Marta Dunton

Marta Benko Dunton

May 13, 1926-November 22, 2014

Marta Benko Dunton passed away in San Francisco on November 22, 2014. She was the wife of the late Lewis Benko and of the late Loren Dunton.
Beloved mother of Ludwig Benko and his wife Catherine of Arcata.
Dear grandmother of Miklos Benko and his wife Dianna of Concord and dear grandmother of Marika Benko Hersh and her husband Cliff Hersh of Sebastopol.
Loving great-grandmother of Alex Benko, son of Miklos and Dianna and of Mirabella Benko Hersh, daughter of Marika and Cliff.
Born in Budapest Hungary, she studied acting, graduating from the National Academy of Theater Arts. She married Lewis, an electrical engineer in 1944.
Swept away by the turmoil of the period, they ended up in Austria where their only child Ludwig was born. Emigrating to the United States in 1951 she gradually became proficient in English and worked for Kaiser Permanente for 35 years, setting up and being in charge of Medicare billing.
She married Loren in 1982. He was an early proponent of financial planner education and traveled extensively with Marta speaking on the subject. They had many friends all over the world.
She had a lot of fun shopping at thrift stores and wrote a book on the subject, "Marta's Closet".She acted in a local theater group playing parts such as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" Not long ago she was swimming laps at her local health club.
She was a kind person who helped out others in hard times. She will be greatly missed by a great many people.