{"id":67892,"date":"2015-09-14T15:10:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T20:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=67892"},"modified":"2015-09-14T15:15:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T20:15:32","slug":"leo-g-schmelzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/09\/14\/leo-g-schmelzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo G. Schmelzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leo G. Schmelzer, 88, of Delphos, died Monday, September 14, 2015, at Roselawn Manor in Spencerville.<\/p>\n<p>He was born June 8, 1927, in Delphos, the son of Augustus A. \u201cGus\u201d and Teresa (Etgen) Schmelzer, who both preceded him in death. On August 29, 1986, he married LaDonna Osting Klaus Schmelzer, who died October 25, 1914.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include a stepdaughter, Patricia (Bob) Kramer of Spencerville; two stepsons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8711\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"American Flag for obituaries 6-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a>David (Karen Hemker) Klaus of Delphos and Steven (Debbie) Klaus of Lima; two stepdaughters-in-law, Ag Klaus and Linda Klaus, both of Delphos; 13 stepgrandchildren; 28 stepgreat-grandchildren; six stepgreat-great-grandchildren; a sister, Rosemary Kaverman; and eight nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>A stepdaughter, Kathy Lepley; two stepsons, Gary and Ken Klaus; two stepgranddaughters, Lisa Kramer and Kari Klaus Lauck; and a brother-in-law, Charles Kaverman.<\/p>\n<p><b>A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 17, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, with Father Daniel Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in St. John\u2019s Cemetery. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Calling hours are from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, at Harter and Schier Funeral Home in Delphos, where a parish wake will be held at 7:30 that evening<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred memorials: St. Rita\u2019s Hospice or St. John\u2019s Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harterandschier.com\">www.harterandschier.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo G. Schmelzer, 88, of Delphos, died Monday, September 14, 2015, at Roselawn Manor in Spencerville. He was born June 8, 1927, in Delphos, the son of Augustus A. \u201cGus\u201d and Teresa (Etgen) Schmelzer, who both preceded him in death. On August 29, 1986, he married LaDonna Osting Klaus Schmelzer, who died October 25, 1914. [&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-67892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 20:21:11","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\/67892","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=67892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}