Dr. James Beno, 77 of Petoskey, MI died Friday September 1st at McLaren Hospital in Petoskey after a cardiac arrest earlier in the week. Father Dennis Stilwell will officiate the funeral at St. Francis Xavier Church in Petoskey on Thursday September 7th at 11am.
Jim was born March 17th, 1946 in St. Johns, MI, the son of John and Anna (Bohil) Beno. He grew up in Port Huron, MI and served in the US Navy in the Vietnam War on the USS Chicago as a medical corpsman. On August 22nd, 1969, he married Linda (Schlueter) Beno. He graduated from the National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, IL in 1973.
Dr. Beno started practicing Chiropractic in Petoskey in 1973, and opened the Beno Clinic Chiropractic Center in 1981, where he considered his patients friends and family. He chose to live life with an energetic, positive attitude. He enjoyed gardening, cooking, boating, skiing, spending time with family, and visiting the Cayman Islands. He believed Walloon Lake was a special place and was passionate about protecting it. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church where he was a eucharistic minister and served as the newcomer welcoming committee, and was a past president of Petoskey Rotary. He served God, his country, his church, his family, and his patients.
He is survived by his wife Linda, daughter Melissa, son Jeff (Cyndi), grandchildren Ryker, Michael, Julia, Brendan, and Brett, brothers John and Gerald (Barbara), and sister Mary (Barry) Wagner.
Family suggests memorials to Walloon Lake Association & Conservancy. Visitation hours are 6-8pm on Wednesday September 6th at Stone Funeral Home, in addition to an abbreviated visitation at the church starting an hour before the funeral.