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Miscellaneous Hillsdale County, Michigan Obituaries & Deaths


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Dr. Herbert Benedict
July 31, 1913 - March 2, 2004
Location: VanHorn-Eagle Funeral Home, Hillsdale
Visitation: No Visitation or Viewing
Service: Private Memorial Service
Cemetery: No Internment
Dr. Ralph Herbert Benedict D.V.M., age 90, of Hillsdale, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at the Hillsdale Community Health Center. He was born July 31, 1913 to Rev. Milton & Grace (Fairchild) Benedict. Dr. Benedict was a resident most recently of Country Living and a long time resident of Lake Wilson in Hillsdale. He was a veterinarian practicing in Jonesville and the state of Washington. He was also a federal meat inspector in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. Herb was crippled with polio as a youngster and although being disabled, he was an active veterinarian and gardener. Hosta Hillside at Hidden Lake Gardens in Tipton is named in he and his wife Dorothy's honor. He has a honorary life member of the American and Michigan Hosta Society. He is world renown for his hosta, primrose and crested fern propagation and hybridization. He was married Aug. 9, 1936 to Dorothy Frazeur and she preceded him in death August 4, 2002. He was also preceded by brothers, Earl Milton and Ellis LeRoy. Surviving are two brothers, Doyle (Katie) Benedict of Jonesville and Keith (Jean) Benedict of Evansville, Indiana. Cremation has taken place. Private memorial services will take place at a later date. Arrangements are entrusted to the Eagle Funeral Home in Jonesville.

Gale C. Burkholder, Fayette, Ohio, April 4, 2004
Robert James Bach, Jonesville, Michigan, No Services
Michael K. Harrington, Hillsdale, Michigan, April 2, 2004
Waneta R. Webb Hillsdale, Michigan, April 1, 2004
Myrna A. Brown Hillsdale, Michigan, April 3, 2004
Mildred I. Cox Hillsdale, Michigan, April 2, 2004
Beulah M. Monroe Hillsdale, Michigan, April 2, 2004
Lois B. Laser, Waldron, Michigan, March 31, 2004
Elaine M. Eagle, Fayette, Ohio, April 1, 2004
Aubrey K. Douglass, Camden, Michigan, March 29, 2004
Virginia B. Camp, Jonesville, Michigan, March 27, 2004
Gordon G. Gorringe, Alvordton, Ohio, March 28, 2004
Thomas R. Fulmer, Jonesville, Michigan, March 26, 2004
Martha D. Leonard, Jonesville, Michigan, March 24, 2004
Jean M. Pauken, Hillsdale, Michigan, March 29, 2004
Edmond R. Henelt, Hillsdale, Michigan, March 27, 2004
Hazel Marie Mansfield, Morenci, Michigan, March 20, 2004
Genevieve Lillian Koppitsch, Clayton, Michigan, March 19, 2004
Frances Crawford, Sand Creek, Michigan, March 18, 2004
Pauline Ellenwood, Hillsdale, Michigan, Private Services
Alta L. Vincent, Fayette, Ohio, March 10, 2004
John M. Richmond, Laingsburg/Hudson, Michigan, March 20, 2004
Nancy O. McCarty, Hudson, Michigan, March 15, 2004
James Manuel Neill, Birmingham/Morenci, Michigan, March 15, 2004
Carole M. Laubaugh, Hillsdale, Michigan, March 13, 2004
Dorothy Marie Barrett, New Canaan, Connecticut, At a Later Date
Joyce J. Wilson, Morenci, Michigan, Visitation March 10, 2004
Evelyn E. Schoonover, Morenci, Michigan, March 9, 2004
Robert S. Potter, Hudson, Michigan, March 8, 2004
Dr. Herbert Benedict, Hillsdale, Michigan, At Later Date
Ardith M. Holmes, Morenci, Michigan, March 4, 2004
Donald G. Motter, Hillsdale, Michigan, At Later Date
Mary Frances Cummins, Hillsdale, Michigan, March 2, 2004


SERVICES AT EAGLE FUNERAL HOMES, HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

NAME                         ADDRESS              SERVICE DATE
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Elva Neill                   Morenci, MI          Private Burial

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