{"id":51127,"date":"2026-05-13T16:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=51127"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:12:24","slug":"patricia-l-trish-benard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/patricia-l-trish-benard\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricia L. &#8220;Trish&#8221; Benard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"561\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/obit-photo-Patricia-Benard.jpg?fit=318%2C561&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51128\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">GROVER HILL, OH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Patricia L. &#8220;Trish&#8221; Benard<\/strong>, age 60, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at her daughter&#8217;s home in Ayersville, OH.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Trish was born on June 10, 1965 in Paulding, OH to Theodore &#8220;Ted&#8221; and Evelyn (Harp) King. On May 21, 1988 she married Charles Benard, who survives. Trish worked as a manager of group homes for CSRI for 15 years. She loved sewing, crafts, and gardening flowers. Trish was a natural caregiver, she loved her job. More than anything, she loved her home with Charlie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Trish will be lovingly missed by her parents, Ted and Evelyn King, Haviland, OH; husband, Charles Benard, Grover Hill, OH; son, Ted (Cassandra) King, Van Wert, OH; daughter, Leslie (Stan) Ankney, Ayersville, OH; stepdaughter, Amber Benard, Defiance, OH; brother, Richard (Darlene) King, Richmond, KY; sisters: Sandy (Eric) Ludwig, Grover Hill, OH; Joanna (Brad) Deel, Bryan, OH; 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Trish was preceded in death by her brother, Ted C. King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Inurnment will take place in St. Paul Cemetery, Paulding Township, OH.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Online condolences may be shared at www.denherderfh.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GROVER HILL, OH: Patricia L. &#8220;Trish&#8221; Benard, age 60, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at her daughter&#8217;s home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51128,"comment_status":"closed","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[28979,28970,28975,28977,28976,3417,28974,13238,18229,28981,28978,28969,28980,13670,26821,28973,28972,28971],"class_list":["post-51127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits","tag-amber-benard","tag-ayersville-ohio","tag-charles-benard","tag-charlie-benard","tag-csri","tag-den-herder-funeral-home","tag-evelyn-king","tag-grover-hill-ohio","tag-haviland-ohio","tag-joanna-deel","tag-leslie-ankney","tag-patricia-l-trish-benard","tag-richard-king","tag-sandy-ludwig","tag-st-paul-cemetery","tag-ted-king","tag-theodore-king","tag-trish-benard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/obit-photo-Patricia-Benard.jpg?fit=318%2C561&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-diD","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-20 18:08:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51129,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51127\/revisions\/51129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}