{"id":22471,"date":"2025-11-06T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=22471"},"modified":"2025-11-10T06:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:18:46","slug":"silas-e-sasse-4-of-dieterich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/22471-silas-e-sasse-4-of-dieterich\/","title":{"rendered":"Silas E. Sasse (4) of Dieterich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Silas Earl Sasse, 4 year old son of Nicholas and Sarah (Brackney) Sasse, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at his home in Dieterich.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday,\u00a0November 15, 2025 at Faith Lutheran Church, Shumway, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until service time, Saturday at the church. 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