Lonnie D. Beneda, 69, son of Ernest Beneda and Viola Benyshek, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in the Salina Regional
Health Center. He was born Dec. 2, 1943, at the Beiderwell Hospital in Belleville. Lonnie attended the Jefferson Center
country school that was originally one mile south of the Beneda homestead on 220 Rd. Lonnie played football at Cuba
High School. After graduation in 1961, he went to work at The Belleville Telescope for 51 years. He married Nancy Dart on July 7, 1963, at the Cuba Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his father Ernest Beneda, his mother Viola Benyshek Beneda, a nephew Jeffrey Jandera, and a niece Holly Klink. Survivors include his wife Nancy Dart Beneda; one son, Danny Beneda and wife, Nancy, Cuba; a daughter, Deena Khosh and husband, Farhang,
Lawrence; four grandchildren; and one sister Glennis Trecek and husband, Bob, Belleville. Services were at the Cuba