{"id":9056,"date":"2023-11-04T08:08:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=9056"},"modified":"2023-11-04T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:08:14","slug":"rodney-pierce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/rodney-pierce\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodney Pierce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rodney A. Pierce, 65, of Celina, OH, passed away at 5:33 AM on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at a friend&#8217;s home in Woodburn, IN. \u00a0He was born on Saturday, September 27, 1958, in Decatur, IN. \u00a0He married Cathy Sue (Eckrote) Pierce. Rodney was a 1977 graduate of Adams Central High School. He was a factory worker and was a hard-core Green Bay Packers fan. Rodney enjoyed going to the races at Eldora and Montpelier Speedway and go cart racing. \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\/11\/Rodney-Pierce.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Rodney-Pierce.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Rodney-Pierce.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodney will be sadly missed by his Son &#8211; Nicholas A. Pierce, Bluffton, IN, Daughters &#8211; Stephanie A. (Matthew) Heaton, Bluffton, IN, Christina M. Holley, Sisters &#8211; Cheryl Brest, Kingman, AZ, Jill Miller, Bluffton, IN, and 8 Grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was preceded in death by his Wife &#8211; Cathy Sue (Eckrote) Pierce, Father &#8211; Edward Lamoin Pierce,&nbsp;Mother &#8211; Loma Dorothy (Ray) Pierce, and Sister &#8211; Dixie Pierce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Services to celebrate Rodney\u2019s life will take place at a later date. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements are being handled by Downing &amp; Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney A. Pierce, 65, of Celina, OH, passed away at 5:33 AM on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at<\/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-9056","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\/9056","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=9056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}