Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 13 Apr 2007 Loretta Mary Benzel, 79, of Scottsbluff, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 14, at Salem Congregational Church in Scottsbluff with Pastor Dale Brown officiating. Cremation will be held after the service with a private family interment to follow at a later date at Sunset Memorial Park. A memorial has been established to Salem Congregational Church. Friends may call at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel Friday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.dugankramer.com Loretta was born Nov. 2, 1927, in Angora, Neb. to Albin Leo and Josephine (Terasinski) Chlopek. She married Ben Benzel June 22, 1946, in Scottsbluff. She retired from the Midwec Corporation as a supervisor of quality control. Loretta was a member of Salem Congregation Church, the Study Circle and Reach Out programs of the church. She is survived by her husband Ben; sons and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Karen Benzel of The Villages, Fla. and William L. Benzel of Lyman; daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Doug Strauch of Mitchell; sister, Annabelle McGhee of Bakersfield, Calif., grandchildren, Randy (Melea) Benzel of Castle Rock, Colo., Renee (Brian) Bernhard, Commerce City, Colo., Russell Benzel, Firestone, Colo., Hunter (Beverly) Strauch, Gering, Megan Hanshew, San Diego, Calif., and Heidi Strauch of Mitchell; great-grandchildren, Kendal Benzel, Cameron Benzel, Courtney Benzel, Simon Bernhard, Riley Strauch and Emily Strauch. Loretta was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Victor Silver, Edward Chlopek and John Chlopek and sisters, Frances Sterkel and Bernadette Cornelius.