Penny Benoit Obituary

Funeral services for Penny L. Benoit, 62, Eudora, KS, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel in Eudora. She died on Friday, July 13, 2012 at her home.

Penny was born on February 2, 1950 in Sault Ste Marie, MI the daughter of Rudolph and Barbara (Gibbons) Pavlat.

She was a Beautician and most recently had been working in Childcare Food Service at Pyramid Place in Eudora.

She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi, First Baptist Church of Tonganoxie and was a part of the Crohn's Disease Research Center.

She married Leonard Benoit on October 27, 1970 in Holyoak, MA. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include: three sons, Mike and wife, Teresa Benoit of Marion, IA; Steve and wife, Rachel; William "Bill" and wife, Michael Benoit all of Eudora; her father, Rudolph Pavlat of Sault Ste Marie, MI; a brother, Rudy and wife, Susie Pavlat of Sault Ste Marie, MI; two sisters, Linda Myshock of Burkburnett, TX; Teri Pavlat of Lawrence, KS; five grandchildren, Josh, Brent, Breanna, Cole, Tyler and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Barbara.

The family will greet friends on Sunday, from noon until service time at the Eudora Chapel.

The family suggests memorials in her name to the Crohn's Disease Research and may be sent in care of the mortuary.

Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com.

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