{"id":116018,"date":"2019-04-07T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=116018"},"modified":"2019-04-07T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T23:52:07","slug":"florence-m-mcclain-saunier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/04\/07\/florence-m-mcclain-saunier\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence M. (McClain) Saunier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Florence M. (McClain) Saunier, 89, of Van Wert, died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Hearth and Home of Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born February 24, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of t John H. and Nellie (Gretton) McClain, who both preceded her in death. She married Robert H. Saunier, DDS, and he died June 22, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florence was a homemaker and an active member of the Twig Association of Van Wert County Hospital and the First Presbyterian Church in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florence is survived by two sons, Hugh M. (Kandy) Saunier of Van Wert and John E. (Lisa) Saunier of Springboro; her grandchildren, Phillip (Heidi) Saunier, Matthew E. Saunier, Derek Saunier, Drew Saunier, and Evan Saunier; and her great-grandchildren, Hayden, Cian, and Theodore Saunier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florence was also preceded in death by a brother, John H. McClain Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A private family service will be held. Burial will take place in Mt. Royal Cemetery in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials: First Presbyterian Church in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home &amp; Crematory is handling arrangements.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condolences may be expressed at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alspachgearhart.com\/\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florence M. (McClain) Saunier, 89, of Van Wert, died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Hearth and Home of Van Wert. She was born February 24, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of t John H. and Nellie (Gretton) McClain, who both preceded her in death. She married Robert H. Saunier, DDS, and [&hellip;]<\/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-116018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 09:03:16","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\/116018","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=116018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}