{"id":49564,"date":"2025-11-18T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=49564"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:57:12","slug":"sandra-m-sandy-weidenhamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/sandra-m-sandy-weidenhamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra M. &#8220;Sandy&#8221; Weidenhamer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"472\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Weidenhamer-obit.jpeg?fit=318%2C472&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49565\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">PAULDING, OH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sandra M. &#8220;Sandy&#8221; Weidenhamer<\/strong>, age 79, of Paulding, OH, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at CHP Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, OH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">She was born in Fort Wayne, IN on March 15, 1946, to her late parents, Paul and Mary Alice (Carlisle) Bowholtz. On June 6, 1964, she married Leslie &#8220;Les&#8221; Weidenhamer who preceded her in death in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sandy worked for 25 years as a teacher&#8217;s aide for Paulding Exempted Village Schools, retiring in 2004. She was a member of the former St. Mary&#8217;s Catholic Church, Junction, OH and was a member of Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, Paulding, OH as well as a lifetime member of the Paulding County History Museum. For the last several years, Sandy had lived in Lake Alfred, FL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">She is survived by her children: Amy (Tim) Borkosky, Paulding, OH; Bruce (Shellie) Weidenhamer, Cecil, OH; Brad Weidenhamer, Paulding, OH; Alan Weidenhamer, Paulding, OH; grandchildren: Mark Weidenhamer, Dayne (Tarra) Weidenhamer, CeCe (Justin) Holbrooks, Jordan Weidenhamer, Tessa Shirkey, and Gunner Borkosky; great grandchildren: Brooklyn, Jase, Mason, Kinsley, Kimber, Royal, Epperley, Gaige, Lumiere, and Javelin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sandy was also preceded in death by her son, Bryan Allen in 1968 and her sister, Margaret Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 21, 2025 at Den Herder Funeral Home, Paulding, OH with Pastor Mike Harper officiating. Inurnment will take place at Live Oak Cemetery, Paulding, OH at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Visitation will be from 2:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at Den Herder Funeral Home, Paulding, OH. There will also be visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sandy&#8217;s family requests no flowers or funeral memorabilia. Please make a memorial contribution in Sandy&#8217;s memory to the Paulding County History Museum or to CHP Hospice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Online condolences may be shared at www.denherderfh.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAULDING, OH: Sandra M. &#8220;Sandy&#8221; Weidenhamer, age 79, of Paulding, OH, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at CHP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49565,"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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Weidenhamer-obit.jpeg?fit=318%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-cTq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 02:01:59","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\/49564","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=49564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49566,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49564\/revisions\/49566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}