Susan Kay Benzinger, 78, rural Columbia City, died at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, at Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.

She was born March 11, 1944.

On Dec.19, 1990, she married Larry W. Benzinger.

Surviving is her loving husband of 32 years, Larry; a daughter, Denna Shoup, Columbia City; a son Joseph (Sarah) Shoup III, Churubusco; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sisters, Janice Hartman and Margaret Williams, both of Merit Island, Fla. and Mary Trczinski, Lowell, Mass.; and a brother, William (Cindy) Haber, Churubusco.

Smith & Sons Funeral Homes, Columbia City, is in charge of arrangements.