Mercedes “Ched” Lopez Dearing, age 70, of Jackson, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, May 21, 2015, at her home, following a brief illness. She was born June 1, 1944 in Manila, Philippines to the late Pablo Lopez and Dolores Rapatan Lopez.<\/p>\n
Ched was a piano teacher and a legal secretary. She was an accomplished classical pianist and in years past, she was an avid bowler and a talented seamstress. Ched enjoyed reading and playing Bunco and she was a gardener of tropical plants, especially orchids.<\/p>\n
Ched met the love of her life, Gary D. Dearing, while he was stationed with the United States Marines in the Philippines. One and a half years later, Gary returned to Manila, Philippines and married Ched on July 20, 1968. In the mid 1980’s, Ched became a nationalized U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n
She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Gary D. Dearing; three sons, Ken Dearing (Elizabeth) of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Steve Dearing (Manju) of Pickerington, and Greg Dearing of Columbus; five grandchildren, Allison, Nicholas, Mia Mercedes, Sania and Alina; siblings, Nora, Nestor, Marcial, Nancy, Martin, Nelissa, Norman and Marietta, as well as several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.<\/p>\n
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Mario and Manuel.<\/p>\n
Calling hours will be Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the McWilliams Funeral home in Wellston. Funeral service will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the McWilliams Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Mullett officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairmount Cemetery in Jackson.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, the family would greatly appreciate memorial contributions in Ched’s name be given to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mercedes “Ched” Lopez Dearing, age 70, of Jackson, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, May 21, 2015, at her home, following a brief illness. She was born June 1, 1944 in Manila, Philippines to the late Pablo Lopez and Dolores Rapatan Lopez. Ched was a piano teacher and a legal secretary. She was an accomplished classical\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5667,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666\/revisions\/5667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}