Beninger, Kevin Michael – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kevin, aged 61. After an almost 2 year battle with Leukemia, Kevin lost his fight on November 10th, 2020. Kevin was the only son of the late Gerry and Marie Beninger. He leaves behind his older sisters Dianne (Bill), Karen (Don), Becky (John) and Laurie (Don) and his father-in-law Michael Alexander (Miki), sister in law Louise (Adam), brother in laws Richard (Blume) and Neville (Olga). Sadly missed by his many nieces and nephews. He has left a big hole in the heart of his wife Sue Alexander and his three boys, Taylor (EB), Jason (Sarah) and Adam (Iliana). He will be missed immensely by his many friends. Kevin was born in London, Ontario and moved to Toronto in his early twenties. He had a career in the financial services sector before leaving that job a few years ago to pursue a position using his hands. A position which required him to build and assemble movie sets, commercial shoots and event décor. He loved that job. It was his passion and he always said if he could go back in time he would have chosen a career that utilized his desire to build things. He also had a passion for tennis. When he was under 14 he was part of the under 14 south western Ontario junior tennis champions. In his twenties he started playing squash. In his 50’s he resumed his desire to play tennis and was very active with tennis up until the time of his passing. The doctors were dumbfounded as to how he was able to play tennis with advanced cancer. He met the love of his life, Sue, almost 17 years ago and they married just three years ago. Together they blended their boys into one family, saw the kids grow into fine young men and started to make plans for retirement. Those plans included wintering in Barbados. Kevin loved Barbados. He played tennis twice a day and went for long walks along the beach with his headphones on in between. His ashes will be scattered in Barbados. Kevin would like you to give blood and if you are under 35 please consider joining the bone marrow registry. In lieu of flowers, please consider the following donations: philpottchildrenstennis.org which provides free equipment and tennis lessons to under privileged children in Toronto and/or hillhousehospice.com who took the best care of him in his final days. In light of Covid, a service will be recorded and will be available for viewing soon. For further details on how to view the service please go to https://vimeo.com/locochico/review/474922453/2c6de3f53c .
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