Joseph Beno,Sr.

Joseph J. Beno, Sr., our dear father and grandfather left this world on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the honorable age of 92. He will be greatly missed by his family. Joe was born on January 11, 1917 in Ashley, Michigan, the son of Frank and Teresa (Rice) Beno. The family moved to Snover, Michigan, where he lived his young life. He married Anna Fabus on May 22, 1943. She preceded him in death on November 2, 1992. Joe lived at his homestead since 1948. He was a Navy Veteran of WW II. He was a factory worker as a tool and die maker and a farmer. He was a member of St. Cyril Catholic Church and the First Catholic Slovak Union. He loved polka dancing, watching WWE wrestling, fishing, hunting and was a member of the American Legion Post #502. He was predeceased by his parents and all of his eleven brothers and sisters and his very special companion and friend, Marie Schreiner.

He is survived by his four children, Janet Beno of Haslett, David (Kathy) Beno of Ovid, Fred Beno and Patricia Stover of Bannister and Joe Beno, Jr., of Elsie. Also, his three grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Kessey, and Michael Beno, and Kyler Carroll, a special friend of the family.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 16, 2009 at St. Cyril Catholic Church in Bannister, burial at Riverside Cemetery in Elsie with the Rev. Fr. Wolfgang Streichardt officiating. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, with a rosary at 7 p.m., at the Houghton Chapel of Osgood Funeral Home, 232 E. Oak St., Ovid. Sympathy may be expressed in the form of contributions to W.O.E.S. or St. Cyril Catholic Church.