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Steve is survived by daughters Christy (Mike) Wortman of rural Van Wert and Stephanie (Daren) Misciagna of New York and a son, Nathan Conrad of Florida. He also leaves behind six grandchildren, Alyssa (Eric) Putman, Jacob (Shae) Wortman, Elijah (Sophie) Wortman, Reese, Dylan and Eve Misciagna, As well as five great-grandchildren, Easton, Addison, Maddon and Lofton Putman and Emryn Wortman. Steve is also survived by his brother, Ed (Jill) Conrad; his sister, Marlene (Dick) Jones, as well as several nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was preceded death by his parents; his sister, Shirley Jarvis, and his brother-in-law, Daniel Jarvis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steve graduated from Van Wert High School in 1967. Following graduation he went to work for his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While living in Van Wert, Steve was an active member of the Elks Lodge, where he had served as Exalted Ruler. He was also a member of Willow Bend Country Club, where you would often find him out playing several rounds of golf. He continued his love of golf when he moved to Clewiston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his younger years he enjoyed riding motorcycles and playing men\u2019s softball with his brother Ed and many friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christy would like to thank the entire team from Vitas Home Health Hospice in Clewiston. Also a big thank you to his home health aide, Letty. She was a special lady with a heart of gold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A private family celebration will be held at a later date.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Arrangements were entrusted to Cremation with Care, Fort Myers, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Preferred memorials: the Van Wert City Police Department’s D.A.R.E. program or to the Van Wert County Swine Barn Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stephen Wayne Conrad, 75, of Clewiston, Florida, peacefully passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025, with his daughter Christy at his side. He courageously battled cancer for the past 1 1\/2 years. He was born on July 6, 1949, in Paoli, Indiana, the son of Everett and Virginia (Morrison) Conrad, who both preceded him in […]<\/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-189699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 14:49:56","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\/189699","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=189699"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189747,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189699\/revisions\/189747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}