Donald L. Benjamin, 73, of Bourbonnais, died Wednesday (Dec. 17, 2008) in the Provena St. Mary's Hospital emergency room, from a sudden illness.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley, where he was a member.
Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Mr. Benjamin retired from General Foods after 37 years and currently worked part-time at Carson Pirie Scott.
He was born Sept. 24, 1935, in Kankakee, the son of Clarence and Adele M. Dion Benjamin.
He served in the U.S. Army. He was a former member of the Moose Lodge.
Surviving is his wife, the former Dorothy Zasada, whom he married Aug. 25, 1956, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley; one son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sandy Benjamin of Bourbonnais; one grandson, Alex Benjamin; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Bob and Annie Benjamin of Clifton, Ray and Becky Benjamin of Ashkum, George Benjamin of Chebanse, and Jim and Sharon Benjamin of Essex.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley, where he was a member.
Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Mr. Benjamin retired from General Foods after 37 years and currently worked part-time at Carson Pirie Scott.
He was born Sept. 24, 1935, in Kankakee, the son of Clarence and Adele M. Dion Benjamin.
He served in the U.S. Army. He was a former member of the Moose Lodge.
Surviving is his wife, the former Dorothy Zasada, whom he married Aug. 25, 1956, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley; one son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sandy Benjamin of Bourbonnais; one grandson, Alex Benjamin; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Bob and Annie Benjamin of Clifton, Ray and Becky Benjamin of Ashkum, George Benjamin of Chebanse, and Jim and Sharon Benjamin of Essex.
Donald L. Benjamin, 73, of Bourbonnais, died Wednesday (Dec. 17, 2008) in the Provena St. Mary's Hospital emergency room, from a sudden illness.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley, where he was a member.
Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Mr. Benjamin retired from General Foods after 37 years and currently worked part-time at Carson Pirie Scott.
He was born Sept. 24, 1935, in Kankakee, the son of Clarence and Adele M. Dion Benjamin.
He served in the U.S. Army. He was a former member of the Moose Lodge.
Surviving is his wife, the former Dorothy Zasada, whom he married Aug. 25, 1956, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley; one son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sandy Benjamin of Bourbonnais; one grandson, Alex Benjamin; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Bob and Annie Benjamin of Clifton, Ray and Becky Benjamin of Ashkum, George Benjamin of Chebanse, and Jim and Sharon Benjamin of Essex.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley, where he was a member.
Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Mr. Benjamin retired from General Foods after 37 years and currently worked part-time at Carson Pirie Scott.
He was born Sept. 24, 1935, in Kankakee, the son of Clarence and Adele M. Dion Benjamin.
He served in the U.S. Army. He was a former member of the Moose Lodge.
Surviving is his wife, the former Dorothy Zasada, whom he married Aug. 25, 1956, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley; one son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sandy Benjamin of Bourbonnais; one grandson, Alex Benjamin; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Bob and Annie Benjamin of Clifton, Ray and Becky Benjamin of Ashkum, George Benjamin of Chebanse, and Jim and Sharon Benjamin of Essex.
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