Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cruz, Amy Lynn (Benham) 2004
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 14 Oct 2004

Amy Lynn (Benham) Cruz, age 31, went to be with her Lord on Monday evening, 
October 11, 2004, following a two and one-half year struggle with leukemia.

Amy was born on Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S. Carolina, on July 18, 1973 
the daughter of (the late) James D. K. Benham and Vicki Benham and step-father 
Jeff Lackey.

She graduated from Knob Noster High School in Missouri and attended Central 
Missouri State University, where she was later employed as a secretary at the 
Physical plant.  Amy’s children were the most important part of her life.  When 
she could find free time, she enjoyed scrap booking, cross-stitching, and 
playing her flute.  One of the most memorable events in Amy’s life was being 
able to spend time in Germany with her brother this past summer before her most 
recent hospitalization.

Amy is survived by her children, Teodoro “Teddy” and Connor Cruz; mother and 
step-father Vicki and Jeff Lackey; brother, Senior Airman James D.K. Benham II, 
and his wife and daughter, Maggie and Claire; sister, Christina Benham; great-
grandmother, Clara French; grandmother, Marie Barnes and many other loving 
relatives and friends in Lake Odessa, Knob Noster, and Warrensburg, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her father, Dan; grandparents, William and Mary 
Jean French, Jack Barnes, and Jim and Kay Benham.

The family will receive relatives and friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on 
Thursday, at the Lakewood United Methodist Church.  A memorial service will be 
held at the Lakewood United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Interment will take place in Lakeside Cemetery in Lake Odessa.  The family has 
suggested that memorial contributions may be given to the Hope Lodge in Kansas 
City, Missouri, where Amy lived for a year and one-half while receiving 
treatment for leukemia.  Arrangements were handled by the Koops Funeral Chapel 
in Lake Odessa.


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