{"id":86894,"date":"2017-04-24T21:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T02:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=86894"},"modified":"2017-04-24T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T02:25:16","slug":"lorraine-v-eyink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/24\/lorraine-v-eyink\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorraine V. Eyink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lorraine V. Eyink, 71, of Van Wert, passed at 12:35 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2017, surrounded by her family in the intensive care unit of Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86895\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lorraine-Eyink-obit-photo-4-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Lorraine V. Eyink\" width=\"275\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Lorraine V. Eyink<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She was born March 14, 1946, in Cincinnati, the daughter of Alfred L. and Aldona V. (Brown) Wallace, who both preceded her in death.\u00a0She married the love of her life, John J. Eyink Sr. in 1974, and he died December 14, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving are her children, John J. Eyink Jr. and Marcy L. (James N.) Collins, both of Van Wert; and granddaughters Sydney R. Collins and McKenzie D. Collins, both of Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine was a 1964 graduate of Ohio City-Liberty High School.\u00a0She continued her education at Ohio State Beauty Academy in Lima.\u00a0For several years, she worked as a stylist, owning her own beauty shop in Celina.\u00a0After her children were born, she was a stay-at-home mom for several years.\u00a0During this time, she developed an interest in gardening, growing fruits and vegetables.\u00a0Eventually she turned this into a business selling strawberries and vegetables.\u00a0She also developed an interest in antiques attending local auctions with her husband and friends.\u00a0Antiques became a passion, buying and collecting and later selling.\u00a0 For over 36 years she operated a lucrative antique business, dealing in antique malls throughout the Midwest and owning her own shop in Van Wert for a time.<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine was a loving mother and cherished her time spent with family as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A private memorial service will be conducted at Brickner Funeral Home in Van Wert to celebrate her life with just immediate family present.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preferred memorials: The American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements were handled by Brickner Funeral Home in Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences may be expressed at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bricknerfuneralhome.com\/\">www.bricknerfuneralhome.com<\/a> or emailed to <a href=\"mailto:bricknerfuneralhome@bright.net\">bricknerfuneralhome@bright.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorraine V. Eyink, 71, of Van Wert, passed at 12:35 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2017, surrounded by her family in the intensive care unit of Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. She was born March 14, 1946, in Cincinnati, the daughter of Alfred L. and Aldona V. (Brown) Wallace, who both preceded her in [&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-86894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 13:02:36","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\/86894","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=86894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}