NORWICH – John Joseph Benenati, 82, of Chicago, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010.
A Korean War and Vietnam War U.S. Air Force Veteran, John was a 30 year retiree who enlisted in 1948 in Norwich as a Private First Class and retired in 1978 as a Chief Master Sergeant working with the Pentagon and the Department of Defense as an Intelligence Officer.
After his military career, he worked for the State of Virginia with the Department of Taxation and completed his working career as a real estate agent. He then retired with his wife in Littleton, N.C.
He was the beloved husband of 48 years to the late Ruth D. Warrington, loving father of Deborah G. Benenati, retired State of Illinois Police Officer; cherished son of the late Guisseppi “Joseph” Benenati and the late Maria Testa; dear brother of Joseph J. Benenati and Mary Coe and deceased siblings, Michael, Thomas, Anthony and Frank Benenati and Louise Loscavio, Anna Houpis, Catherine Kennedy and Teresa Benenati; and the uncle of many nieces and nephews.
Cremation will be private. Burial of cremated remains will take place at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. 
Arrangements by Hockaday Funeral Service in Roanoke Rapids, NC and the Wolniak Funeral Home in Chicago, IL, www.wolniakfuneralhome.com.