{"id":199697,"date":"2025-11-20T22:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=199697"},"modified":"2025-11-20T22:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:07:42","slug":"man-memorialized-at-eggerss-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/man-memorialized-at-eggerss-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Man memorialized at Eggerss Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Van Wert native is being remembered with a personal tribute at Eggerss Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryce Beckman, a 1975 graduate of Van Wert High School, passed away two months ago. A few of his close friends from that class decided they wanted to do something special for Beckman. They came up with the idea of a paver at the stadium to forever keep him in their memory.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bryce-Beckman-11-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199699\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bryce Beckman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I heard about the idea, I thought it was outstanding and a great way to honor Bryce,\u201d said Jackie Beckman, Bryce\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The classmates, who prefer to remain anonymous, quickly raised $1,000 for a large paver which will be part of the final phase of the stadium complex new construction in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are so many reasons local residents have selected a paver at Eggress to leave their legacy,\u201d stated John White, Capital Campaign Manager for the legacy sponsorship program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reasons include memorial tributes, past graduates, Van Wert High School classes, grandparents, businesses, students, and teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is so much excitement and anticipation of what the final phase of the project will look like\u201d said White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With planning in full swing, a deadline for ordering pavers has been set at January 30, 2026. This will allow adequate time to layout the grid of pavers which includes small, medium, and large sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be included in the program and to leave a legacy, click <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:US:32623ea6-e9c0-49bf-8255-0ae1bbd27e87?viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover\">here<\/a> or contact John White at 419.203.1217 for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information A Van Wert native is being remembered with a personal tribute at Eggerss Stadium. Bryce Beckman, a 1975 graduate of Van Wert High School, passed away two months ago. A few of his close friends from that class decided they wanted to do something special for Beckman. They came up with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 15:24:27","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\/199697","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=199697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199700,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199697\/revisions\/199700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}