{"id":206006,"date":"2026-05-18T15:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=206006"},"modified":"2026-05-19T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:59:37","slug":"curtis-d-proffitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/05\/18\/curtis-d-proffitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis D. Proffitt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Curtis D. Proffitt, 87, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:19 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2026, at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on September 4, 1938, in Spencerville, to Glenn and Lela (Bowen) Proffitt. He married the former Carol Sanderson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curt was a salesman at Van Wert Auto Supply for 36 years. He retired from Kennedy Manufacturing, in Van Wert, after six years of service.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Curtis-Proffitt-5-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206007\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Curtis Proffitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He attended the First United Brethren in Christ Church in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curt is a member of the Van Wert Mens Bowling Hall of Fame and served as a Past President of the Van Wert Mens Bowling Association. He enjoyed bowling, riding his motorcycle, hunting, fishing and sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curt is survived by his wife, Carol Proffitt of Van Wert; a daughter, Theresa (Terry) Baker of Van Wert; a son, Michael (Barbara) Proffitt of Leawood, Kansas; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Cary (Ellen) Proffitt of Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents, and two sisters, Lana Drewyore and Winona M. Proffitt, who died in infancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visitation will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. Friday, May 22, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home &amp; Crematory, Van Wert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to First United Brethren in Christ Church or CHP Hospice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alspachgearhart.com\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Services have been entrusted to Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home &amp; Crematory, Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtis D. Proffitt, 87, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:19 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2026, at his residence. He was born on September 4, 1938, in Spencerville, to Glenn and Lela (Bowen) Proffitt. He married the former Carol Sanderson. Curt was a salesman at Van Wert Auto Supply for 36 years. He retired from [&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-206006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 12:48:39","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\/206006","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=206006"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206035,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206006\/revisions\/206035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}