John T. "Jack" Benware

ENDWELL, N.Y. John T. "Jack" Benware, 82, of Endwell, N.Y., went to be with the Lord and join his wife, Shirley Benware, on Monday morning, Dec. 3, 2007, at Wilson Memorial Hospital. He was a veteran of the U.S. navy, serving during World War II. An attendee of Brown University, Jack was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather who will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew and loved him. Jack was a retired I.B.M. employee with 35 years of proud service and a member of its Quarter Century Club. He was a member of Our Lady of Angels Church in Endwell. Jack was predeceased by his parents, his brother, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Donna and Richard Goodnough of Vestal, Melissa and Albert Salisbury of Timberlake, N.C. and Lori and Michael Sinicki of Endwell; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. John and Paula Benware of Endwell and Timothy and Susan Benware of Creedmoor, N.C.; 16 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, from the Leon Pucedo Funeral Home, Inc., 1905 Watson Blvd., Endicott, and at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Church where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in Riverhurst Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6.