Wesley G. Benda, passed away, October 17, 2009, in Kearney, Nebraska. Wesley was born January 30, 1920, to Robert and Hazel (Hurst) Benda in Oberlin, Kansas.
Wesley attended Achilles, District No. 14 and Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, Kansas graduating in 1937. He then attended Kansas State University at Manhattan, Kansas.
On June 12, 1944, he married Eulaine Erikson. They lived on farms in Rawlins County Kansas before moving to Oberlin, Kansas. He was a farmer.
He was a member of the Herndon Covenant Church in Herndon Kansas,
Wesley was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by his parents, Robert and Hazel Benda, son-in-law, Mitch Messerly; brother, John Benda and infant grandson, Nicholas Maresch.
Survivors his wife, Eulaine Benda of Oberlin, Kansas; son, Gerald and wife, Patti Benda of Ludell, Kansas; daughters, Connie and husband, Bob Smith of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Leanne and husband, Losson Pike of Ashland, Kansas, Shirley and husband, Daryl Maresch of Nekoma, Kansas, Beverly Messerly of Sublette, Kansas, and Barbara and husband, Mark Olson of Oberlin, Kansas; sisters, Esther Noren of Oberlin, Kansas and Ida Marie and husband, David Erikson of Green Valley, Arizona; and a host of friends and relatives.
Wesley attended Achilles, District No. 14 and Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, Kansas graduating in 1937. He then attended Kansas State University at Manhattan, Kansas.
On June 12, 1944, he married Eulaine Erikson. They lived on farms in Rawlins County Kansas before moving to Oberlin, Kansas. He was a farmer.
He was a member of the Herndon Covenant Church in Herndon Kansas,
Wesley was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by his parents, Robert and Hazel Benda, son-in-law, Mitch Messerly; brother, John Benda and infant grandson, Nicholas Maresch.
Survivors his wife, Eulaine Benda of Oberlin, Kansas; son, Gerald and wife, Patti Benda of Ludell, Kansas; daughters, Connie and husband, Bob Smith of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Leanne and husband, Losson Pike of Ashland, Kansas, Shirley and husband, Daryl Maresch of Nekoma, Kansas, Beverly Messerly of Sublette, Kansas, and Barbara and husband, Mark Olson of Oberlin, Kansas; sisters, Esther Noren of Oberlin, Kansas and Ida Marie and husband, David Erikson of Green Valley, Arizona; and a host of friends and relatives.
Wesley G. Benda, passed away, October 17, 2009, in Kearney, Nebraska. Wesley was born January 30, 1920, to Robert and Hazel (Hurst) Benda in Oberlin, Kansas.
Wesley attended Achilles, District No. 14 and Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, Kansas graduating in 1937. He then attended Kansas State University at Manhattan, Kansas.
On June 12, 1944, he married Eulaine Erikson. They lived on farms in Rawlins County Kansas before moving to Oberlin, Kansas. He was a farmer.
He was a member of the Herndon Covenant Church in Herndon Kansas,
Wesley was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by his parents, Robert and Hazel Benda, son-in-law, Mitch Messerly; brother, John Benda and infant grandson, Nicholas Maresch.
Survivors his wife, Eulaine Benda of Oberlin, Kansas; son, Gerald and wife, Patti Benda of Ludell, Kansas; daughters, Connie and husband, Bob Smith of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Leanne and husband, Losson Pike of Ashland, Kansas, Shirley and husband, Daryl Maresch of Nekoma, Kansas, Beverly Messerly of Sublette, Kansas, and Barbara and husband, Mark Olson of Oberlin, Kansas; sisters, Esther Noren of Oberlin, Kansas and Ida Marie and husband, David Erikson of Green Valley, Arizona; and a host of friends and relatives.
Wesley attended Achilles, District No. 14 and Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, Kansas graduating in 1937. He then attended Kansas State University at Manhattan, Kansas.
On June 12, 1944, he married Eulaine Erikson. They lived on farms in Rawlins County Kansas before moving to Oberlin, Kansas. He was a farmer.
He was a member of the Herndon Covenant Church in Herndon Kansas,
Wesley was welcomed into The Heavenly Home by his parents, Robert and Hazel Benda, son-in-law, Mitch Messerly; brother, John Benda and infant grandson, Nicholas Maresch.
Survivors his wife, Eulaine Benda of Oberlin, Kansas; son, Gerald and wife, Patti Benda of Ludell, Kansas; daughters, Connie and husband, Bob Smith of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Leanne and husband, Losson Pike of Ashland, Kansas, Shirley and husband, Daryl Maresch of Nekoma, Kansas, Beverly Messerly of Sublette, Kansas, and Barbara and husband, Mark Olson of Oberlin, Kansas; sisters, Esther Noren of Oberlin, Kansas and Ida Marie and husband, David Erikson of Green Valley, Arizona; and a host of friends and relatives.
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