Loretta J. Bennetch Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Loretta J. Bennetch of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, who passed away on February 9, 2026, at the age of 89, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Loretta farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Loretta is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Charles M. Krall and Edna L. Smith Krall; her husband John D. Bennetch; her son Gregory J.; and her brother Conrad.
She is survived by: her daughter Leslie Schaeffer of Schaefferstown; her stepdaughters, Karen (Robert Struwe) of Macungie and Kim Marie (Pastor Richard Gilbaugh) of Bellefonte; her sister-in-law Eva Krall; and her grandchildren, Rebecca L. Struwe, David R. Struwe (Jamie), Kristy Gilbaugh Smith (Ryan) and Kurtis Gilbaugh (Kristen). She is also survived by seven great-grandchildren.
