Surnames: Benas, Weslosky, Kruswicke, Schoengarth, Schleiler

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin) Tue, Jan 18, 2005

Benas, Jean T. (27 Oct. 1912 - 17 Jan. 2005)

NEILLSVILLE - Jean Benas, 92, of Neillsville, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at Memorial Nursing Home in Neillsville.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at the Gesch Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home.

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin) Wed, Jan 19, 2005

Jean T. Benas

NEILLSVILLE -Jean Benas, age 92, of Neillsville, passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at the Memorial Nursing Home in Neillsville.

Funeral services for Jean will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, at the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville. The Rev. Woodrow H. Pace will officiate. Interment will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Neillsville. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Thursday at the funeral home.

Jean T. Weslosky was born Oct. 27, 1912, in Neillsville, the daughter of Martin and Teresa (Kruswicke) Weslosky. She was baptized Nov. 22, 1912, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, received her first communion June 27, 1927, in Neillsville. She was raised and educated in the Neillsville area, attending Rock Creek Grade School in the town of Levis of Clark County. Jean, being the youngest, helped her parents on the family farm. She was united in marriage to Emil Benas on Sept. 18, 1940, by Judge Schoengarth. Emil and she continued farming with her parents, and eventually taking ownership. They enjoyed a very good life on the farm. Emil passed away in September 1976. Jean continued living on the farm for several years, then moved to an apartment in Neillsville. She moved into the Neillsville Memorial Home on Oct. 9, 1996, and continued living there until her death.

Jean enjoyed many good times with her special family, Richard and Patricia Schleifer, along with their six children and grandchildren. She especially liked going out for rides in the country, including to the farm she had lived on. She always had a smile on her face and will be missed.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three brothers, Paul, Stanley and Nicholas Weslosky; and four sisters, Gertrude, Isabelle, Marie and Viola.