{"id":6263,"date":"2023-09-08T11:54:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2023-09-08T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:54:29","slug":"lloyd-w-etzler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/08\/lloyd-w-etzler\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd W. Etzler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/CFSV2\/obituaries\/photos\/7022\/1559486\/64fa3d7c3e9d8.jpg?resize=358%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"419\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lloyd W. Etzler, 88, of rural Convoy passed away at 12:27 a.m., Thursday, September 7, 2023, at Van Wert Manor Nursing Home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on July 25, 1935 in Harrison Township on the farm, the son of the late Harold E Etzler and Gertrude E (Conrad) Etzler. On September 27, 1959, he married Ruth E. (Evans) Etzler at St. John&#8217;s Lutheran church in rural Convoy.&nbsp; On September 27th of this year, they would have celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family survivors include their three sons, Brian (Michelle) Etzler of Ohio City, Bruce (Marcia) Etzler of McCartyville, OH and Barry Etzler of Van Wert; seven grandchildren, Matt (Sarah) Etzler, Lucas (Taylor) Etzler, Sarah (James) Lilie, Andrew (Callie) Etzler, Brady Etzler, Kayla Gladieux, Madison (Joey) Gregg; eighteen great-grandchildren; a sister, Joyce Leighner of Rockford and a sister-in-law, Lois Linser of Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lloyd was a lifelong farmer and drove a school bus for Crestview Local Schools for over 35 years.&nbsp; He worked as a Roadman for Harrison Township for 20 years and served one term as Trustee.&nbsp; He was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Convoy where he served in various offices of the church. Lloyd served on the Ohio Pork Producer&#8217;s Council as President, and represented Ohio on the National Livestock &amp; Meat Board.&nbsp; He was a member of the Convoy Lions Club and the Farm Bureau. He also served on the Decatur Bible Institute Board for 40 years.&nbsp; He was in the Army National Guard for six years and was a member of the Good Sam Camping Club. Lloyd was a huge sports fan and was an ardent fan of the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Indians and the Crestview Knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 11, 2023, at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Convoy with calling hours one hour ahead of services. Visitation will be at Cowan &amp; Son Funeral Home from 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 10, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials are to the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Convoy Radio Broadcast, Haven of Hope or the Pregnancy Life Center, Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded at cowanfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lloyd W. Etzler, 88, of rural Convoy passed away at 12:27 a.m., Thursday, September 7, 2023, at Van<\/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-6263","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\/6263","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=6263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}