Vimlaben (Benaben) Jayantilal Patel was born in Nairobi, Kenya. She was married at the age of 19 years and went on to raise three daughters. She always lived near her family and received much help from them.
Benaben moved to England in 1974 with her husband and children having never been to England before. After a challenging start the family settled down to a new life. She courageously accepted a complete change of lifestyle and had a job for the very first time in her life to help support her family. She had a warm, compassionate and generous personality, and in time she made friends in the community, at work and in the neighborhood.
She was very religious and she was very involved in the Sai Baba followers’ community. She was widowed in 2012, and by then the daughters had moved away to the United States.
After 42 happy years in the same house in Harrow, England, Benaben made another major move, this time to Columbia, S.C. She moved in with her eldest daughter, Gita, and periodically visited her other two daughters, Mira in CA., and Sonal in N.J. She enjoyed the opportunity to spend more time with her daughters and her eight grandchildren. She was in Columbia, S.C.during the last few months of her life. Her health was failing and she passed very peacefully surrounded by family.
Our family will miss her very much, but we are grateful for all the wonderful memories we have of time spent together.
DONATIONS: In lieu of flowers the family would prefer donations to be made to saisruti.com to support any of the following projects: Narayan Seva, Educare or Eye Care.
Order of Service:
10.00am - 10.30am Pooja
10.30am - 11.00am Eulogy by family
11.00am - 11.30am Pay respect and cremation
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