Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Benedict, Dale Marie 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 31, 2010, 6:01 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, August 17, 2007 Dale Marie Benedict "Oodles the Clown" of Ionia, age 50, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. She was born on Aug. 22, 1956 in Ionia the daughter of John R. and Marjorie Benedict. She enjoyed theater, performing at parties as " Oodles the Clown", singing telegrams and playing practical jokes. Dale also worked at WION for a number of years. She was preceded in death by her mother, Marjorie. Surviving are her father, John R.; siblings, Deborah Benedict of Lansing, DeeAnn (Charles) Prince of Kalamazoo, Michael (Mila) Benedict of El Cerrito, Calif.; niece, Lauren Prince and nephew, John Michael Benedict. A memorial service will be conducted by Rev. Nancy Patera at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich St. Ionia. Interment will be in Balcom Cemetery, Ionia. The family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., Monday at the funeral home. For those wishing memorial contributions may be made to the Ionia Community Theater or Little Peoples Research Fund in memory of Dale. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/benedict9240nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb