{"id":5476,"date":"2023-08-20T12:58:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2023-08-20T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:58:54","slug":"patricia-l-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/20\/patricia-l-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricia L Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/post-e1692550667365.jpg?resize=400%2C589\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/post-e1692550667365.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/post-e1692550667365.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia L. Post, 80, of Wren, Ohio passed away on Friday, August 18, 2023 at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Indiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on October 31, 1942 in Decatur, Indiana to the late Louis Krueckeberg and the late Olga (Koenemann) Krueckeberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia was united in marriage to Terry J. Post on May 23, 1981 and he preceded her in death on October 26, 2022. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church \u2013 Schumm and also the American Legion Post #420 Auxiliary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pat and her husband, Terry, were the owners and operators of Wren Restaurant for 38 years and also Ziggy\u2019s in Convoy, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include daughter, Michelle (Hider Stephenson) Hill of Monroeville, Indiana; son, Troy (Bridget Braun) Merkle of Decatur, Indiana; our sisters, Nancy (Tom) Edelen of Monroeville, Indiana; Rita (Roger) Poitras of Ft. Wayne, Indiana; Janelle (Mike) Davis of Decatur, Indiana; and Becky (Allen) Barker of &nbsp; &nbsp;Wabash, Indiana; and two grandchildren, Travis &amp; Emily Merkle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Steve Merkle; a granddaughter, Elizabeth Lichtensteiger; the father of her children, Eugene Merkle; and sister, Bonnie Hoffman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schumm, with Pastor Hayden Folks officiating. &nbsp;Burial will follow at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation will be from 3-5 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur and one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred Memorial can be given to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church \u2013 Schumm or Wren Community Chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Homes of Decatur, Indiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia L. Post, 80, of Wren, Ohio passed away on Friday, August 18, 2023 at Adams Memorial Hospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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-5476","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\/5476","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=5476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}