Mary Margaret Benda 1923-2008
DONAHUE, EGAN, BENDA, BLOESCH, PALMER, VALLEY, HABERICHTER, FERRING
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Date: 12/25/2008 at 15:46:22
Mary Benda 1923-2008
Mary M. Benda, 85, of Waterville died Friday, September 5, 2008 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 9 at St. Pius Cherry Mound Catholic Church in rural Harpers Ferry, with Fr. Louis Trzil officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mary Margaret Benda was born June 16, 1923 on the Linton Township, rural Harpers Ferry farm of her parents, Timothy B. and Mary (Donahue) Egan. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Pius at Cherry Mound Catholic Church and attended rural Linton Township schools. May 3, 1949 she married Lawrence Vincent Benda at the St. Pius Cherry Mound Church. Mary and Lawrence farmed for many years in Linton Township. She was an extremely hard worker on the farm and a very busy mother raising their eight children. Mary was known for her huge vegetable garden and all the canning and freezing of produce she did. She was also an excellent baker, and her homemade bread was a family favorite.
Mary was a lifelong member of St. Pius Cherry Mound Catholic Church, where she taught CCD, was a member of the Rosary Society and served as a unit leader. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post in Harpers Ferry. Mary loved music and liked to go dancing at area dance halls. She enjoyed traveling and had a particularly good time on a trip to Ireland, a visit to Des Moines to see the Pope, and two trips to Branson, MO. In more recent years, she has enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and going out to eat with her friends.
Survivors include her eight children, Lawrence (Marsha) and Paul (Kathy) Benda, both of Waukon, Mary (Lon) Bloesch of Madison, WI, Bill (Denise) Benda and Marcy (Steve) Palmer, both of Monona, and Robert (Cheryl), Don (Amy) and Roger Benda, all of Sun Prairie, WI; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rose Ella Valley and Helen (Vernis) Haberichter, both of Waukon; three sisters-in-law, Myrtle Egan of Harpers Ferry, Cecelia Benda of Prairie du Chien, WI, and Rose (John) Robholz of Madison, WI. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Lawrence, who died in 1995; a granddaughter, Megan Benda; two brothers, John and Tim Egan; and a sister, Catherine Ferring.
Honorary casketbearers were her grandchildren. Casketbearers were John Egan, Tim Valley, Tom Haberichter, Dave Schlitter, Don Ferring, and Don Schlitter.
The Waukon Standard, September 10, 2008
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