{"id":40393,"date":"2023-05-22T09:04:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=40393"},"modified":"2023-05-22T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:04:21","slug":"thomas-james-mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/thomas-james-mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas James McConnell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tom-mcconnell-obit.jpeg?w=225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40394\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tom-mcconnell-obit.jpeg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tom-mcconnell-obit.jpeg?resize=260%2C347&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tom-mcconnell-obit.jpeg?resize=160%2C213&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WOODBURN, IN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas James McConnell<\/strong>, 80, of Woodburn, Indiana passed away at home on May 18, 2023, with family by his side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 17, 1942, a son of the late Nora (Roemke) and James&nbsp;&nbsp;McConnell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom was a valued employee at Uniroyal Goodrich, but more importantly, he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and faithful member of Christ Lutheran Church, Woodburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom will be sadly missed by his daughter, Robin (Mark) Strasser; daughter-in-law, Wendy McConnell; 7 grandchildren &amp; 11 great grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was also preceded in death by his beloved wife, Sharon (Zirkelbach); son, Michael McConnell; brother, Stanley McConnell; and sister, Carol Campbell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His funeral service is Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 10:30 AM with viewing 9:30 to 10:15, at Christ Lutheran Church, 4412 Park St, Woodburn 46797 on&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viewing is also at the church on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, from 4-7 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will be laid to rest at Christ Lutheran Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorials are to the Christ Lutheran Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fond memories may be shared at dooleyfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WOODBURN, IN: Thomas James McConnell, 80, of Woodburn, Indiana passed away at home on May 18, 2023, with family by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18678,18677,12945],"class_list":["post-40393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits","tag-sharon-mcconnell","tag-thomas-james-mcconnell","tag-woodburn-indiana"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tom-mcconnell-obit.jpeg?fit=318%2C424&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-avv","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 14:18:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40395,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40393\/revisions\/40395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}