Vera Benham

BENHAM Vera Carlson Benham, R.N., age 80 of Shelton, wife of the late Kenneth Benham, passed away September 29, 2011 at Bishop Wicke Health Center, Shelton. Mrs. Benham was born in Shelton, October 2, 1930, daughter of the late Joseph and Martha Dutkanych Carlson. Vera was a graduate of the former Waterbury Hospital School of Nursing class of 1952 and was a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University, Class of 1974, where she received a bachelor's degree in Nursing. She worked as a Registered Nurse for the City of Stratford where she was a Public Health Nurse. She is survived by two sons, Douglas Benham and his wife Diane of Wallingford, and Dave Benham of Greenville, SC; one daughter, Marcia Cornut and her husband Charles of Monroe; nine grandchildren, Claire, Jacob, Kostya, Micah, Rebekah, Samuel, and Sona Benham and Daniel Horvath and Raven Horvath-Costa. She was predeceased by two brothers, Joseph and Val Carlson; and by three half-siblings, Sym Bruchal and his wife Julie, Luba, and Mary Bruchal. A memorial service will take place on Thursday, October 6, 2011 from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. in the James T. Toohey & Son Funeral Home, 92 Howe Ave., Shelton. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family. In Lieu of Flowers, Memorial contributions may be made to the Institute of Neurodegenerative Disorders, 60 Temple Street, Suite 8B, New Haven, CT 06510.