John Hugh Benedict

Graveside services for John Hugh Benedict, 54, are at 11 a.m., June 23 at Angelus Memorial Cemetery on Klatt Road in Anchorage.

He died Nov. 5, 2011, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer.

He was born March 22, 1957, in the old Providence Hospital on L Street in Anchorage.

John graduated from Service High School in Anchorage about 1975. Upon graduation, he took a trip to Europe.

In 1977, John worked on the White Alice sites as a mechanic and a maintenance man for about three years. In the early 1980s, he bought out a small excavating contractor and started his own business. He worked around the state building roads, digging water lines, foundations, clearing land and other ground excavation projects.

John loved his family very much and was always there for them whenever there was a need. He will be sorely missed, his family and friends said.

Preceding him in death was his brother, David Harry Benedict; and son, Patrick Aaron Goodrich.

Surviving are his parents, Gordon H. and Annie E. Benedict of Wasilla; brother and sister-in-law, Richard A. and Debra Benedict of Anchorage; sister, Westa L. Benedict of Anchorage; nephews, Daine G. Benedict of Colorado, Ryan D. Benedict of Wasilla, Cale and Bryce Benedict of Anchorage and Wade T. Benedict of Oregon.

John requested no service. He will be buried at Angelus Memorial Park in Anchorage. In the spring there will be a graveside service for family and friends.