{"id":192626,"date":"2025-05-08T20:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=192626"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:54:50","slug":"rhett-a-decamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/05\/08\/rhett-a-decamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhett A. DeCamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rhett A. DeCamp, 81, of Van Wert, passed away at 8 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2025, at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born November 17, 1943, in Van Wert, to George and Mary (Resor) DeCamp. Rhett married Lois DeCamp.<\/p>\n\n\n

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He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Van Wert American Legion, Van Wert VFW, and the N.R.A. He was an avid gun collector, outdoorsman, and woodworker. Rhett had a wonderful sense of humor, he enjoyed a good cigarette while telling stories, and especially enjoyed spending time with his family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Rhett retired from Greif in Van Wert. He also worked as a diesel mechanic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is survived by his daughters, Tammy (Kenny) Painter and Maryann Young both of Jacksonville, Florida, and Debbie Pollock of Van Wert and Brandi Helmer of Rockford; stepsons, Ed (Tammy) Rice of Van Wert and Jeff (Taren) DeCamp of Hicksville; a sister, Alycia (fiance Dan Germann) DeCamp of Van Wert, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was preceded in death by his parents, and wife, Lois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at King Cemetery, Middle Point.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online condolences may be expressed at www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrangements have been entrusted to Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory, Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rhett A. DeCamp, 81, of Van Wert, passed away at 8 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2025, at his residence. He was born November 17, 1943, in Van Wert, to George and Mary (Resor) DeCamp. Rhett married Lois DeCamp. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Van Wert […]<\/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-192626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 20:48:27","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\/192626","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=192626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193193,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192626\/revisions\/193193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}