Patricia L. "Patty" Benge
April 1, 1930 - January 15, 2015
Patricia L. (Quirk) Benge was invited into her eternal home on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Welcomed by a host of heavenly angels and hugged by her loved ones who had gone on before her. Patricia was born on April 1, 1930 to her loving parents, Edward and Dorthea (Fred) Quirk. She grew up in the small town of Sharpsville, Indiana, where she spent years helping her mother to raise a family of twelve brothers and sisters. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend.
She had attended Sharpsville Schools and was well educated on how to love and raise a family. Patricia worked as a carhop at a local Diner. One day her beauty caught the eye of a “piano playing gentleman” John R. Benge, who later became her wedded husband for forty-seven years, before he was also invited home to be with the Lord. Patricia, who was mostly known to many as “Patty” would spend years taking care of countless children, and was successful in being the first woman to establish a local union for “babysitters”. Many children have grown up under the teaching and loving guidance of Patty. Later in life she found herself working in several different workplaces that were graced by her love and willingness to befriend even the unkind of them all.
Patty worked at T-way, Whitacres, Wallmans and Big R; many knew her as “the cookie lady”. Patty retired from the workforce at age 65, but she never retired from working. Patty was the matriarch of her family. Always busy about making sure that the parties were scheduled, the cards were sent, the phone calls were made and the “hugs and kisses and I love you’s” were given. Everyone that knew Patty knew that she had a deep love for her Lord Jesus Christ. Patty attended church from the time she was small, she left this world as a member of In His Image Church, where she loved each and every one of the people she ever met. Patty loved her Pastor, Brad Swain, and was an active prayer warrior even upon her death.
Patty will forever be loved and will never be forgotten by her surviving relatives; son; Michael Benge, and wife, Carol, Peru, daughters; Vickie Candlish, and her husband, Fred, Marta Oberlander, and her husband, Jim, Kokomo, six grandchildren; Joseph Benge, and wife, Tammy, Chris Benge, and wife, Rene, Peru, Michelle Doak, Darla Kelley, and husband, Steve, Dana Candlish, and Cora Oberlander, Kokomo, ten great-grandchildren; Stacia, Jennifer, Quinton, Gabriel, Michael, Daisy, Victoria, Christian, Sunshine and Raina, brothers; Max Quirk, and his friend, Della, Galveston, Louis Quirk, and his wife, Shirley, Monticello, Martin Quirk, PD Quirk, and his wife, Janet, Sharpsville, Wayne Quirk, and his wife, Patti, Kokomo, sisters; Martha Quirk, Kokomo, and Louise Glaze, (Quirk) and her husband, Jo Dohn, Selma. Also surviving are three sisters-in-law; Miriam Quirk, Marion, Barbara Quirk, Kokomo, Mary-lou Shepard, Kokomo, and a very special friend she considered as a sister, Mary Gwenn Wainscott (Depew) and her children too, Deanna and Donnie. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and many close friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one great-grandchild; Gage, four brothers; Michael, Ed, John, and Jim Quirk, and her father and mother-in-law; Harold and Edith Benge.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 South Webster Street, with Pastor Brad Swain officiating. Burial will follow at Sharpsville Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family on Monday from 4-8 PM at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be directed to In His Image building fund.
April 1, 1930 - January 15, 2015
Patricia L. (Quirk) Benge was invited into her eternal home on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Welcomed by a host of heavenly angels and hugged by her loved ones who had gone on before her. Patricia was born on April 1, 1930 to her loving parents, Edward and Dorthea (Fred) Quirk. She grew up in the small town of Sharpsville, Indiana, where she spent years helping her mother to raise a family of twelve brothers and sisters. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend.
She had attended Sharpsville Schools and was well educated on how to love and raise a family. Patricia worked as a carhop at a local Diner. One day her beauty caught the eye of a “piano playing gentleman” John R. Benge, who later became her wedded husband for forty-seven years, before he was also invited home to be with the Lord. Patricia, who was mostly known to many as “Patty” would spend years taking care of countless children, and was successful in being the first woman to establish a local union for “babysitters”. Many children have grown up under the teaching and loving guidance of Patty. Later in life she found herself working in several different workplaces that were graced by her love and willingness to befriend even the unkind of them all.
Patty worked at T-way, Whitacres, Wallmans and Big R; many knew her as “the cookie lady”. Patty retired from the workforce at age 65, but she never retired from working. Patty was the matriarch of her family. Always busy about making sure that the parties were scheduled, the cards were sent, the phone calls were made and the “hugs and kisses and I love you’s” were given. Everyone that knew Patty knew that she had a deep love for her Lord Jesus Christ. Patty attended church from the time she was small, she left this world as a member of In His Image Church, where she loved each and every one of the people she ever met. Patty loved her Pastor, Brad Swain, and was an active prayer warrior even upon her death.
Patty will forever be loved and will never be forgotten by her surviving relatives; son; Michael Benge, and wife, Carol, Peru, daughters; Vickie Candlish, and her husband, Fred, Marta Oberlander, and her husband, Jim, Kokomo, six grandchildren; Joseph Benge, and wife, Tammy, Chris Benge, and wife, Rene, Peru, Michelle Doak, Darla Kelley, and husband, Steve, Dana Candlish, and Cora Oberlander, Kokomo, ten great-grandchildren; Stacia, Jennifer, Quinton, Gabriel, Michael, Daisy, Victoria, Christian, Sunshine and Raina, brothers; Max Quirk, and his friend, Della, Galveston, Louis Quirk, and his wife, Shirley, Monticello, Martin Quirk, PD Quirk, and his wife, Janet, Sharpsville, Wayne Quirk, and his wife, Patti, Kokomo, sisters; Martha Quirk, Kokomo, and Louise Glaze, (Quirk) and her husband, Jo Dohn, Selma. Also surviving are three sisters-in-law; Miriam Quirk, Marion, Barbara Quirk, Kokomo, Mary-lou Shepard, Kokomo, and a very special friend she considered as a sister, Mary Gwenn Wainscott (Depew) and her children too, Deanna and Donnie. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and many close friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one great-grandchild; Gage, four brothers; Michael, Ed, John, and Jim Quirk, and her father and mother-in-law; Harold and Edith Benge.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 South Webster Street, with Pastor Brad Swain officiating. Burial will follow at Sharpsville Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family on Monday from 4-8 PM at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be directed to In His Image building fund.
Patricia L. "Patty" Benge
April 1, 1930 - January 15, 2015
Patricia L. (Quirk) Benge was invited into her eternal home on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Welcomed by a host of heavenly angels and hugged by her loved ones who had gone on before her. Patricia was born on April 1, 1930 to her loving parents, Edward and Dorthea (Fred) Quirk. She grew up in the small town of Sharpsville, Indiana, where she spent years helping her mother to raise a family of twelve brothers and sisters. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend.
She had attended Sharpsville Schools and was well educated on how to love and raise a family. Patricia worked as a carhop at a local Diner. One day her beauty caught the eye of a “piano playing gentleman” John R. Benge, who later became her wedded husband for forty-seven years, before he was also invited home to be with the Lord. Patricia, who was mostly known to many as “Patty” would spend years taking care of countless children, and was successful in being the first woman to establish a local union for “babysitters”. Many children have grown up under the teaching and loving guidance of Patty. Later in life she found herself working in several different workplaces that were graced by her love and willingness to befriend even the unkind of them all.
Patty worked at T-way, Whitacres, Wallmans and Big R; many knew her as “the cookie lady”. Patty retired from the workforce at age 65, but she never retired from working. Patty was the matriarch of her family. Always busy about making sure that the parties were scheduled, the cards were sent, the phone calls were made and the “hugs and kisses and I love you’s” were given. Everyone that knew Patty knew that she had a deep love for her Lord Jesus Christ. Patty attended church from the time she was small, she left this world as a member of In His Image Church, where she loved each and every one of the people she ever met. Patty loved her Pastor, Brad Swain, and was an active prayer warrior even upon her death.
Patty will forever be loved and will never be forgotten by her surviving relatives; son; Michael Benge, and wife, Carol, Peru, daughters; Vickie Candlish, and her husband, Fred, Marta Oberlander, and her husband, Jim, Kokomo, six grandchildren; Joseph Benge, and wife, Tammy, Chris Benge, and wife, Rene, Peru, Michelle Doak, Darla Kelley, and husband, Steve, Dana Candlish, and Cora Oberlander, Kokomo, ten great-grandchildren; Stacia, Jennifer, Quinton, Gabriel, Michael, Daisy, Victoria, Christian, Sunshine and Raina, brothers; Max Quirk, and his friend, Della, Galveston, Louis Quirk, and his wife, Shirley, Monticello, Martin Quirk, PD Quirk, and his wife, Janet, Sharpsville, Wayne Quirk, and his wife, Patti, Kokomo, sisters; Martha Quirk, Kokomo, and Louise Glaze, (Quirk) and her husband, Jo Dohn, Selma. Also surviving are three sisters-in-law; Miriam Quirk, Marion, Barbara Quirk, Kokomo, Mary-lou Shepard, Kokomo, and a very special friend she considered as a sister, Mary Gwenn Wainscott (Depew) and her children too, Deanna and Donnie. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and many close friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one great-grandchild; Gage, four brothers; Michael, Ed, John, and Jim Quirk, and her father and mother-in-law; Harold and Edith Benge.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 South Webster Street, with Pastor Brad Swain officiating. Burial will follow at Sharpsville Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family on Monday from 4-8 PM at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be directed to In His Image building fund.
April 1, 1930 - January 15, 2015
Patricia L. (Quirk) Benge was invited into her eternal home on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Welcomed by a host of heavenly angels and hugged by her loved ones who had gone on before her. Patricia was born on April 1, 1930 to her loving parents, Edward and Dorthea (Fred) Quirk. She grew up in the small town of Sharpsville, Indiana, where she spent years helping her mother to raise a family of twelve brothers and sisters. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend.
She had attended Sharpsville Schools and was well educated on how to love and raise a family. Patricia worked as a carhop at a local Diner. One day her beauty caught the eye of a “piano playing gentleman” John R. Benge, who later became her wedded husband for forty-seven years, before he was also invited home to be with the Lord. Patricia, who was mostly known to many as “Patty” would spend years taking care of countless children, and was successful in being the first woman to establish a local union for “babysitters”. Many children have grown up under the teaching and loving guidance of Patty. Later in life she found herself working in several different workplaces that were graced by her love and willingness to befriend even the unkind of them all.
Patty worked at T-way, Whitacres, Wallmans and Big R; many knew her as “the cookie lady”. Patty retired from the workforce at age 65, but she never retired from working. Patty was the matriarch of her family. Always busy about making sure that the parties were scheduled, the cards were sent, the phone calls were made and the “hugs and kisses and I love you’s” were given. Everyone that knew Patty knew that she had a deep love for her Lord Jesus Christ. Patty attended church from the time she was small, she left this world as a member of In His Image Church, where she loved each and every one of the people she ever met. Patty loved her Pastor, Brad Swain, and was an active prayer warrior even upon her death.
Patty will forever be loved and will never be forgotten by her surviving relatives; son; Michael Benge, and wife, Carol, Peru, daughters; Vickie Candlish, and her husband, Fred, Marta Oberlander, and her husband, Jim, Kokomo, six grandchildren; Joseph Benge, and wife, Tammy, Chris Benge, and wife, Rene, Peru, Michelle Doak, Darla Kelley, and husband, Steve, Dana Candlish, and Cora Oberlander, Kokomo, ten great-grandchildren; Stacia, Jennifer, Quinton, Gabriel, Michael, Daisy, Victoria, Christian, Sunshine and Raina, brothers; Max Quirk, and his friend, Della, Galveston, Louis Quirk, and his wife, Shirley, Monticello, Martin Quirk, PD Quirk, and his wife, Janet, Sharpsville, Wayne Quirk, and his wife, Patti, Kokomo, sisters; Martha Quirk, Kokomo, and Louise Glaze, (Quirk) and her husband, Jo Dohn, Selma. Also surviving are three sisters-in-law; Miriam Quirk, Marion, Barbara Quirk, Kokomo, Mary-lou Shepard, Kokomo, and a very special friend she considered as a sister, Mary Gwenn Wainscott (Depew) and her children too, Deanna and Donnie. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and many close friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one great-grandchild; Gage, four brothers; Michael, Ed, John, and Jim Quirk, and her father and mother-in-law; Harold and Edith Benge.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 South Webster Street, with Pastor Brad Swain officiating. Burial will follow at Sharpsville Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family on Monday from 4-8 PM at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be directed to In His Image building fund.
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