OBIT: B. Marie (MULL) BENNING, 2001, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BENNING B. Marie Benning, 74, Rockwood, died Jan. 15, 2001 at her residence. Born Dec. 21, 1926, in Hyndman, Bedford County, daughter of Andrew and Ethel (Clites) Mull. Preceded in death by parents, son Richard G. Benning, two grandsons and sister, Mabel Mull. Survived by husband, Merle Eugene Benning, to whom she was married 56 years, and these children: Ernest E. Benning, married to the former Linda Close, Somerset; Donald L. Benning, married to the former Jan Sible, Stoystown; Darlene F. Maule and special friend Bill Basinger, Rockwood; William A. Benning, married to the former Sandy Lake, Garrett; Earl C. Benning, married to the former Gayle Berkley, St. Paul; Gary D. Benning, Rockwood; Mrs. Charles (Bertha) Watson, Somerset; also 12 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Sister of Mrs. Myrtle Bittinger, Cumberland, Md., Mrs. Donald (Mary) Wakefoose, Bedford, Mrs. Mildred Tiana, Cleveland, Ohio, George Resh, Nashville, Tenn., and Reuben Lafferty, New Paris. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset, where service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, Rev. Don R. Judy officiating. Interment, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Allegheny Township. Contributions may be made to Somerset "In Touch" Hospice, 1590 N. Center Ave., Suite 111, Somerset, Pa., 15501, or the American Cancer Society, 168 W. Union St., Somerset, Pa., 15501. Daily American, January 16, 2001 [B1147]