{"id":23118,"date":"2018-08-16T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T19:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=23118"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:25:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T19:25:27","slug":"newhard-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/newhard-obituary\/","title":{"rendered":"Newhard Obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Harlan, IN<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is with great sadness that the family of Steven Dale Newhard<\/b>, Sr. former resident of Harlan, IN announces his passing after a long battle with multiple health issues on Monday August 13, 2018 at the age of 75 at St Marks Hospital, Salt Lake City Utah.\u00a0 <\/span>He was born September 2, 1942, in Fort Wayne, IN.\u00a0 <\/span>Son of Miles E \u2018Pete\u2019 Newhard and Naomi Gladys Puryear.\u00a0 <\/span>He married Malinda Evard in 1961 in Fort Wayne.\u00a0 <\/span>Steve was a 1960 graduate of North Side High School.\u00a0 <\/span>After 45 years of service as a chemist, he retired from Uniroyal-Goodrich, in Woodburn, IN in 2007.\u00a0 <\/span>He was active in the Boy Scouts of America for over 20 years, earning Wood Badge beads, the George Meany and Silver Beaver award.\u00a0 <\/span>He loved spending time with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.\u00a0 <\/span>He also enjoyed singing in the church choir, traveling, genealogy, gardening, cooking and baking.\u00a0 <\/span>In his younger years he spent time running, swimming and playing basketball. Steve will be lovingly remembered by his children: Steve (Dana) Newhard, Jr, Jill Newhard, Jim (Rebekeh) Newhard, Jared (Stephanie) Newhard, Jennie (Jonathan) Bothwell, Jacob (Jessica) Newhard, 28 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; former son-in-law William \u2018Bill\u2019 Benkenstein and Spence Pier; brothers Terry (Carol) Newhard and Ed (Terri) Newhard; and sister-in-law Sonia (John-dec) Plattner.\u00a0 <\/span>Steve was preceded in death by his wife Malinda E (Evard) Newhard, daughter Julie Benkenstein, his parents Pete and Gladys Newhard, stepmother Florence and one grandson Steven-Lucas Newhard.<\/p>\n

Funeral service was 3 pm, Saturday, August 18, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, 5401 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne, with calling from 10-12 and 1 to 3pm, prior to service. Burial was at Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne, Memorial donations were to be given to the Boy Scouts of America. For online condolences, please visit www.hockemeyerfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harlan, IN It is with great sadness that the family of Steven Dale Newhard, Sr. former resident of Harlan, IN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t