{"id":197609,"date":"2025-09-25T06:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=197609"},"modified":"2025-09-25T06:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:25:35","slug":"sandra-k-hirschy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/09\/25\/sandra-k-hirschy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra K. Hirschy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sandra K. Hirschy, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the age of 78.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on April 30, 1947, in Van Wert, and spent her life as a devoted homemaker.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sandra-Hirschy-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197611\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sandra Hirschy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sandra is survived by her loving husband, Larry Hirschy of Convoy; her two children, Kevin (Annette) Hirschy and Teresa (Ron) Wells both of Van Wert, and a sister, Pat Puckett of Muleshoe, Texas. She was proud of her grandchildren, Chad (Whittany) Hirschy, Craig Hirschy, and Cory (Taylor) Hirschy, as well as her step-grandchildren, Britni (Billy) Roth, Kayla (Brandon) Williams, and Hillary Wells. She also cherished her role as a great-grandmother to Kaelynn, Lea, Claire, Emmett, and Lottie Hirschy and two step-great grandchildren Corbett and Cooper Roth, Noah and Dalton Woodruff, Adilynn and Waylon Williams and Mason Boyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandra was preceded in death by her parents, George and Thelma (Stegaman) Walls; and a brother, Robert Hartman. In addition to her family, Sandra was a member of the Convoy Fox Hunters and found joy in playing bingo and cards. She loved being involved in her children&#8217;s and grandchildren&#8217;s lives, attending their activities, and supporting their endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The family will honor her memory with a funeral service at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home &amp; Crematory, Van Wert, at 11 a.m. Monday, September 29, with Rev. Ron Johnson, officiating. Burial will immediately follow in Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert. Visitation will take place from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, September 28, at the funeral home.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Convoy or Wren E.M.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online condolences may be espressed at <a href=\"https:\/\/alspachgearhart.com\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra K. Hirschy, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the age of 78. She was born on April 30, 1947, in Van Wert, and spent her life as a devoted homemaker. Sandra is survived by her loving husband, Larry Hirschy of Convoy; her two children, [&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-197609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 19:23:56","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\/197609","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=197609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197612,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197609\/revisions\/197612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}