{"id":244,"date":"2023-03-06T04:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T04:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/?p=244"},"modified":"2023-03-06T04:36:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T04:36:44","slug":"honoring-velmalene-leake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/2023\/03\/06\/honoring-velmalene-leake\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Velmalene Leake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Velma Leake was not only a beloved member of our community, but was one of the founders of Danbury Community Church, serving as treasurer for over 20 years. A tree is planted in her memory and honor, along with a memorial plaque, in front of our Chapel at 300 N. Main Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A service honoring her was held Thursday, July 29th, 2021 at 2pm in the Church sanctuary. A graveside service followed at Danbury Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view her obituary, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burroughsfuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/Velmalene-Leake\/#!\/Obituary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.burroughsfuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/Velmalene-Leake\/#!\/Obituary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/velma-leake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/velma-leake.jpg 924w, http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/velma-leake-289x300.jpg 289w, http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/velma-leake-768x798.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Velma Leake was not only a beloved member of our community, but was one of the founders of Danbury Community Church, serving as treasurer for over 20 years. A tree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danburycommunitychurch.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}