{"id":166143,"date":"2023-05-16T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=166143"},"modified":"2023-05-16T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:35:41","slug":"brent-b-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/05\/16\/brent-b-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent B. Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brent B. Adams, 57, of Westerville, passed away at 5:51 a.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;Saturday, May 13, 2023 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born January 29, 1966, in Van Wert, to Gregg and Barbara (Johnson) Adams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Brent-Adams-5-16-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166144\"\/><figcaption>Brent Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Brent was a 1984 graduate of Van Wert High School. He also graduated from Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Accounting and Management. He worked in corporate accounting at Verizon in Columbus. Brent was a very active member of Peace Lutheran Church in Gahanna, Ohio for many years. He was a faithful supporter of youth athletics and an avid fan of The Ohio State Buckeyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surviving are his parents, Gregg and Barbara Adams of Columbus; a brother, Dirk and Suzi (Etzler) Adams; a sister, Stephanie (Shawn) Ward; five nieces and nephews, Chandler and Alyx (Slusher) Adams, Meredith Adams, Katie Ward, Emily Ward and Claire Ward; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and his two beloved dogs, Puck and Dexter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Clarence and Erma Johnson; paternal grandparents, Rudy and Besse Adams; and 3 aunts, Joanne Baer, Betty Schaadt and Beth Ann Adams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 19, at Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, preferred memorials: Ohio Fuzzy Pawz Shih Tzu Rescue,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiofuzzypawz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.ohiofuzzypawz.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To share in Brent&#8217;s online memorial, go to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alspachgearhart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent B. Adams, 57, of Westerville, passed away at 5:51 a.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;Saturday, May 13, 2023 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. He was born January 29, 1966, in Van Wert, to Gregg and Barbara (Johnson) Adams. Brent was a 1984 graduate of Van Wert High School. He also graduated from Ohio Northern [&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-166143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-26 06:43:19","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\/166143","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=166143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166146,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166143\/revisions\/166146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}