Kenneth Eugene Benoschek

Kenneth Eugene Benoschek, age 69, a 20-year resident of Soap Lake, passed away at Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center-Moses Lake, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, after a long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Beulah Clione Macrae-Benoschek and Henry H. Benoschek, an infant brother, and brother, Ronald E. "Bud," a DF&W mechanic. He is survived by nephews and nieces. At the Thurston County Fairgrounds, a Benoschek Building is named after the family. The ancestral Benoscheks immigrated in 1870 from Czechoslovakia, and can be found in Tumwater, Medical Lake, Spokane, and Edwall cemeteries. Ken was bom in Olympia, Wash., Sept.13,1938, and he graduated University of Washington and served in the National Guard. He retired in 1989 as the Head Accountant with Lone Star Cement. There will be no funeral and memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society. Benson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.