{"id":163701,"date":"2023-03-03T15:32:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=163701"},"modified":"2023-03-03T15:32:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:32:47","slug":"larry-ray-cotterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/03\/larry-ray-cotterman\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Ray Cotterman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Larry Ray Cotterman, 79, of Van Wert, passed away at 8:21 a.m. Friday, March 03, 2023, at his residence while surrounded by his loving family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Larry-Cotterman-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163702\"\/><figcaption>Larry Cotterman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on August 22, 1943, in Paulding, to the late Raymond S. and Annabet M (Shainer) Cotterman. He was married to Delores (Kline) Scott who preceded him in death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry retired from Dana Corp after 33 years. He loved the outdoors and traveling. As a lover of old cars, Larry also enjoyed car shows and attending the local festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surviving are his daughter, Janice (Brian Wright) Cotterman of Van Wert; son, Jeff (Amy) Cotterman of Scott; stepson, Dave Scott of Van Wert; sister, Carol Edwin; grandchildren: Zach, Zaine and Ciarra Cotterman; Raymond Snyder and Blaze Cotterman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry will be laid to rest next to his wife during a graveside service at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7, at Woodland Cemetery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To share in Larry&#8217;s online memorial, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/alspachgearhart.com\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements have been entrusted to Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home &amp; Crematory, Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Ray Cotterman, 79, of Van Wert, passed away at 8:21 a.m. Friday, March 03, 2023, at his residence while surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 22, 1943, in Paulding, to the late Raymond S. and Annabet M (Shainer) Cotterman. He was married to Delores (Kline) Scott who preceded him in [&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-163701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 05:39:27","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\/163701","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=163701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163703,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163701\/revisions\/163703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}