{"id":110642,"date":"2026-04-27T11:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=110642"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:08:33","slug":"bender-rick-age-83-harriston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2026\/04\/bender-rick-age-83-harriston\/","title":{"rendered":"Bender, Rick (Age 83, Harriston)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"102\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2026\/04\/b91be3e9-benderr-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110643\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rick Bender of Harriston passed away on Saturday, April 25th, in his 84th year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Husband of Jackie. Father of John &amp; Scott, Robert &amp; Lisa, and Jennifer &amp; David. Grandfather of Jacob, Ryan, Danica, Curtis, and Keenan, and great-grandfather of Wesley. Lovingly remembered by Jackie\u2019s family, and cherished also by his sisters Rosanna Olsen, and Mary Ellen Tompkins and husband Richard, as well as many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A graveside funeral service will be held in Harriston Cemetery on Thursday, April 30th at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardyleefuneralhome.com\/memorials\/rick-bender\/5707771\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hardyleefuneralhome.com\/memorials\/rick-bender\/5707771\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click HERE to read full obituary. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rick Bender of Harriston passed away on Saturday, April 25th, in his 84th year. Husband of Jackie. Father of John &amp; Scott, Robert &amp; Lisa, and Jennifer &amp; David. Grandfather of Jacob, Ryan, Danica, Curtis, and Keenan, and great-grandfather of Wesley. Lovingly remembered by Jackie\u2019s family, and cherished also by his sisters Rosanna Olsen, and","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5210,48,49],"class_list":["post-110642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-bender","tag-hardy-lee-funeral-home","tag-harriston"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 22:52:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2026\/04\/bender-rick-age-83-harriston\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110645,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110642\/revisions\/110645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}