From Greenville, Michigan. Born in Riverdale to Frances & Carrie (Flint) Benner. After graduating from high school, He served his country during World War II with the U S Army in the Asia-Pacific theatre. Under General Douglas MacArthur's command,he helped liberate the Phillippine Islands and then served with Army Occupation in Japan. On May 27, 1944, in Marysville, California, he married Evelyn Sherwood. He retired from the Grand Trunk Railroad where he worked in maintenance.
In Greenville, he had been a member of both the Cleveland-Wolverton Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ray I Booth American Legion posts.
He was preceded in death by his parents: four sisters, Belva, Carrie, Ida and Beulah; four brothers, Nathan, Charles, Fred and Lem. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Benner of Greenville; his daughter & son-in-law, Vikki & Pat Merren of Greenville; 3 grandchildren, Michael & Danell Merren of Rockford,Jonathon & April Merren of Belding and Meggin & James Mollo of Greenville; 8 great grandchildren, Micah, Kaiah and Maya Merren, Zachary, Alexander, Maxwell and Jackson Merren and Jade Mollo and several nieces & nephews.
In Greenville, he had been a member of both the Cleveland-Wolverton Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ray I Booth American Legion posts.
He was preceded in death by his parents: four sisters, Belva, Carrie, Ida and Beulah; four brothers, Nathan, Charles, Fred and Lem. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Benner of Greenville; his daughter & son-in-law, Vikki & Pat Merren of Greenville; 3 grandchildren, Michael & Danell Merren of Rockford,Jonathon & April Merren of Belding and Meggin & James Mollo of Greenville; 8 great grandchildren, Micah, Kaiah and Maya Merren, Zachary, Alexander, Maxwell and Jackson Merren and Jade Mollo and several nieces & nephews.
From Greenville, Michigan. Born in Riverdale to Frances & Carrie (Flint) Benner. After graduating from high school, He served his country during World War II with the U S Army in the Asia-Pacific theatre. Under General Douglas MacArthur's command,he helped liberate the Phillippine Islands and then served with Army Occupation in Japan. On May 27, 1944, in Marysville, California, he married Evelyn Sherwood. He retired from the Grand Trunk Railroad where he worked in maintenance.
In Greenville, he had been a member of both the Cleveland-Wolverton Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ray I Booth American Legion posts.
He was preceded in death by his parents: four sisters, Belva, Carrie, Ida and Beulah; four brothers, Nathan, Charles, Fred and Lem. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Benner of Greenville; his daughter & son-in-law, Vikki & Pat Merren of Greenville; 3 grandchildren, Michael & Danell Merren of Rockford,Jonathon & April Merren of Belding and Meggin & James Mollo of Greenville; 8 great grandchildren, Micah, Kaiah and Maya Merren, Zachary, Alexander, Maxwell and Jackson Merren and Jade Mollo and several nieces & nephews.
In Greenville, he had been a member of both the Cleveland-Wolverton Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ray I Booth American Legion posts.
He was preceded in death by his parents: four sisters, Belva, Carrie, Ida and Beulah; four brothers, Nathan, Charles, Fred and Lem. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Benner of Greenville; his daughter & son-in-law, Vikki & Pat Merren of Greenville; 3 grandchildren, Michael & Danell Merren of Rockford,Jonathon & April Merren of Belding and Meggin & James Mollo of Greenville; 8 great grandchildren, Micah, Kaiah and Maya Merren, Zachary, Alexander, Maxwell and Jackson Merren and Jade Mollo and several nieces & nephews.
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