{"id":98052,"date":"2018-01-28T21:35:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T02:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=98052"},"modified":"2018-01-28T23:11:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T04:11:04","slug":"keith-t-griffiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/28\/keith-t-griffiths\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith T. Griffiths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keith T. Griffiths, 75, of Decatur, Indiana, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>He was born October 7, 1942, the son of William and Naomi (Deeren) Griffiths, who both preceded him in death. He married Carolyn (Huffine) on April 22, 1967, and she survives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"66\" \/>Other survivors include three children; Kelly (Randy) Outman of Huntertown, Indiana, Stacey (Jason) Bussel of Decatur, and Nick (Katie) Griffiths of Ohio City, Ohio; two sisters, Margaret Robinson and Evelyn (Marvin) Zurcher, both of Rockford, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Private family services and burial at Pleasant Dale Cemetery in Decatur will be held at a later date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preferred memorials: Zion Lutheran Church, Turnstone, the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n<p>Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home &amp; Crematory in Van Wert handled the arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alspachgearhart.com\/\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith T. Griffiths, 75, of Decatur, Indiana, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born October 7, 1942, the son of William and Naomi (Deeren) Griffiths, who both preceded him in death. He married Carolyn (Huffine) on April 22, 1967, and she survives. Other survivors [&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-98052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 09:45:39","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\/98052","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=98052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}