{"id":207506,"date":"2026-07-01T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=207506"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:38:18","slug":"debra-l-klinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/07\/01\/debra-l-klinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Debra L. Klinger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Debra L. Klinger, 69, of Van Wert, died at 5:54 p.m. Monday, June 29, 2026, at Mercy St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was born on October 29, 1956, in Van Wert, to David and Dollie (Gipe) Klinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deb retired from Teleflex, in Van Wert, after 25 years of service. She was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Van Wert and was formerly a member of the Van Wert American Auxiliary. Deb enjoyed playing Webkinz, bingo, reading and playing card games. She also loved garage sales, thrifting, watching the Food Network and spending time with her family .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is survived by a brother, Larry Klinger of Van Wert; a sister, Marsha Klinger of Van Wert; and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deb was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Shirley Trammell, Robert Klinger, Donald Klinger and Sonny Klinger, and a special friend, Bill Carroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private graveside services will be held at a later date.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online condolences may be expressed at www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrangements have been entrusted to Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory, Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debra L. Klinger, 69, of Van Wert, died at 5:54 p.m. Monday, June 29, 2026, at Mercy St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. She was born on October 29, 1956, in Van Wert, to David and Dollie (Gipe) Klinger. Deb retired from Teleflex, in Van Wert, after 25 years of service. She was a member of […]<\/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-207506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 01:09:49","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\/207506","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=207506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207507,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207506\/revisions\/207507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}