Pearl Elizabeth Benham, 74

Pearl Elizabeth Benham, 74, of Post Falls, returned home to be with God and her family on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. She was born Nov. 30, 1937, in Farmington, N.M., to Robert Emery and 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-plus 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 two other children she raised, Tina Marie Hull and Clifford Borowiak; her sisters, Rosa Jordan-Guzman and Betty Warford; and two brothers, George and Arthur Ray Hutchison; and two grandchildren, Mara Tolivar and James Curtis Benham.

She is preceded in death by her two daughters, Virginia Lynn and Gloria Jean Benham, with whom she is now reunited.

Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at the Post Falls Senior Center with an inurnment on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Evergreen Cemetery in Post Falls. Bell Tower Funeral Home, Post Falls, is in care of the arrangements. Please visit Pearl’s online memorial at www.belltowerfuneralhome.com.