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Visitation:
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, September 23, 2024, at
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
1 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at the funeral
home
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Obituary
Lora Bernice (Cronin) Benedict,
61, of Lincoln, passed away September 14, 2024, at
St. John's Hospital, Springfield with her family by
her side.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday,
September 23, 2024, at Holland Barry & Bennett
Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, also at the funeral
home with Pastor Larry Crawford officiating. Burial
will follow in Zion Cemetery.
Bernice was born September 30, 1962, in Richmond,
CA., the daughter of John P. Cronin and Lora Jean (Bunyard)
Cronin. She was a CNA at St. Clara's Manor for many
years. Her passion was helping people. She was loyal
to her family and loved her friends. She loved
getting dressed up, putting on her leather coat, and
going downtown with her friends. Bernice loved the
oldies, and she loved to sing and dance. She was a
beautiful soul and always did the best she could for
her kids and grandkids with what she had. She had a
hard life and now she is at peace.
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Survivors include her mother Lora
Cronin, her stepmother Shirley Skelton, the love of
her life Big Jimmy Benedict, her companion Tyler
Mattox, her children: Richard Nicholas, John John
Lee, Lynda Benedict, Little Jimmy Benedict, Jason
Benedict, Josh Farnam, and Jay Lee; grandchildren:
Lyndsi Jean (David) Brackett, Lora Alley, Little
Ronnie Alley, Blaine Lee, Heaven Lee, Urijah Lee,
Dana Benedict, Allah Robinson, Carly Smith, Jordan
Nicholas, Felicity Duvall, Kadyn Patton, Richard
Nicholas Jr., Jaxxon Nicholas, and Trystan Nicholas.
great grandchildren: Vivienne Lora Sue Brackett and
Alaina Patton.
siblings: Patty Cronin Benedict (Darrell) and their
children; Samantha Gandolfi (Billy), Angela Lascola
(Hector), John Cronin (Krista), and Jessie McCaine (Vesta),
Cliff Hicks and his children Whitney Hicks and
Summer Hicks, and Shaye Cronin. several great nieces
and nephews, cousins, and all of "podunk" also
survive.
She was preceded in death by her grandmother Lora,
her father, brother Brian Cronin, brother Adam
Hicks, uncle Doug Bunyard, great niece Kiara McCaine,
and several friends.
Memorial donations may be made to Holland Barry &
Bennett Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses.
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