{"id":121098,"date":"2026-03-05T05:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/03\/05\/blossom-longee-20260304-0410-125888\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:06:18","modified_gmt":"2029-01-18T05:06:18","slug":"blossom-longee-20260304-0410-125888","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/03\/05\/blossom-longee-20260304-0410-125888\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Blossom Longee"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Blossom Rochelle Longee, 62, of Poplar died Feb. 24, 2026, in Billings.<br \/>\n\t  Born May 28, 1963, with a significant heart condition, she survived six open-heart surgeries  by the age of six, proving  herself to be a true warrior from the very beginning.<br \/>\n\t  She was known for her unwavering dedication to her family, her unshakable resolve, her kind heart, vivacious  laugh and her faithfulness  to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.<br \/>\n\t  She was a movie buff \u2014 everything John Travolta \u2014 and a fanatic for \u201880s music, especially Prince and Journey.  She found great joy in dancing, soap operas, game shows, board games and shared coffee time. She also loved playing bingo and darts with friends, cracking jokes <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121207,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121098\/revisions\/121207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121098"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=121098"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=121098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}