Benham, Shirley Ann

Shirley Ann Benham, 73, of Waterloo, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City from complications of an intraventricular hemorrhage.

She was born April 10, 1940, in Oelwein, daughter of Harold and Phyllis Hull Bright. She married David Patrick Benham July 25, 1961 in Moline, Ill.

Survivors include her husband, Dave; a son, Troy (Katie) Benham of Marion; two daughters, Janece Shaffer of Waterloo and Christine (Steve) Benham of Dysart; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three brothers, Dale (Rita) Bright of Waterloo, Donald (Linda) Bright of West Union and Richard (Viola Zerfus) Bright of Oelwein and a sister, Lavonne (Howard) Rolfs of Oelwein.

Preceded in death by her parents; an infant son, Tracy Benham; and a brother, Robert Bright.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Public visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, Waterloo, and for an hour before services Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

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Published in The Gazette Aug. 14, 2013.