Minnie Benton
Jerome -- A private family funeral service was held Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, for Minnie Benton, who had died Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. She was 94.
Minnie was born in Hartville, Mo. on Sept. 28, 1911, the daughter of James and Essie Curtis Calhoun, and was reared and educated there. She married Finis Benton at Hartville on Oct. 12, 1929, and they moved to Jerome in 1935. She worked at various jobs around the Magic Valley as working was her hobby.
Minnie is survived by two daughters, Wanda Kober of Twin Falls and Mary (Gene) Mullen of Denver; and one son, Jim (Jolene) Benton of Stockton, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mildred Mallory of Seymore, Mo. Minnie was preceded in death by her husband; her children, Ilene and Johnny; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers and one sister.
The family would like to thank the staff at Bridgeview for their kind and considerate care and the friends and neighbors who willingly helped Minnie during her last years. The family suggests memorials to the Jerome Church of Christ or a charity of choice. Arrangements were under the direction of Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome.
Printed Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
Jerome -- A private family funeral service was held Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, for Minnie Benton, who had died Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. She was 94.
Minnie was born in Hartville, Mo. on Sept. 28, 1911, the daughter of James and Essie Curtis Calhoun, and was reared and educated there. She married Finis Benton at Hartville on Oct. 12, 1929, and they moved to Jerome in 1935. She worked at various jobs around the Magic Valley as working was her hobby.
Minnie is survived by two daughters, Wanda Kober of Twin Falls and Mary (Gene) Mullen of Denver; and one son, Jim (Jolene) Benton of Stockton, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mildred Mallory of Seymore, Mo. Minnie was preceded in death by her husband; her children, Ilene and Johnny; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers and one sister.
The family would like to thank the staff at Bridgeview for their kind and considerate care and the friends and neighbors who willingly helped Minnie during her last years. The family suggests memorials to the Jerome Church of Christ or a charity of choice. Arrangements were under the direction of Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome.
Printed Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
Minnie Benton
Jerome -- A private family funeral service was held Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, for Minnie Benton, who had died Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. She was 94.
Minnie was born in Hartville, Mo. on Sept. 28, 1911, the daughter of James and Essie Curtis Calhoun, and was reared and educated there. She married Finis Benton at Hartville on Oct. 12, 1929, and they moved to Jerome in 1935. She worked at various jobs around the Magic Valley as working was her hobby.
Minnie is survived by two daughters, Wanda Kober of Twin Falls and Mary (Gene) Mullen of Denver; and one son, Jim (Jolene) Benton of Stockton, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mildred Mallory of Seymore, Mo. Minnie was preceded in death by her husband; her children, Ilene and Johnny; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers and one sister.
The family would like to thank the staff at Bridgeview for their kind and considerate care and the friends and neighbors who willingly helped Minnie during her last years. The family suggests memorials to the Jerome Church of Christ or a charity of choice. Arrangements were under the direction of Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome.
Printed Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
Jerome -- A private family funeral service was held Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, for Minnie Benton, who had died Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. She was 94.
Minnie was born in Hartville, Mo. on Sept. 28, 1911, the daughter of James and Essie Curtis Calhoun, and was reared and educated there. She married Finis Benton at Hartville on Oct. 12, 1929, and they moved to Jerome in 1935. She worked at various jobs around the Magic Valley as working was her hobby.
Minnie is survived by two daughters, Wanda Kober of Twin Falls and Mary (Gene) Mullen of Denver; and one son, Jim (Jolene) Benton of Stockton, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mildred Mallory of Seymore, Mo. Minnie was preceded in death by her husband; her children, Ilene and Johnny; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers and one sister.
The family would like to thank the staff at Bridgeview for their kind and considerate care and the friends and neighbors who willingly helped Minnie during her last years. The family suggests memorials to the Jerome Church of Christ or a charity of choice. Arrangements were under the direction of Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome.
Printed Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
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