{"id":51371,"date":"2026-06-10T14:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=51371"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:15:04","slug":"charles-r-charlie-chuck-benard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/charles-r-charlie-chuck-benard\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles R. &#8220;Charlie\/Chuck&#8221; Benard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"368\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Den-Herder-Benard-obit.jpg?fit=318%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51372\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GROVER HILL, OH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Charles R. &#8220;Charlie\/Chuck&#8221; Benard<\/strong>, age 65, passed away at his home in Grover Hill, OH surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chuck was born in Defiance, OH to his late parents, William H.C. and Fern (Lane) Benard. On May 21, 1988, he married Patricia L. &#8220;Trish&#8221; (King) Benard who preceded him in death on May 12, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He worked in maintenance at Haviland Drainage Products for several years. In his earlier years, he worked at Stokley&#8217;s in Paulding. Chuck had a love for NASCAR, especially driver Mark Martin, or anyone driving a Ford. He enjoyed collecting knives, watches, and hats. He loved loud rock music, especially Bob Seger or 1980&#8217;s hair bands and his Budweiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chuck will be lovingly missed by his favorite daughter, Leslie (Stan) Ankney, Ayersville, OH; son, Ted (Cassandra) King, Van Wert, OH; daughter, Amber Bernard, Defiance, OH; special grandsons he helped raised, Preston, Zoah, and Zanden; 5 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; sister, Sarah (Bob) Anderson, Montpelier, OH; brothers, Billy (Mary) Benard, Defiance, OH; Mike (Pat) Benard, Defiance, OH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is also preceded in death by his sisters: Linda Vance, Jean Benard, and Phillis Howard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Inurnment will take place in St. Paul Cemetery, Paulding Township, OH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flowers and tributes may be sent directly to Chuck&#8217;s daughter, Leslie Ankney, at 29141 Steinmaier Road, Defiance, OH 43512.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online condolences may be shared at denherderfh.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GROVER HILL, OH: Charles R. &#8220;Charlie\/Chuck&#8221; Benard, age 65, passed away at his home in Grover Hill, OH surrounded by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51372,"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":[28979,29243,28977,29244,9509,3417,29246,13238,29248,28978,29247,29249,28973,29245],"class_list":["post-51371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits","tag-amber-benard","tag-charles-r-benard","tag-charlie-benard","tag-chuck-benard","tag-defiance-ohio","tag-den-herder-funeral-home","tag-fern-lane-benard","tag-grover-hill-ohio","tag-jean-benard","tag-leslie-ankney","tag-linda-vance","tag-phillis-howard","tag-ted-king","tag-william-hc-benard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Den-Herder-Benard-obit.jpg?fit=318%2C368&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-dmz","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 16:55:27","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\/51371","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=51371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51373,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51371\/revisions\/51373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}