Dr. Beverly Ann Benes, age 76, of Lincoln, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Bev was born February 4, 1949 to Clifford and Pearl Backencamp in Holdrege, NE. After Bev graduated from Northeast High School in 1967, she went on to study Secondary Education - History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
In 1970, she was married to Kenneth Benes and they went on to have 3 children, Brian, Lisa and Scott. During this time, Bev went back to school to achieve her Masters Degree in Human Nutrition and Food Service Management in 1983 and ultimately her Doctorate in Interdepartmental Area of Nutrition in 1988.
After obtaining her Doctorate, Bev took a position teaching at Northern Illinois University from 1988-1992 before coming back to teach in the Department of Nutrition and Health Services at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln from 1992 - 2005. She then accepted a position with the Nebraska Department of Education and ended her career as the Director of Nutrition Services working there from 2005 - 2015.
In 2015, Bev retired and filled her time with Ken gardening, enjoying Husker football & volleyball, spending time with their grandchildren and meeting friends & family for coffee.
Bev is survived by her loving children; Brian (Erin) Benes, Lisa Benes, Scott Benes; sister, Sheryl Holle-Fangmeier; grandchildren, Jacob Benes, Tyler Benes, Haley Benes, Jevon Patterson, Tehya Horton; many other relatives and friends.
A visitation for Beverly will be held Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S 14th St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68512. A celebration of life will be 10:00 am Friday, March 21, 2025 at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home with a reception to follow. Memorials may go to the family to be designated at a later time. For more information go to WWW.lincolnfh.com
