Jeffery Wade Benschneider

Jeffery Wade Benschneider was born October 1, 1968, and passed from this earth Friday, July 24, 2015.

He is loved and greatly missed by his family: parents Linda and Bill Benschneider; brother Scott, his wife Angel, and niece Madyson Benschneider; brother Bill and Erika, nephews Zachary and Austin Benschneider; sister, Karla and Sam, niece, Molly, and nephew Paul Gillivan; and grandmother Helen Fast.

Jeff graduated from Van Wert High School in 1987 and from the University of Toledo in 1993. He resided in Scottsdale, Arizona, and worked as a sales representative.

Jeff loved hiking the Arizona trails. He was passionate about all sports, especially football and WWE. His greatest love and priority was spending time with family. Young people were drawn to him, for he had a way of accepting them as equals and making them feel comfortable around him.

Jeff was genuine, kind, honest, sensitive, and witty — all reasons to love and remember him for all our lives.

As a way of remembering Jeff, friends and family may wish to make a donation to Make-A-Wish Foundation, Autism Society of Greater Phoenix, P.O. Box 10543, Phoenix, Arizona 85064 (instead of the website) and Austen Benschneider Medical Donation, acct#7194567264 at any Wells Fargo office.