{"id":6604,"date":"2023-09-16T08:20:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T12:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=6604"},"modified":"2023-09-16T08:20:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T12:20:51","slug":"nancy-cripe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/nancy-cripe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Cripe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nancy Lavon Cripe, age 71, of Bluffton, passed away Saturday morning, Sept. 9, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Nancy-Cripe.jpg?resize=400%2C544\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Nancy-Cripe.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Nancy-Cripe.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nancy was born in Columbia City on Aug. 3, 1952, to Forrest M. and Eleanor (Woolley) Barney. &nbsp;She married Daniel W. Cripe in Fort Wayne on July 19, 1980; he survives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nancy was a homemaker. &nbsp;She loved animals and loved having the opportunity to stay at home to raise her children. &nbsp;She had a fantastic voice and would sing for different events and at church. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her husband, Nancy is survived by two daughters, Karissa Cripe of Kansas and Joey Jones of Smithville, MO; two sons, Jared Cripe of Decatur and Forrest (Amanda) Cripe of Decatur; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; along with two sisters, Kay Schoeff of Warsaw and Janet Matson of California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from her parents, Nancy was preceded in death by her stepfather, Charles Rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per Nancy\u2019s wishes, no public services are planned at this time. &nbsp;Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton has been entrusted with the arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Lavon Cripe, age 71, of Bluffton, passed away Saturday morning, Sept. 9, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital in<\/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-6604","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\/6604","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=6604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}