Mary Ann Benninger

Mary Ann Benninger obituary, Emlenton, PA

Mary Ann Benninger

Mary Benninger Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Hile Funeral Home - Chicora on Oct. 24, 2025.
Mary Ann Benninger, 84, of Chicora, passed away early Friday morning, October 24, 2025 at Quality Life Services in Chicora.
Mary Ann was born in Butler on July 25, 1941. She was the daughter of the late Paul Francis and Helen Louise Rodgers Benninger. She was a 1959 graduate of Chicora High School. She had been employed as a unit secretary at Butler Memorial Hospital. She was a lifetime member of Mater Dolorosa Roman Catholic Church in Chicora.
Mary Ann always enjoyed playing cards and drinking a Pepsi. She was known for her great holiday decoration displays, as she loved decorating for every holiday.
She is survived by her brother Paul Benninger and his wife Rose of Butler, a sister Dot Turner and her husband Jim of Chicora, her nieces and nephews: Sherry Lehnard, Sheila Finer, Scott Case, Katie Mihalak, Tracey Fisher, Keith Fisher, Annie Fleming, Nathan Turner, Michael Turner, and Elizabeth Werner, as well as a number of cousins and great nieces and great nephews.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her sisters: infant Helen Benninger, Bernadette Benninger, Judy Fisher, Donna Barto, and Cindy Lou Benninger.
Private funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hile Funeral Home of Chicora. To send a condolence, please visit www.hilefh.com.
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