The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 1, 1995                TAG: 9501010002
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

HELEN E. BENNY

Helen Elizabeth Benny, 75, of the 300 block of Homestead Road, died Dec. 29, 1994, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Benny was born in Boswell, Pa. She was the widow of John Benny Jr.

Survivors include two sons, Ernest Benny of Chesapeake and John Benny of Portsmouth; two sisters, Margaret Yantus and Rose Pasierb, both of Central City, Pa.; two brothers, John Barna of Wilbur, Pa., and Joseph Barna of Cleveland, Ohio; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by Father Charles Faul. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB