{"id":5841,"date":"2016-10-12T19:11:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T00:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=5841"},"modified":"2016-10-12T19:11:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T00:11:26","slug":"rip-shante-benford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/10\/12\/rip-shante-benford\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Shante Benford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deb & I unexpectedly lost a young friend today, Shante Benford. My FB posts:<\/p>\n

I am heartbroken at this unexpected news. I had known Shante since her days in high school, she was a delightful in conversation as well as on the strip, and her loss will be devastating to her family.<\/p>\n

RIP, Shante.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Deeply saddened at the sudden loss of Shante Benford. For those too young to know her, she was a fencer full of laughter and happiness, who I had the pleasure of directing in high school meets several times, and many more times of actually fencing her. Shante had a fiancee and a one year old daughter. Her mother, Maria (also known as Elena), still fences from time to time at TCFC.<\/p>\n

I will miss her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I hadn’t seen Shante more than sporadically over the last few years, as she graduated from college, had a child, and planned to marry, but each time it was as if she wasn’t aging – still so happy and delighted with her life, thrilled to see her friends. It’s a shock to lose someone so young, so full of life.<\/p>\n

I feel a little older tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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