, Indiana; brother, Barry (Tonya) Butcher of Monroeville, Indiana; and niece and nephew Alex &amp; Alivia Butcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert was preceded in death by his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be no funeral services for Robert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friends and family are invited to join Robert\u2019s family in remembering him from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2026 at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel in Monroeville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preferred memorials can be given to St. Mark\u2019s Lutheran Church- Food Bank, United Methodist Church in Monroeville or Humane Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrangements by Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Homes, Jacobs Chapel of Monroeville, Indiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert L. Butcher, 60, of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away Monday, October 5, 2026, at his residence. He was<\/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-40892","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\/40892","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=40892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40893,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40892\/revisions\/40893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}