{"id":19,"date":"2024-10-09T01:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/ArchwayPublishing\/867379\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-01-12T06:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:30:32","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/author-1.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/author-1.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" style=\"width:362px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ann Trochum<\/strong> resides in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., with her husband Tom, who is an ordained Pastor. After retiring, Ann served five years volunteering with Wake Med Hospital. Since both retired, they have traveled outside of the country to serve on four mission trips through their local church; two to Haiti and two to Costa Rica. They have also volunteered with agencies such as Community of Hope, Angel Food Ministries, and Meals on Wheels. Both are certified Disaster Relief volunteers and have served in that capacity following several natural disasters both in and outside of North Carolina. Tom served as a Gideon for many years, with Ann serving alongside him in the Gideon\u2019s Auxiliary. Together they headed up the local Wake County Jail Ministry. Their work is not done, and they plan to serve for many years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:anntrochum@hotmail.com\">anntrochum@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ann Trochum on Facebook.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Trochum resides in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., with her husband Tom, who is an ordained Pastor. After retiring, Ann served five years volunteering with Wake Med Hospital. Since both retired, they have traveled outside of the country to serve on four mission trips through their local church; two to Haiti and two to Costa Rica. They have also volunteered with agencies such as Community of Hope, Angel Food Ministries, and Meals on Wheels&#8230;. <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/about-the-author\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/865579\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}