MADISON - Patricia Ann Benesh, age 72, of Madison, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024. She was born on June 22, 1951, in Rockford, Ill., the daughter of Edward and Lena (Buttacavoli) Benesh.

Patricia graduated from Edgewood College in Madison. She began her career with the State of Wisconsin in the Department of Health and Social Services in 1984. She held several positions she aspired to - Quality Assurance Monitor in the downtown Madison Office, Regional Field Operations Manager in Milwaukee and Green Bay, Quality Assurance Program Specialist Advanced in Madison, and since 2005 with the current Department of Health as a Executive Policy Advisor in Madison.

Throughout her professional career, she worked to improve the health, safety and well-being of the elderly and people with disabilities who resided in our long-term care facilities. She very much believed that the laws we enforced served as advocacy for vulnerable people and we should do what we could to vigorously enforce them. She leaves behinds many colleagues who became close friends during her more than 40 years with the Department.

Patricia was a huge Chicago Cubs and Bears fan and was an avid reader and movie buff.

Patricia is survived by her brother, Richard (Ruth) Benesh, Madison; nephews, Eric Benesh (Amanda Stastny), Platteville; Brett (Jenessa) Benesh, and their children, Bowen and Harper, Janesville; and Joshua (Nicole) Benesh, and their children, Winona and Brooklyn, Coon Rapids, Minn. She was preceded in death by her parents.

A memorial service will be held at LINO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 5611 E. State. St., Rockford, Ill., from 12 noon until 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2024. Burial will be at CALVARY CEMETERY, 8616 W. State Road, Winnebago, Ill., at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Alzheimer’s Association, or the Board for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

Gunderson East
Funeral & Cremation Care
5203 Monona Drive
(608) 221-5420

Patricia Benesh

June 22, 1951 - March 01, 2024

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