Roderick E. Benjamin
Mar. 16, 1932 - Jan. 17, 2016
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Visitation:
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
3-5 & 7-8 P.M
and
Thursday, January 21, 2016
10-11:00 A.M.
Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home
& Memorial Service, Inc.
Funeral Service:
Thursday, January 21, 2016
11:00 a.m.
Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home
& Memorial Service, Inc.
Interment:
Cuba Cemetery
Cuba, NY
Memorials
may be made to:
Cuba VFW Post 2721
5425 Route 305 North
Cuba, NY 14727
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Roderick E. Benjamin
Loving, Husband, Father, and Grandfather
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Roderick E. Benjamin, 83, of 5787 Hilltop Rd., Cuba, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Cuba Memorial Hospitals Palliative Care Unit after a lengthy illness.
Born on March 16, 1932, in Cuba, he was a son of Leon and Edith Gleason Benjamin. On November 15, 1955, in the First Baptist Church of Cuba he married his wife of 60 years the former Hope Scott who survives.
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| Rod was a graduate of Cuba Central School Class of 1951. He later graduated from Alfred State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He served in the United States Army from 1952-1954. He then went to work as a Design Engineer for Xerox in Rochester for many years retiring in 1991.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cuba, the Ontairo Golf Club where he was president for three years, the Cuba VFW Post 2721, and the Cuba American Legion Post 655.
He enjoyed golf, exercising, walking, downhill skiing, and traveling with his wife to all of the fifty states. For 14 winters he was his wife traveled the United States in their fifth wheel camper. He greatest love was spending time with his wife, children, and grand children.
In addition to his wife he is survived by a son, Brian (Wendy) Benjamin of Seven Lakes, NC; a daughter, Barb (Bill) Nielander of Webster; four grandchildren, Ross, Cassidy, Zak, and Kyle; a brother, Leon Benjamin of Pennsylvania; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents; a brother Donald Benjamin; and a sister Fanny Botens.
Friends will be received at the Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home & Memorial Service, Inc., 9 Bull Street, Cuba, on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 from 3-5 & 7-8 P.M. and on Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 10-11:00 A.M. at which time a Memorial Service will be held. Claudia Little, a friend of the family will officiate.
Burial will be in Cuba Cemetery, Cuba, New York.
The family requests memorials in Rod's name be made to the Cuba VFW Post 2721, 5425 Route 305 North, Cuba, NY 14727.
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