Mrs. Benbennick was born in Dallas Center and lived there until the 1960s. In 1966, she moved to the Oregon coast, where she established Norma's Seafood Restaurant in 1978, operating it until her death. She was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Seaside, where a funeral mass was conducted on Dec. 14. She was a past worthy matron of the Rhinehart Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband, Vincent; a daughter, Jackie Saunders of Des Moines; four sisters, Emma Mae Smith of Dallas Center, Jane Bohner of Perry, Betty Lynde of Junction City, Ore, and Sharon Dixon of Urbandale; six brothers, Maynard Ward and Wesley Ward, both of Dallas Center, Dean Ward of Johnston, Stephen Ward and Allen Macumber, both of Minneapolis, Minn., and Keith Macumber of Bonita, Calif.; her step-mother, Jo Hicks of Minneapolis; and two grandchildren. In addition, she is survived by two step-daughters, a stepson and three step-grandchildren.
Mrs. Benbennick was born in Dallas Center and lived there until the 1960s. In 1966, she moved to the Oregon coast, where she established Norma's Seafood Restaurant in 1978, operating it until her death. She was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Seaside, where a funeral mass was conducted on Dec. 14. She was a past worthy matron of the Rhinehart Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband, Vincent; a daughter, Jackie Saunders of Des Moines; four sisters, Emma Mae Smith of Dallas Center, Jane Bohner of Perry, Betty Lynde of Junction City, Ore, and Sharon Dixon of Urbandale; six brothers, Maynard Ward and Wesley Ward, both of Dallas Center, Dean Ward of Johnston, Stephen Ward and Allen Macumber, both of Minneapolis, Minn., and Keith Macumber of Bonita, Calif.; her step-mother, Jo Hicks of Minneapolis; and two grandchildren. In addition, she is survived by two step-daughters, a stepson and three step-grandchildren.
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