Mary F. Benfield was born February 19, 1925, in Boonville, Missouri, the daughter of Albert and Mildred (Whitehurse) Blanck. She died March 12, 2016.
Mary worked at Kansas Wesleyan University until she started her family. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary and a past member of Sacred Heart Ladies Guild. She was a volunteer at Sacred Heart Grade School, was a Girl Scout leader and cared for babies at Mother’s Hour.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, in 2010; brother, Al Blanck; and a great-grandson, David Joe Hay.
She is survived by two sons, Gary Robert Benfield and George Richard Benfield; and a daughter, Mary Ann Hay. Other survivors included two brothers, Dick Blanck and Bill Blanck; two sisters, Luann Conway and Jean Smith; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mary worked at Kansas Wesleyan University until she started her family. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary and a past member of Sacred Heart Ladies Guild. She was a volunteer at Sacred Heart Grade School, was a Girl Scout leader and cared for babies at Mother’s Hour.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, in 2010; brother, Al Blanck; and a great-grandson, David Joe Hay.
She is survived by two sons, Gary Robert Benfield and George Richard Benfield; and a daughter, Mary Ann Hay. Other survivors included two brothers, Dick Blanck and Bill Blanck; two sisters, Luann Conway and Jean Smith; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mary F. Benfield was born February 19, 1925, in Boonville, Missouri, the daughter of Albert and Mildred (Whitehurse) Blanck. She died March 12, 2016.
Mary worked at Kansas Wesleyan University until she started her family. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary and a past member of Sacred Heart Ladies Guild. She was a volunteer at Sacred Heart Grade School, was a Girl Scout leader and cared for babies at Mother’s Hour.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, in 2010; brother, Al Blanck; and a great-grandson, David Joe Hay.
She is survived by two sons, Gary Robert Benfield and George Richard Benfield; and a daughter, Mary Ann Hay. Other survivors included two brothers, Dick Blanck and Bill Blanck; two sisters, Luann Conway and Jean Smith; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mary worked at Kansas Wesleyan University until she started her family. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary and a past member of Sacred Heart Ladies Guild. She was a volunteer at Sacred Heart Grade School, was a Girl Scout leader and cared for babies at Mother’s Hour.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, in 2010; brother, Al Blanck; and a great-grandson, David Joe Hay.
She is survived by two sons, Gary Robert Benfield and George Richard Benfield; and a daughter, Mary Ann Hay. Other survivors included two brothers, Dick Blanck and Bill Blanck; two sisters, Luann Conway and Jean Smith; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
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