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Hartford, SD
December 23, 2021
Mae Benning, daughter of Vino and Inga (Pederson) Benning, was born March 1, 1933, in East Sioux Falls. She grew up in East Sioux Falls and graduated from Brandon High School in 1950. She then worked as a bookkeeper for the Minnehaha Co-Op.
On September 12, 1954, she was united in marriage to Eldon C. Kroeger at Zion Lutheran Church, West Wall Lake. The couple settled near Hartford where Mae was a loving homemaker and mother. Eldon preceded her in death on June 13, 2003.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, the Hartford American Legion and the Sioux Falls VFW Auxiliaries. Mae enjoyed traveling, camping, playing cards, word and jigsaw puzzles and being with family and friends.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children Meldon (Linda) Kroeger, Cheryl (Jerry) Alexander, Karen (Jerry) Nettifee, Terry (Cathy) Kroeger, all of Hartford, Edith (Travis) Arneson, Sioux Falls and Marilyn (Doug) Amen, Canton; 21 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; her sisters Virginia Boe and Vivian Jungen, both of Sioux Falls and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by her parents sisters Esther Laur and Mardell Ferguson.
Funeral services were held December 28 at Zion Lutheran Church West Wall Lake with burial in the church cemetery.
Arrangements provided by Miller Funeral Home.