 Margaret
B. Benware
December
30, 2011
 PHILADELPHIA,
N.Y. —
Margaret B. Benware, 88, of Quinton, Okla.,
died Sunday, Dec. 25, at Quinton Nursing Home where she had
been a resident.
Born Aug. 17, 1923, in Russell, the daughter of Peter and
Hattie Fanning Newvine, she graduated in 1940 from Hermon
High School.
She married Sidney G. Benware on Aug. 28, 1940. Mr.
Benware died Oct. 1, 2005.
She lived in Philadelphia most of her life until moving to Oklahoma
last year.
Mrs. Benware was a homemaker and worked for Northland
Electric from 1960 to 1966.
She was a member of the Robert Markwick American Legion Post
798 Auxiliary in Philadelphia and enjoyed gardening and
cooking.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Sidney and
Barbra, Rochester, Eugene and Lorna, St,. Petersburg, Fla.,
Gary and Darleen, Kinta, Okla., and Louis and Pat,
Philadelphia; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sarah and
Harry Davis, and Kay Judd, all of Red Oak, Okla.; 23
grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; eight great great
gandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Eleanor Benware,
Philadelphia.
Besides a son, Albert who died Aug. 4, 2009, two sisters,
Edith Carrieo and Madeline Hamilton and two brothers,
Kenneth and Clarence, all died before her.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday Jan. 5, at Frederick
Bros. Funeral Home, Inc., Theresa, with Rev. Tom Kornmyer of
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Philadelphia, officiating.
Burial will be in Hermon Cemetery, Hermon. Friends are
invited to gather at the Robert Markwick American Legion in
Philadelphia following the burial.
Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, and 10 to
11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 120
Washington Street, Suite 419, Watertown, NY, 13601 or Robert
Marckwick American Legion Post 798, 58 Main Street,
Philadelphia, NY, 13673.
Condolences may be made
online at www.frederickbrosfuneralhome.com.
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Information provided by Frederick
Bros. Funeral Home, Inc. and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.
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