{"id":496,"date":"2014-01-26T13:26:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T13:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T18:12:23","slug":"merton-e-pingel-mert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":"Merton E. Pingel (Mert)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In loving memory of Merton E. Pingel (Mert or better known as Pingel)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong> October 4, 1927 &#8211; January 23, 2014 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cunninghamtaylorfh.com\/fh\/obituaries\/obituary.cfm?o_id=2389989&amp;fh_id=12708\" target=\"_blank\">Obituary<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/images\/pingel.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>you loved your family<br \/>\nwithout question\u00a0 ~<br \/>\nas well as those<br \/>\nwho count their<br \/>\nlucky stars<br \/>\nto have been called<br \/>\nyour friend<\/p>\n<p>all who experienced<br \/>\nyour enchantment<br \/>\nloved you in return<br \/>\nMert Pingel<\/p>\n<p>\u2018cause you let us<br \/>\ninto your life<br \/>\nas actual participants<br \/>\nin the game\u2026..<br \/>\n\u2026\u2026we weren\u2019t allowed<br \/>\nto be mere spectators<\/p>\n<p>way \u00a0~\u00a0 way beyond<br \/>\nentertaining us<br \/>\nlike\u00a0Johnny Carson<br \/>\nand Tim Conway<br \/>\nwith your animated stories\u2026\u00a0 being<br \/>\nthis great teaser\u00a0\u00a0 ~\u00a0 \u00a0giving us<br \/>\nyour confident opinion<br \/>\nand wise counsel<br \/>\n~\u00a0\u00a0 you curiously engaged us<br \/>\nwere sincerely interested<br \/>\nin what we had to say<br \/>\nour personal point-of-view<\/p>\n<p>and because of all that<br \/>\nMert\u00a0 ~<\/p>\n<p>more than just loving you<br \/>\nwe truly appreciate you<br \/>\nfor who you are<br \/>\nand will always be<br \/>\nin our eternal memories<\/p>\n<p>Words by\u00a0 \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n<p><code>[wppa type=\"album\" album=\"11\"][\/wppa]<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In loving memory of Merton E. Pingel (Mert or better known as Pingel) October 4, 1927 &#8211; January 23, 2014 Obituary you loved your family without question\u00a0 ~ as well as those who count their lucky stars to have been called your friend all who experienced your enchantment loved you in return Mert Pingel \u2018cause &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=496\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Merton E. Pingel (Mert)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-familyfriends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2856,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions\/2856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}