MABEL BETSY WEBB CLARK BENOITBRANDON - Mabel Betsy Clark Benoit, 85, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Porter Hospital in Middlebury.
Mrs. Benoit was born in Fairfax on June 27, 1925. She was the daughter of Herbert and Betsy (Powers) Webb. She received her education in local Fairfax schools and was graduated from B.F.A. Fairfax High School Class of 1943. In her earlier years she had worked as a seamstress. Following her move to Brandon in 1974 she worked as a chambermaid at the Brandon Inn for several years. She was a member of the Brandon American Legion Unit #55 Ladies Auxiliary. She also belonged to Middlebury V.F.W. Unit #7823 Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting, camping and her gardening and canning.
Surviving is her husband, Fernand “Frenchy” Benoit, of Brandon; whom she married in Forestdale on Dec. 31, 1978; one daughter, Cheryl Brutkoski, and her husband, Joseph of Brandon; a son, David A. Clark of Franklin; two stepdaughters Linda King of Cornwall, Ginger Gould of Forestdale; and two stepsons Fernand Benoit, Jr., of Leicester and Bernard Benoit of Chittenden; two brothers Arthur Webb of Fairfax and George Kemp of Highgate, 19 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, four great, great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins also survive her, as well special extended family; Marshall and Jane Hier of Pittsford.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Clifford Clark, three sons, Donald Clark, John Clark and Carroll Clark, and her sister, Phyllis Maxfield, a brother, Herbert Webb, and a grandson, William Clark.
The funeral service will be held on Monday, May 16, 2011, at 10 a.m., at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon. The Rev. Richard White, pastor of the Brandon Congregational Church will officiate. The graveside committal service and burial will take place on Monday, at 1:30 p.m., in the family lot, at Fairfax Plains Cemetery in Fairfax.
Friends may call at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home on Sunday, May 15, from 6-8 p.m.
Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in her memory to; Rutland Area Visiting Nurse & Hospice, 7 Albert Cree Drive, Rutland, VT 05701.
