This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benner, Davis, Knickerbocker, Leslie, Story Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1548 Message Board Post: Alice V. Benner, age 93, of Hastings, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 1997 at Pennock Hospital. Mrs. Benner was born January 21, 1904 in Irving Township, Barry County, the daughter of William and Anna (Davis) Knickerbocker. She was raised in the Hastings area and attended Hastings Schools. She was married to Otto J. Leslie on May 8, 1920 and he died September 2, 1931. She married Victor Benner on December 14, 1932 and he died September 22, 1983. Mrs. Benner lived most of her life in the Hastings area until 1971 when she moved to Arcadia, Florida, then moved to Port Charlotte, Florida in 1980, returning to Hastings in 1987. She co-owned and operated the former "Leslie's Barber and Beauty Shop" in Hastings for 15 years, retiring in 1940. Mrs. Benner was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her two husbands; her parents; one daughter, Geneva Leslie in 1974; one son, Rex Leslie in 1993 and two infant brothers. Mrs. Benner is survived by one ! son, Carl (Barbara) Benner of Hastings; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren and two sisters, Mildred Benner and Wilma Story, both of Hastings. Visitation was held on Thursday, May 14, 1997 at Wren Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services was held on Friday, May 16, 1997 at Wren Funeral Home in Hastings. Reverend G. Kent Keller officiated. Burial took place at Fuller Cemetery in Carlton Township, Barry County. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the Emphysema Foundation. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, May 20, 1997) Transcriber has no family connection.