{"id":202220,"date":"2026-02-02T13:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=202220"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:17:55","slug":"jason-b-waldron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/02\/jason-b-waldron\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason B. Waldron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jason B. Waldron, 47, of Findlay, passed away at 11:27 am Friday, January 30, 2026 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born December 12, 1978 in Van Wert, a son of David &amp; Marcha (Watson) Waldron. Both parents survive in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jason-Waldron.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202221\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jason Waldron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He is survived by a daughter, Kelcie Waldron of Columbus; his fianc\u00e9, Alicia Nieto of Findlay; sisters, Renee (Mike) Baeten of Fort Wayne and Andrea (James) Baker of Van Wert; brothers, Richard Waldron and Lucas Waldron, both of Van Wert, and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was preceded in death by a daughter, Isabella Waldron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was employed as a welder by Quality Welding and Fabrication of Findlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friends who wish to pay their respects may do so from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.\u00a0 Wednesday, February 4, at Brickner Funeral Home in Van Wert. A funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. following visitation at the funeral home with his uncle, Pastor Michael Waldron officiating. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family suggests monetary donations directed to help defray funeral expenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason B. Waldron, 47, of Findlay, passed away at 11:27 am Friday, January 30, 2026 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. He was born December 12, 1978 in Van Wert, a son of David &amp; Marcha (Watson) Waldron. Both parents survive in Van Wert. He is survived by a daughter, Kelcie Waldron of Columbus; his [&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-202220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 10:57:42","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\/202220","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=202220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202222,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202220\/revisions\/202222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}