Pearl Benham

Pearl Elizabeth Benham (74) of Post Falls returned home to be with God and her family on Friday, August 10, 2012. She was born November 30, 1937 in Farmington, New Mexico to Robert Emery & Minnie (Goll) Hutchison. Pearl was an amazing asset to family, friends and community. She spent much of her life in the service of others, from giving blankets and coats to the homeless to 8+ years as one of the "Bag Ladies" for Meals on Wheels. There wasn't a charity that she was not willing to help out with. She loved gardening and birds and enjoyed feeding the birds that lived in the birdhouses she built. Her example of serving will never be forgotten and always cherished. Pearl is survived by her son, Kirk Benham and 2 other children she raised, Tina Marie Hull and Clifford Borowiak, her sisters, Rosa Jordan-Guzman and Betty Warford and 2 brothers George and Arthur Ray Hutchison and 2 grandchildren Mara Tolivar and James Curtis Benham. She is preceded in death by her 2 daughters, Virginia Lynn and Gloria Jean Benham, with whom she is now reunited. Memorial service will be Thursday, August 16th @ 11am at the Post Falls Senior Center with an inurnment on Friday the 17th at Evergreen Cemetery in Post Falls.