IN MEMORIAM: Janet F. Benavides, 78;
Hartwick Graduate Missionary In Texas

ONEONTA – Janet Phyllis Fleischer Benavides, 78, a former missionary in Texas, died Aug. 30, 2016, at the Fox Nursing Home.
She was born Jan. 6, 1938, in The Bronx, the daughter of the late Philip and Frieda (Peck) Fleischer.
Janet graduated from Hartwick College, majoring in Christian education and Spanish.
During missionary work in San Antonio, Texas, she met her husband, Steve A. Benavides, who has predeceased her, living there from 1965 to 1981, returning to Oneonta.
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