BENEKE, Theresa M. (JORGENSEN)

JORGENSEN, BENEKE, GRATIAS, HEGARD, CUMMING

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 10/26/2017 at 14:08:02

Obituary ~ Theresa M. (Jorgensen) Beneke
December 07, 1901 ~ May 13, 1997

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
May 15, 1997

MASON CITY -- Theresa M. Beneke, 95, of 302 Second St. N.E., died Tuesday (May 13, 1997) at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. James B. Norem of St. Paul Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

There will be no visitation. The body was cremated.

Memorials may be given to the Theresa M. Beneke Memorial Fund.

Theresa was born Dec. 7, 1901, at rural Nora Springs, daughter of Hans F. and Clara (Gratias) Jorgensen. She attended country school near Nora Springs and graduated from Mason City High School in 1920.

Theresa was married to Edwin M. Beneke on June 10, 1925, at Mason City.

She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. She was active in Womens Circle at church, when she was able to be. She was a former member of the Mason City Camera Club and Garden Club. She enjoyed playing bridge.

She is survived by a sister, Mildred Hedgard of Plant City, Fla.; several nieces, nephews and cousins, including Art Gratias of Mason City.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin; one son, Robert; two sisters, Anna Cumming and Mabel Jorgensen; and brother, Alvin Jorgensen.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2017