Obituaries
Information
- Name:
- Lucille Kinter
- Date of Death:
- Feb 3, 2012
- Location of Service:
- Jacobs Funeral Home Inc. of Iron River - Iron River
- Category:
- Current Obituaries
Lucille M. Kinter Age 87 Orange Park, FL
Passed away Friday, February 03, 2012 at Community Hospice Hadlow Center, Jacksonville, FL.
Born: January 26, 1925 in Iron River, MI
The daughter of the late Reuben and Amelia (Hanson) Benson and step-father, the late Everett Erickson) attended the Bates Township Schools through 10th grade and graduated from Iron River High School with the Class of 1942. Following graduation, Lucille was employed at the Montgomery Wards Store in Iron River. Her family moved to Badger, WI during WWII, where she worked in the office of the Badger Ordinance Works for a few years. She also furthered her education by attending college for three years at the University of North Florida, where she studied fine art. Lucille then went to Great Lakes Naval Base where she worked in Civil Service. It was here that she met her husband Jim Kinter. They were married on August 25, 1951. Her husband served and retired from the U.S. Navy. They enjoyed many travels during his Naval career and at one time lived in the Panama Canal Zone and South America.
Lucille was a member of the Lady Elks of Orange Park, FL. She was an outdoor person and loved all animals and was a very good tennis player most of her life. She also enjoyed ballroom dancing.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim, brother, Robert Benson, and sister, Donna Gutshall.
She is survived by her brothers, Nels (Frances) Benson of Green Bay, WI
Lloyd (Marlene) Benson of San Jose, CA
Sisters, Joyce Rudolph of Safety Harbor, FL
Dorothy (Art) Aregoni of Caspian, MI
Nieces, nephews and extended family
Visitation : Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m at the Jacobs Funeral Home, Iron River.
Funeral Service: Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Jacobs Funeral Home, Iron River, with Pastor Dawn Treado Green to officiate.
Interment: Bates Township Cemetery, Iron River, MI
Funeral arrangements by the Jacobs Funeral Home, Iron River, MI
Location Name
- Location of Services:
- Jacobs Funeral Home Inc. of Iron River
- Street:
- 405 West Cayuga Street
- ZIP:
- 49935
- City:
- Iron River
- State:
- MI
- Country:
-
Phone: 906-265-5129
Directions:
From U.S. Hwy 2, turn North on 4th Avenue at the stop and go light, and proceed one block. Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron River is located on the SW corner of 4th Avenue and Cayuga Street.
Condolence Messages
-Baking me apple pie in their mobile home
-playing great tennis with her
-traveling outside of Pembine and we ate Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches at some little cabin restaurant.
-Her eloquent long dresses
-Her gentleness
-She yelling at Uncle Jim for smoking near us kids
-Picking blueberrys with Aunt Donna in KI Sawyer home.
-Her always getting chilly.
-She always looks like mom in her pics
-Dancing with Uncle Jim around the fire at Grandma's. Quote