{"id":5265,"date":"2023-08-16T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=5265"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:13:41","slug":"sharon-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/16\/sharon-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sharon R. Smith, age 67, of Uniondale, passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at her residence, following an extended illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6.png?resize=335%2C399\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5266\" width=\"335\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6.png?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharon was born in Fort Wayne on Jan. 2, 1956, to David D. and Sarah Larita (Kincaid) Eckelbarger.&nbsp; She married William \u201cBill\u201d J. Smith in Bluffton on Apr. 29, 2001; he survives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharon loved horses and bargain shopping.&nbsp; Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her family. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her husband, Sharon is survived by four daughters, Carmen (Mike) Looney of Uniondale, Lilly (Corbin) Ellenberger of Uniondale, Brandy Smith of Ossian, and Dawn Smith of Bluffton; a son, Timothy Kinsey of Piqua, OH; five brothers, David Eckelbarger of Bluffton, Ron Eckelbarger of Montpelier, Dan (Karen) Eckelbarger of Craigville, Sam (Lisa) Eckelbarger of Louisville, and Tim Eckelbarger of Bluffton; three sisters, Diana (Ron) Uptgraft of Decatur, Debra (Jim) Streater of Carmel, and Beth (Kevin) Fiebig of Angola; along with 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from her parents, Sharon was preceded in death by two granddaughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A memorial service will be held on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at 5:00 PM, at the Christian New Light Church in Bluffton, with visitation from 3:00 until 5:00 PM, prior to the service at the church.&nbsp; Goodwin &#8211; Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton has been entrusted with the arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to the family, in care of Bill Smith.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon R. Smith, age 67, of Uniondale, passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at her residence, following<\/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-5265","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\/5265","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=5265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}