Freida Louise Benes

September 9, 1928 - December 18, 2017

Freida Louise Benes of Dublin, California passed away peacefully on Monday, December 18 at San Ramon Regional Hospital in San Ramon California. She was 89. Born September 9, 1928, in Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania to Edna Clara (McElwee) and William James Milliron, Louise moved to Ohio in 1962 and lived in Middlefield and Garrettsville before moving to California in 2013. Louise was retired from Geauga Industries in Middlefield, Ohio. She enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling the country, cruising the Caribbean, and playing golf with her league and her husband when he was alive. Louise is sadly missed by her children David Benes (Spring Lake, North Carolina), Paula Goodrich (Solon, Ohio), and Cindy Benes (Dublin, California), their spouses (Marge, William, and John), their children/Louise’s grandchildren (Edward, Robert, Erin, William, Elizabeth, Katherine, and Alexander), and her great-grandchildren. She is also survived and missed by her sister Helen McKinney of Bristol, Virginia, her many nieces and nephews, their families, her friends back in Ohio, and her new friends in California. Preceding her in death are her parents (William and Edna); her husband, Paul Benes, who passed away in 1997; her first-born son, Paul, who died shortly after birth; two sisters Jean McCracken and Alyce Littell; a half-sister, Leona Milliron; and three brothers William, James, and Donald Milliron. Per her request, cremation is taking place. There are no services or calling hours.