Golf swings support fallen trooper’s family

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MOLLENBECK SHOWS US HOW A GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISED SUPPORT FOR THOSE FAMILIES. ON GOLF OUTINGS LIKE THESE – THE SHOTS AND THE SCORES ARE SECONDARY TO WHAT THEY HELP ACHIEVE: IN THIS CASE – SUPPORTING A SURVIVING SPOUSE WHO IS NOW TRYING TO RAISE FOUR GIRLS. HOLLY BENDA AND HER LATE HUSBAND, TED, HAD A NEWBORN AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH LAST OCTOBER. <16:52.55 MY YOUNGEST WAS THREE WEEKS OLD WHEN TED PASSED, SO WE HAVE A LONG LIFE WITHOUT HIM. AND TO HAVE BENEFITS LIKE THIS MEANS EVERYTHING. 16:52.05> THE EVENT ALSO HONORED THE FAMILY OF SGT. JIM SMITH – WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT LAST YEAR. BENDA SAYS SHE AND THE OTHER SURVIVING SPOUSE HAVE DEVELOPED A BOND. <1724 16:52.03 WE WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TOGETHER, WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS EVENTS TOGETHER. I FEEL LIKE KATHY SUFFERS FROM A MUCH STRONGER LOSS THAN I DO. SHE HAD TO SUFFER THROUGH A TRIAL. 15:52.18> ON THE COURSE – SOME OF THE APPAREL WAS COLORFUL ENOUGH TO TURN HEADS – EVEN BY GOLF STANDARDS. SEVERAL GROUPS DRESSED IN MATCHING, BRIGHT-COLORED CAMOFLAGE. <16:53.49 SO I HAD PASSED THESE MEN PROBABLY FOUR TIMES ON THE GOLF COURSE NOT KNOWING WHY THEY WERE DRESSED IN CAMO. I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE A FUN GROUP OF GUYS. 16:53.59> FUN, THEY PROBABLY WERE, BUT THEIR CLOTHING CHOICE HAD A PURPOSE. <1709 16:20.20 WE DRESSED LIKE THIS I GUESS FOR THE GIRLS. THEY'RE OUTDOORSY GIRLS, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND MADE IT FUN FOR THEM. 16:20.28> THAT MESSAGE EVENTUALLY MADE IT BACK TO HOLLY. <16:54.21 SO ONCE I FOUND OUT WHY THEY WERE IN CAMO, WE HUNTED THEM DOWN. AND WE SHOWED OUR APPRECIATION. 16:54.30> THE HAMILTON COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE EVENT USUALLY RAISES MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A FAMILY.

‘To have benefits like this means everything’: Golf swings support fallen trooper’s family

A golf benefit in Webster City Saturday raised money for the family of Iowa State Trooper Ted Benda. He left behind a wife and four daughters.

Iowa State Trooper Ted Benda had just welcomed his fourth daughter into the world before an accident killed him last October.On Saturday, his wife and the couple’s four children were the recipients of the annual Hamilton County Peace Officers Association benefit golf tournament. “My youngest was three weeks old when Ted passed, so we have a long life without him,” said Holly Benda, the surviving spouse. “And to have benefits like this means everything.”The event generally raises more than $20,000 for the family selected to be that year’s beneficiary. The event also honored Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith, who was fatally shot last year. The two families brought together by those tragedies have formed a bond. “We went to Washington, D.C. together,” Benda said. “We’ve done numerous events together.” At the auction following the golf event, two flags that flew over the U.S. Capitol in honor of both men were up for bids.The benefit supports a different family of a fallen peace officer, firefighter or military member each year. Click below to watch Andrew Mollenbeck report on the Iowa Amputee Golf Tournament:

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa —

Iowa State Trooper Ted Benda had just welcomed his fourth daughter into the world before an accident killed him last October.

On Saturday, his wife and the couple’s four children were the recipients of the annual Hamilton County Peace Officers Association benefit golf tournament.

“My youngest was three weeks old when Ted passed, so we have a long life without him,” said Holly Benda, the surviving spouse. “And to have benefits like this means everything.”

The event generally raises more than $20,000 for the family selected to be that year’s beneficiary.

The event also honored Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith, who was fatally shot last year. The two families brought together by those tragedies have formed a bond.

“We went to Washington, D.C. together,” Benda said. “We’ve done numerous events together.”

At the auction following the golf event, two flags that flew over the U.S. Capitol in honor of both men were up for bids.

The benefit supports a different family of a fallen peace officer, firefighter or military member each year.

Click below to watch Andrew Mollenbeck report on the Iowa Amputee Golf Tournament:

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