Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Benedict, Marjorie Ann February 15, 2004
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Marjorie Ann Benedict, 78, of Morrison Lake, formerly of Ionia, passed away on 
Sunday, February 15, 2004 in Ionia.  She was born on January 26, 1926 in 
Ionia, the daughter of Dale and Evelyn (Friend) Courser.

Marge attended Kilmartin School in Orange Township for eight years and 
graduated from Portland High School.  Mrs. Benedict did war work in the Ionia 
Factory and tied parachute shrouds in a Grand Rapids factory for money for 
college. She attended Ferris State Institute in Big Rapids on a partial 
scholarship for three years and earned an elementary certificate.  While at 
Ferris she was listed in Who's Who for American Colleges and Universities. 

She commuted to Michigan State University for three years and earned a BA in 
Art Education, graduating with Honors in 1967.

She was a member and President of the Ionia Art Guild, taught 4H sewing with 
Mrs. Edward Sterner and Mrs. Clarence Aldrich, was a member of the First 
United Methodist Church and sang in the Methodist Choirs.  She taught Art in 
Lowell Middle School from 1967 to 1972 while working on her Masters Degree in 
Art Education under Professor Gerald Mast of the University of Michigan 
Extension at Grand Rapids.

She married John Benedict on June 6, 1948 and together raised four children 
and renovated their historic home at 126 Lafayette Street in Ionia.  In 1988 
they moved to Morrison Lake.

Mrs. Benedict was preceded in death by her parents; granddaughters, Evelyn 
Prince and Megan Prince.  Surviving are her husband of 55 years, John 
Benedict; four children, Deborah Benedict of Lansing, Dee Ann (Charles "Skip") 
Prince of Kalamazoo, Michael (Mila) Benedict of Berkeley, California, and Dale 
Marie Benedict of Ionia; two grandchildren, Lauren Prince and John Michael 
Benedict; brother, Eugene (Clarabelle) Courser; sister, Lucy (Dave) Stolt; 
many nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Martin Culver, Pastor, at 11 
a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Ionia.  Interment will 
take place in the spring at Balcom Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 
at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral, Cook Chapel, Ionia from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 
8:30 p.m. Tuesday.  For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to 
the First United Methodist Church or to the Evelyn Prince Memorial Scholarship 
Fund in memory of Mrs. Marjorie Anne Benedict.



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