{"id":133001,"date":"2020-07-12T16:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=133001"},"modified":"2020-07-12T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:55:41","slug":"barbara-j-mccoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/07\/12\/barbara-j-mccoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara J. McCoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Barbara J. McCoy, 87, of Van Wert passed away at her residence Thursday, July 9, 2020, surrounded by her four children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Barbara-McCoy-obit-photo-7-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133002\"\/><figcaption>Barbara J. McCoy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara was truly one of a kind. She was an involved member of the community, a lifetime member of the Van Wert Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion auxiliaries and Moose Lodge 1320 in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara was heavily involved in the VFW women&#8217;s auxiliary, enjoyed attending conventions and walking in parades. She loved to bowl Monday nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara worked at Teleflex for many years and was playfully dubbed &#8220;B*tch Number One&#8221; by her affectionate co-workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara loved the Ohio State Buckeyes and the University of Mount Union Purple Raiders, where her son Ken graduated from college. She owned a cheese head and was proud to support the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara is fondly remembered for making hot chocolate on cold winter mornings for the Anthony Wayne Elementary School safety patrol where her children attended.<br>She was an involved band parent, a supportive mom and a loving grandmother. She will be missed by many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara is survived by her children, Linda (Thomas) Brown of Mendon, Kenneth (Chuck) McCoy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mary McCoy of Van Wert, and Kelly (Joel Adam) Vanlandingham of Decatur, Indiana; one stepson, James (Linda) McCoy of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; a sister, Elaine Beech of Arlington; two grandchildren, Andrew (Carly) McCoy of Edwardsburg, Michigan, and Alexandria (Christian) Morris of Decatur; two stepgrandchildren Joshua McCoy and Tera Miller; three stepgreat-grandchildren, Shilah, Sequoia, and Sierra; and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren, Willow and Alyxandria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Hazel (Crawford) Smith of Findlay; her husband, John V. McCoy of Van Wert, and five brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A celebration of life will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, July 25, in the banquet hall of VFW Post 5803 in Van Wert. Friends are encouraged to attend and share their memories of Barbara.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials: VFW Post 5803 Women&#8217;s Auxiliary, 111 N. Shannon St., Van Wert, OH 45891.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements have been entrusted to Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home &amp; Crematory in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condolences may be expressed at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alspachgearhart.com\/\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara J. McCoy, 87, of Van Wert passed away at her residence Thursday, July 9, 2020, surrounded by her four children. Barbara was truly one of a kind. She was an involved member of the community, a lifetime member of the Van Wert Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion auxiliaries and Moose Lodge 1320 [&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-133001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 06:26:50","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\/133001","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=133001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}