Della Mae Benton

Della Mae Benton, age 79 departed this life peacefully at her home on Monday, March 29, 2021. She was born on April 2, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio to the late Edward Hardin and Virginia Moore Benton. 

Della graduated from Dunbar High School class of 1959. She retired from GM after 31 years of dedicated service.

Della loved spending time with her family and friends, grandsons and her great grandchildren. In her leisure time she would sit for hours studying the Ohio Lottery numbers.  She had her own personal run down she would do, and she had a lot of luck with them too.  She also enjoyed playing poker with her friends. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Hardin and Virginia Moore Benton; 4 brothers, James, John, Richard and Henry Sr. Benton and 1 sister Shirley Ballard.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories; her son, Craig A. Benton Sr.; 2 grandsons, Craig A. Benton Jr. and Aaron Benton; 4 great grandchildren Craig III, Carmori, Carmoni and Caniah Benton; 5 sisters, Frances Hummons, Hattie White, Sadie Ballard, Joyce Bryant all of Dayton, Ohio and Mattie (Leonard) Gray of Champaign, IL;  3 sisters-in-laws, Gladys Benton, Doris Benton of Dayton, Ohio and Brenda Benton of Columbus, Ohio along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; too numerous to mention.

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