{"id":27473,"date":"2026-01-14T06:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=27473"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:04:12","slug":"deanne-dawn-d-d-metz-53-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/27473-deanne-dawn-d-d-metz-53-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Deanne Dawn &#8220;D.D.&#8221; Metz (53) of Newton"},"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>Deanne Dawn \u201cD.D.\u201d Metz age 53, of Newton passed away Friday, January 9, 2026, at her residence.<\/p>\n<p>Cremation rites will be accorded to Deanne per her wishes. Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of life on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at the American Legion, 108 E. Jourdan St, Newton, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Deanne was born on August 30, 1972, in Olney, Illinois, the daughter of Roy Elvin and Rebecca Sue (Strong) Metz. Following high school, Deanne became a certified nurse\u2019s aide. Deanne devoted her life to being a mom. She was the devoted softball mom, attending all the games and cheering on her kids. Having a big heart and unending love, Deanne helped raise the many kids in her midst. She gave her love, acceptance and forgiveness to those around her. Having a heart of gold, she was always willing to help others. She was a dog lover, especially her chihuahuas. M&amp;M\u2019s were her candy of choice, Dr. Pepper her favorite drink and she kept a freezer full of popsicles for all of the kids. Devoted to her extended family, she never missed a holiday. A loving mom, grandmother, sister, niece and the best of friends, Deanne will be loved and missed by<br \/>\nmany.<\/p>\n<p>Deanne leaves behind her children, Zachary K. LeeRoy Metz of Newton, Hope-Annette Lynnett Metz (Jeremy) of Colorado Springs, CO, Montana Nikole Ochs (Dakota) of St. Marie, Taylor Marie Tarpley (Tyler) of Olney and Irelynne Leann Ochs of Newton; grandchildren, Deene Elvin Metz, Ozzy Zayne White, Paxton Lee Eugene Batzell, Presley Nikole Batzell, Travette James Tarpley, Tripp James Tarpley and Tuff James Tarpley; sister, Corrine C. Metz of BFE, Jasper Co; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents Roy and Rebecca Metz preceded her in death.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be offered at www.crainfuneral.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D.D. died on Friday, January 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deanne Dawn &quot;D.D.&quot; Metz (53) of Newton - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/27473-deanne-dawn-d-d-metz-53-of-newton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deanne Dawn &quot;D.D.&quot; 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