Place of Service
Immaculate Conception Church
Kenton, OH
Time of Service
Thurs. Aug. 9, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Place of Visitation
Schindewolf Stevens Stout
Funeral Home
Time of Visitation
Wed. Aug. 8, 2012
4 - 7 p.m.
A Prayer Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. following visitation.
Cemetery
St. Mary's Cemetery
Marion, OH
Memorials
The Donors Choice
Mary Agnes Miller 95
She is survived by 3 sons Joseph W. (Paula) Benson of Las Vegas, NV; James (Carol) Benson of Maumee, OH; and Joseph L. (Kathy) Benson of Marion, OH; nine grandchildren and fifteen gt. grandchildren; a sister Dorothy Hovest of Glandorf, OH; two sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews.
She is preceded in death by a son Gerald “Jerry” Benson; brothers Virgil J., Edmund G., Joseph F., and John J. Van Oss; sisters Alberta M. French, Mary Elizabeth Leist, and Carmalita Van Oss.
During her lifetime she had worked at B.F. Goodrich and was a Homemaker. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Kenton.She went to Convent School for the first year of high school and worked a hospital in Mishawaka during the summer. She kept house for her dad and younger brothers and sisters and took care of her mother after she became ill. She had foster children, was a CCD teacher, Lector and Eucharistic Minister, a liaison between teacher and Council President of St. Joseph ’s Womens Guild, D.C.C.W. President of Vicariate and a D.C.C.W. board member. She was St. Joseph ’s Parish representative to Vicariate meetings. She was a member of the Daughters of Isabella. She was a past President and Treasurer of the Hardin County Right to Life . She had a religious shop in her home at Marion , Ohio . She and her husband Wilbur hosted several Foreign Exchange Students from Germany , Brazil , Columbia , and Norway . She was a volunteer at Hardin Memorial Hospital for 32 years. She and her husband are members of the Hardin County Armory Restoration.
The family wants to thank Kenton Nursing and Rehabilitation for all their love and caring and comfort for Agnes.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday August 9, 2012 at the Immaculate Conception church in Kenton with Father Anthony Dinovo officiating. Visitation will be held Wednesday August 8, 2012 at the Schindewolf Stevens Stout Funeral Home in Kenton from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. A Prayer Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery, Marion , Ohio at 2:00 p.m. Thursday August 8, 2012.
Memorials may be made to the Donors Choice.
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