{"id":154978,"date":"2022-06-09T19:50:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T00:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=154978"},"modified":"2022-06-14T17:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T22:56:29","slug":"richard-a-wagonrod-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/06\/09\/richard-a-wagonrod-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard A. Wagonrod Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Richard A. Wagonrod, Jr., 78, of Findlay, passed away at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at The Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Richard-Wagonrod-Jr.-6-9-2022-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154979\"\/><figcaption>Richard Wagonrod Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born January 28, 1944 in Van Wert to Richard A. and Dorothy (Esdall ) Wagonrod, who both preceded him in death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8711\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard is survived by daughter, Andrea (Jeff) Callaghan; a son, Aaron (Yo) Wagonrod; brother, Dennis Wagonrod, and granddaughters, Alexandra Callaghan and Iris Wagonrod. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ronald Wagonrod and Gary Wagonrod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard served proudly in the Army from 1967-1972 during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the VFW and the Eagles, and was a former member of the Moose Lodge. Richard was a car enthusiast. He loved baseball, especially the Cleveland Indians. In his spare time, Richard was a competitive chess player. He was also an avid reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Delphos VFW.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made in Richard&#8217;s honor to the Bridge Home Health &amp; Hospice 15100 Birchaven Lane, Findlay, or by supporting the Til Valhalla Project <a href=\"https:\/\/tilvalhallaproject.com\">www.tilvalhallaproject.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements have been entrusted with Coldren-Crates Funeral Home, Findlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online condolences may be left for the family at <a href=\"https:\/\/coldrencrates.com\">www.coldrencrates.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard A. Wagonrod, Jr., 78, of Findlay, passed away at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at The Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay. He was born January 28, 1944 in Van Wert to Richard A. and Dorothy (Esdall ) Wagonrod, who both preceded him in death. Richard is survived by daughter, Andrea (Jeff) Callaghan; [&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-154978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 16:35:35","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\/154978","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=154978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155110,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154978\/revisions\/155110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}