ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. -- David Arthur Benninger, 57, of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., formerly of Wooster, went home to be with the Lord after a year-long battle with lung cancer as a result of Agent Orange on Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at Veterans Administration Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home in Wooster, with the Rev. Dave Lawson officiating. Interment will be at Wooster Cemetery.
Friends will be received one hour prior to the services.
He was born Oct. 2, 1945, in Chicago, Ill., to Richard L. and Freda Jane (Ogden) Benninger and was a graduate of Wooster High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, serving as a paratrooper with the 1st Cavalry Division, as a radio operator.
He was a mechanic at the Ford garage and enjoyed deep sea fishing, feeding the bluejays and squirrels peanuts every day and was an avid reader.
He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
Surviving are sisters, Virginia (Roger) Shy of Shreve and Brenda (Dave) Hyde of Bloomingdale; brothers, Richard (Becky) Benninger of Wooster and Robert Benninger of Chicago, Ill.; nine nieces and nephews; and good friends, Bill and Delores Renauld of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
His parents died previously.
Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home in Wooster, with the Rev. Dave Lawson officiating. Interment will be at Wooster Cemetery.
Friends will be received one hour prior to the services.
He was born Oct. 2, 1945, in Chicago, Ill., to Richard L. and Freda Jane (Ogden) Benninger and was a graduate of Wooster High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, serving as a paratrooper with the 1st Cavalry Division, as a radio operator.
He was a mechanic at the Ford garage and enjoyed deep sea fishing, feeding the bluejays and squirrels peanuts every day and was an avid reader.
He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
Surviving are sisters, Virginia (Roger) Shy of Shreve and Brenda (Dave) Hyde of Bloomingdale; brothers, Richard (Becky) Benninger of Wooster and Robert Benninger of Chicago, Ill.; nine nieces and nephews; and good friends, Bill and Delores Renauld of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
His parents died previously.
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. -- David Arthur Benninger, 57, of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., formerly of Wooster, went home to be with the Lord after a year-long battle with lung cancer as a result of Agent Orange on Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at Veterans Administration Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home in Wooster, with the Rev. Dave Lawson officiating. Interment will be at Wooster Cemetery.
Friends will be received one hour prior to the services.
He was born Oct. 2, 1945, in Chicago, Ill., to Richard L. and Freda Jane (Ogden) Benninger and was a graduate of Wooster High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, serving as a paratrooper with the 1st Cavalry Division, as a radio operator.
He was a mechanic at the Ford garage and enjoyed deep sea fishing, feeding the bluejays and squirrels peanuts every day and was an avid reader.
He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
Surviving are sisters, Virginia (Roger) Shy of Shreve and Brenda (Dave) Hyde of Bloomingdale; brothers, Richard (Becky) Benninger of Wooster and Robert Benninger of Chicago, Ill.; nine nieces and nephews; and good friends, Bill and Delores Renauld of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
His parents died previously.
Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home in Wooster, with the Rev. Dave Lawson officiating. Interment will be at Wooster Cemetery.
Friends will be received one hour prior to the services.
He was born Oct. 2, 1945, in Chicago, Ill., to Richard L. and Freda Jane (Ogden) Benninger and was a graduate of Wooster High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, serving as a paratrooper with the 1st Cavalry Division, as a radio operator.
He was a mechanic at the Ford garage and enjoyed deep sea fishing, feeding the bluejays and squirrels peanuts every day and was an avid reader.
He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
Surviving are sisters, Virginia (Roger) Shy of Shreve and Brenda (Dave) Hyde of Bloomingdale; brothers, Richard (Becky) Benninger of Wooster and Robert Benninger of Chicago, Ill.; nine nieces and nephews; and good friends, Bill and Delores Renauld of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
His parents died previously.
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