Shirley (Loft) Benoit - Hazeltine |
| Posted 2009-01-31 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Friday, January 21, 2006 Shirley Loft Benoit Hazeltine, age 85, of Prescott, and formally of Custer, S.D., died Jan. 23, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. Shirley was born at Redfield, S.D., Jan. 20, 1921, to William Loft and Ethel Arnold Loft. She attended elementary and high schools in Sioux Falls, S.D., and graduated from Washington High School in 1939. She then went on to attend colleges in Boulder, Colo., the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., and in Cedar City, Utah. Shiriey earned a B.S. Degree in Elementary Education in 1966. She than earned her M.A. Degree in Education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., in 1977. Shirley was a Women's Army Corps veteran of WWII, serving from November of 1942 to December of 1945. She married Raymond E. Benoit in November of 1945; however, this union ended in divorce in 1949. In November of 1952 she married Byron A. Hazeltine. Shirley was a member of the American Legion, Custer Community Church in Custer, S.D., and she supported the Public Broadcast System and Public Radio. She was a good friend of the local library, the environment and National Wildlife. Shirley is survived by her son, Robert and his wife, Margaret Hazeltine of Fountain Hills, Ariz. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, at McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Custer, S.D., with Reverend Bill Savery officiating. Interment will follow at the Custer Cemetery in Custer, S.D. Arrangements have been placed in the care of McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Custer, S.D. Information provided by survivors. |
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