Benita Clostio

Benita Clostio lived most of her life in Kaplan, Louisiana, where she was known as part of a family long established in the local community. Public records and local family notices identify her as the longtime wife of Harry Clostio; in 2012 the Louisiana Senate formally commended Harry and Benita on their seventy‑four years of marriage, reflecting a partnership that began in the late 1930s and became well known in Kaplan.

Community and family connections appear repeatedly in local funeral notices for relatives and neighbors, which place Benita within a large, interwoven local family. While detailed public biographical records about her daily work, hobbies, or civic roles are limited in accessible sources, the documentation that does exist indicates a life centered on family and continuity in Kaplan across many decades.

Public genealogical records list a June 6, 2015 date of death in Kaplan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Because no independent published obituary or funeral-home notice matching both Benita Clostio’s full name and that exact date was located in accessible, established local or regional news or funeral-home sources during this research, this remembrance focuses on who she was in life: a lifelong member of the Kaplan community and a partner in a marriage that spanned more than seven decades.

Benita’s story—seen in the long marriage recognized by the state legislature and in family notices for relatives that name her among kin—speaks to deep roots and enduring relationships. This brief remembrance honors her as a real person who lived, loved, and belonged to a community; it acknowledges the limits of the public record while recognizing that behind every listing and notice there was a life of human worth and connections that mattered to family and neighbors.