Mary Ellen Benchina

Mary Ellen Benchina (nee Yates) of Mentor,Ohio. Age 84, passed away Friday, October 15, 2021 peacefully at home surrounded by her family.  Cherished daughter of the late Allan Yates and Mary G. (nee Molnar), and her husband John F. Benchina. Devoted mother of John (Athena) Benchina,  Diane (Ross) Dunn,  Bruce (Jeannette) Benchina,  Brad (Debbie) Benchina;

Loving grandmother of seven Grandchildren: Amy, John, Nirvana, Brian (Gena), Ellen, Melissa, Michael (Jennifer) ; three Great-grandmother of   Lucas, Christian, Aiden, Aunt of many nieces and nephews. Cherished sister of David A. Yates.

Ellen was a former Graduate of the 1954 Class of Notre Dame Academy, and The Class of 1957 at St. Johns Hospital School of Nursing. She was a Retired RN, CRNI, OCN: Formerly, for Euclid General, and Lake Hospital Systems.

There will be no public visitation or funeral services. A Private burial will be in Mentor Cemetery, Mentor, Ohio with immediate family.