{"id":1250,"date":"2021-01-05T18:17:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T23:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.sommervillefuneralservice.com\/dev\/?post_type=obituaries&#038;p=1250"},"modified":"2021-01-08T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:48:25","slug":"john-a-paxton","status":"publish","type":"obituaries","link":"https:\/\/dev.sommervillefuneralservice.com\/dev\/obituaries\/john-a-paxton\/","title":{"rendered":"John A. Paxton"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":1251,"template":"","class_list":["post-1250","obituaries","type-obituaries","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"sunrise":"March 8, 1927","sunset_date":"December 26, 2020","obituary":"<p>John Alexander\u00a0Paxton\u00a0was born March 8, 1927 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and passed away on December 26, 2020.<br \/>\nJohn was a veteran of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy.\u00a0 He attended North High School, Akron, Oh.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0Paxton\u00a0retired as a Foreman from General Tire and Rubber Company.\u00a0 He was also employed by Akron Children Hospital and Loral Systems, a section of Goodyear Aerospace.<br \/>\nJohn was a vocalist and loved music.\u00a0 In his younger days, he sang at many local clubs and during his military service, he had the honor of performing with the Vienna Boys\u2019 Choir of Austria.\u00a0 He had an extensive record collection, some of which he donated to the University of Akron.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0Paxton\u00a0was also a member of the V.F.W., American Legion, U.A.W. and the Al-kaf Motor Patrol.<br \/>\nMr.\u00a0Paxton\u00a0is preceded in death by his parents, Melzola\u00a0Paxton-Weeks and Raymond\u00a0Paxton.<br \/>\nHe is survived by his children, Laurence\u00a0Paxton\u00a0of Mendon, Vermont, John\u00a0Paxton\u00a0of Akron, Ohio and Carlesa\u00a0Paxton\u00a0of Lithonia, Georgia; 4 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.<\/p>\n","Image":false,"funeral_location":"Sommerville Funeral Services\u00031695 Diagonal Rd., Akron, OH 44320","funeral_service_date":"January 7, 2021","viewing_time":"12:00 pm","service_time":"1:00 pm"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sommervillefuneralservice.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituaries\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sommervillefuneralservice.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituaries"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sommervillefuneralservice.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituaries"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sommervillefuneralservice.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sommervillefuneralservice.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}