Mary M. Benner, 77, Lafayette, died April 17, 1987, in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center. She was born July 4, 1909 in Carroll County, and lived most of her life in Lafayette. She was a bookkeeper at Shambaugh Garage, O. W. Reed Pontiac Sales and McKinnis Electrical Contractors. She was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Surviving are one sister, three brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Services were held tuesday in Lafayette, and burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport. Carroll County Comet, April 22, 1987