DEATHS

and obituaries

Irma Benda

Mass for farm wife Irma Benda, 82, who died Saturday at St. Luke Living Center, Marion, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Pilsen.

Vespers and rosary will be 7 tonight at the church. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Born June 14, 1944, near Lucas to Edward Elmer and Albina Sidona (Kroboth) Aksamit, she married Marcel Wenceslaus Benda on Oct. 25, 1969, in Pilsen.

Survivors include son William Benda of Pilsen.

A memorial has been established with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.