{"id":196569,"date":"2025-09-01T18:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=196569"},"modified":"2025-09-01T20:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:25:39","slug":"john-g-osting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/09\/01\/john-g-osting\/","title":{"rendered":"John G. Osting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>John G. Osting, 80, of Delphos, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born in Vienna, Austria on October 12, 1944. He moved to the U.S. in 1950 at the age of six. His parents Sylvester and Beatrice (Siebeneck) Osting preceded him in death. John was also preceded in death by his lifelong companion of over 40 years, Donna (Broerman) Keller, on March 14, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/John-Osting-9-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196570\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Osting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He is survived by children, Melinda (Paul) Marshall of Appleton, Maine and Marianne (Chris) Staples of Searsmont, Maine; stepchildren, Doreen (Jay) Sheeter of Delphos, Todd (Heather) Keller of Delphos, Terry (Kathy) Keller of Ft. Jennings, and Dawn (Jose) Lopez of Midland, Texas; 17 grandchildren: Madison Marshall, Ashlie (John) Witham, Chloe Staples, Helena Staples, Ashley (Nick) Dunlap, Austin Sheeter, Abbey (Adam) Hamel, Addison Sheeter, Annabella Keller, Milor Keller, Christian Keller, Katie Keller, Haley Keller, Tyler (Sasha) Lopez, Danielle (Jose) Hernandez, Kristin (David) Prestridge, and Isiah Lopez; and 11 great-grandchildren with two on the way, and his sister, Virginia \u201cGinny\u201d Osting of Fredericksburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John was preceded in death by stepson, Thomas Keller and a great-grandson, Hexley Hamel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John was a graduate of Delphos St. John, Class of 1962. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and Delphos Eagles Aerie 471. John earned his bachelor\u2019s degree at the University of Cincinnati. John worked for Wright Patterson Air Force designing a state-of-the-art wind tunnel for airplanes that is still in use today. He also worked for Westinghouse as a draftsman. After Westinghouse, John joined his family\u2019s business, Metzger Popcorn, where he dedicated his life to farming popcorn for the business. John also sold insurance, worked for Vantage Career Center, and a life-long popcorn farmer. He was a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes, Cincinnati Reds, and Cincinnati Bengals. John took great pleasure in bowling, golfing, dancing, playing cards, and socializing with family and friends. He also cherished attending his grandchildren\u2019s sporting events and functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visitation will be held from 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, at Harter &amp; Schier Funeral Home, Delphos. Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m., following visitation. Burial will be held at Resurrection Cemetery at a later date.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials: the donor\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John G. Osting, 80, of Delphos, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at his residence. He was born in Vienna, Austria on October 12, 1944. He moved to the U.S. in 1950 at the age of six. His parents Sylvester and Beatrice (Siebeneck) Osting preceded him in death. John was also preceded in death by [&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-196569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-18 13:11:14","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\/196569","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=196569"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196573,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196569\/revisions\/196573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}