{"id":6655,"date":"2023-09-18T07:57:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2023-09-18T07:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:57:34","slug":"tom-frauhiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/tom-frauhiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Frauhiger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thomas \u201cTom\u201d J. Frauhiger, age 89, of Bluffton, passed away Friday evening, Sept. 15, 2023, at Christian Care Retirement Community. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tom-Frauhiger.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tom-Frauhiger.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tom-Frauhiger.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom was born in Wells County on May 3, 1934, to John H. and Olga E. (Speheger) Frauhiger. &nbsp;He married Rose Marie Moser in Bluffton on Sept. 15, 1957. &nbsp;Rose preceded him in death on Dec. 2, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 1952 graduate of Lancaster Central High School, Tom served in the United States Army from 1955 until 1956. &nbsp;He was a lifelong farmer in Wells and Adams Counties, until retiring in 1996. &nbsp;After retirement, he still enjoyed working part-time, assisting various farmers in the area. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. &nbsp;He enjoyed traveling, camping, antique shopping, and coin collecting. &nbsp;In his younger years, he also loved to play basketball with his kids, even after a hard day\u2019s work in the field. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include three sons, Doug (Jill) Frauhiger, Kerry (June) Frauhiger, and Kenny (Lynnette) Frauhiger, all of Bluffton; a daughter, Deb (Rob) Moon of Craigville; nine grandchildren, Trevor (Jill) Frauhiger, Ellie Frauhiger, Andrea Frauhiger, Justin (Ada) Moon, Spencer (Taylor) Moon, Tanner (Shelby) Moon, Aden Frauhiger, Ephraim Frauhiger, and Isaac Frauhiger; along with 11 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his wife and parents, Tom was preceded in death by a son, Greg Frauhiger; three brothers, Herb, Leonard, and Loren Frauhiger; and four sisters, Mildred Gerber, Marjorie Ringger, Rose Ringger, and infant Thelma Irene Frauhiger. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation will be Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, from 2:00 until 7:00 PM, at Goodwin \u2013 Cale &amp; Harnish Memorial Chapel in Bluffton. &nbsp;Services will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 19th, at 10:30 AM, at the Apostolic Christian Church East, with one hour of visitation prior to the service at the church. &nbsp;Lynn Fiechter and Dan Pfister will officiate. &nbsp;Burial will follow at the Apostolic Christian Cemetery in Adams County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to Christian Care Retirement Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas \u201cTom\u201d J. Frauhiger, age 89, of Bluffton, passed away Friday evening, Sept. 15, 2023, at Christian Care<\/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-6655","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\/6655","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=6655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}