Obit: Benedict, Kenneth C. #2 (1947 - 2005)

Contact: Crystal Wendt
Email:  crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Benedict, Hinkelman, Honzik, Doberstein, Besaw

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Mon, Nov 21, 2005

Benedict, Kenneth C. (2 Sept. 1947 - 18 Nov. 2005)

Kenneth Benedict

BLACK RIVER FALLS - Kenneth C. Benedict, 58, of Black River Falls died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at the Black River Memorial Hospital in Black River Falls.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville, Wis. Interment will be in town of York Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gesche Funeral Home.

He was born Sept. 2, 1947, in York Center on his parents' farm. He worked for most of his life as a farmhand, but he also worked for Arden Hinkelman, pumping gas and most recently as a janitor at Strike Time Lanes in Neillsville, Wis. He married Addie Jean Riphenburg and they had five children. They divorced and later Kenneth married Patricia Honzik.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia; and five children, Rose (Dan) Doberstein of DePere, Gloria Benedict of Neillsville, William Benedict of DePere, Kenneth Benedict of DePere and Amanda (Tom) Besaw of Green Bay. He is also survived by seven grandchildren; his mother, Marian Benedict of Neillsville; and a brother, Gary Benedict.