He was born Aug. 23, 1929 in Strawn, a son of Albert Joseph and Anna Katherine Rudolph Benway. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Joe, Jerome, Bill, Paul and Weldon and five sisters, Josephine Marlin, Geraldine Rebholz, Helen Kelley, Laverne Kurtenbach and Loretta Wissinger.
He married Sharon Lee Walters on May 23, 1953 in Sibley. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Yvonne Donalson; a son, Ronald Benway; four grandchildren, Regina Lewis, Christifer and Daniel Schlattman and Michael Benway; three great-grandchildren, Dustin, Daniel and Abigail and his sister, Gloria Rebholz.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
Full obituary can found in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette published June 4, 2013.
He was born Aug. 23, 1929 in Strawn, a son of Albert Joseph and Anna Katherine Rudolph Benway. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Joe, Jerome, Bill, Paul and Weldon and five sisters, Josephine Marlin, Geraldine Rebholz, Helen Kelley, Laverne Kurtenbach and Loretta Wissinger.
He married Sharon Lee Walters on May 23, 1953 in Sibley. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Yvonne Donalson; a son, Ronald Benway; four grandchildren, Regina Lewis, Christifer and Daniel Schlattman and Michael Benway; three great-grandchildren, Dustin, Daniel and Abigail and his sister, Gloria Rebholz.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
Full obituary can found in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette published June 4, 2013.
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Leota Geraldine Benway Rebholz
1913–1995
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Gertrude LaVerne Benway Kurtenbach
1914–1998
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William M. Benway
1916–2005
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Helen Loraine Benway Kelly
1917–2004
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Loretta Eugene Benway Wiesinger
1919–2003
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Albert Jerome Benway
1920–2000
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Paul F. Benway
1922–2007
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R. Weldon "Deke" Benway
1925–2011
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Gloria Ann Benway Rebholz
1927–2024
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