{"id":102585,"date":"2018-05-12T22:37:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T03:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=102585"},"modified":"2018-05-13T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T00:54:09","slug":"melvin-a-maas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/05\/12\/melvin-a-maas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin A. Maas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melvin A. Maas, 84, of Van Wert, went to his Heavenly home\u00a0at 10:42 p.m.\u00a0Thursday, May 10, 2018, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Melvin A. Maas<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was born July 2, 1933, in Menno, South Dakota, the son of Edmund and Hedwig (Schamber) Maas, who both preceded him in death.\u00a0On June 7, 1957, Mel married the former Carol Hershberger and she survives.<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

\u200bMel is also survived by his four children, Collette (Steve) Carcione\u00a0of Van Wert,\u00a0Steve Maas of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Margie (Don) Taylor of Troy, and Diane (Don) Snyder of Findlay; seven grandchildren, Storm (Matt) Mercer, Heidi (Jeff) Measley, Ebony Carcione, Brett Carcione, Melissa\u00a0(Chris)\u00a0Taylor, Donnie Taylor and Danielle Snyder; five great-grandchildren; two\u00a0great-great grandchildren;\u00a0a sister, Darlene VanMetre of Van Wert; and several nieces and nephews.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A brother, Gilbert Maas; and one sister, Bernice Slane, also preceded him in death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bMel attended Menno High School and Teacher\u2019s College, both in South Dakota. He served his country proudly in the United States Army during the Korean War, stationed in Linz, Austria, from 1953-1955, as a German-speaking interpreter and military policeman.\u00a0He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed trap shooting, hunting,\u00a0fishing, and was an excellent archer, competing in many archery tournaments, one alongside Fred Bear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Mel also enjoyed square dancing and was a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes.\u00a0Most of all, Mel was a wonderful family man and he loved spending time with his family.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bMel was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Van Wert. He was also a proud member of American Legion Harvey Lewis Post 346 in Ohio City, and also served a term as\u00a0county commander.\u00a0One of Mel\u2019s fondest memories was being a member of the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., in 2011.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 14, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Wert. \u00a0Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery in Ohio City, with graveside military honors rendered by Legion Post 346. \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Visitation is from 2-6 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at the funeral home. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Preferred memorials: American Legion Harvey Lewis Post 346.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Condolences may be expressed\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span>www.alspachgearhart.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bThe family would like to thank his hospice caregivers caring for him both at home and also those at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center for their wonderful care and kindness.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Melvin A. Maas, 84, of Van Wert, went to his Heavenly home\u00a0at 10:42 p.m.\u00a0Thursday, May 10, 2018, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born July 2, 1933, in Menno, South Dakota, the son of Edmund and Hedwig (Schamber) Maas, who both preceded him in death.\u00a0On June 7, 1957, Mel married the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 16:16:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}