OBIT: Shirley E. (KNOX) BENFORD, 2000, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Patty Millich and proofread by Alice James. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BENFORD Shirley E. Benford, 59, 403 Somerset Ave., Rockwood, died Jan. 9, 2000, at her home. Born April 30, 1940 in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, daughter of the late John E. and Margaret P. (Peck) Knox. Survived by her husband, John W.; five sons: Brian Kevin and John Eugene, both of Rockwood; James Michael, Somerset; Jason Lee, Dover, Del.; and Christopher Ryan, at home; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Donald Knox and Eugene Knox, both of Warren, Ohio; and two sisters, Phyllis Reed, Lonaconing, Md.; and Carol Runge, New Haven Conn. She was a 1958 Graduate of Turkeyfoot Valley Area High School and a member of the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren. No viewing or visitation. Private funeral services will be held Wednesday at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, with Pastor Gregory Gohn officiating. Interment will follow in Addison Cemetery. Family suggests memorial contributions to Somerset In-Touch Hospice, 651 South Center Avenue, Somerset Pa., 15501. Daily American, January 11, 2000 [B1128]