05/11/1991
Services for Michael Todd Bingham, 28, of Phoenix, Ariz., who passed away May 11, 1991, were held May 16 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.
Interment was in Graceland
Cemetery. Celebrants Rev. Philip Cardenzana and Rev. Philip Ryan along with Deacon
Rev. Tim Regan officiated at the services. Music was provided by organist Mary Stults
and St. Anthony's Adult Choir. Pallbearers were James Bingham, Larry De Vos, Joseph
Ellefson, Stephen Bingham, Daniel Ellefson and Kip Wiley. Honorary pallbearers were
Todd Irvine, Duane Lewis, Dominick MeKellips, Mark Vital, Terry Lee, Richard Meinhardt
, and John J. Polich.
Michael Todd Bingham was born July 7, 1962, in Des Moines. He
was the son of Dad and Gean Polich Bingham and was one of seven children born to
this union.
Michael attended the Knoxville School System and graduated from Knoxville
High School in 1980. He later moved to Arizona and joined the Army in 1982. He served
in Germany until his discharge whereupon he returned to the Phoenix area. He was
presently employed by Smitty's Food Distribution Warehouse in Phoenix.
He was preceded
in death by his grandfather. Those family members surviving him are his parents,
Daniel and Gean Bingham of Knoxville; two brothers, James Bingham of Albuquerque,
N.M. and Stephen Bingham of Phoenix; four sisters, Mrs. Larry (Stephanie) De Vos
and Melanie Lee both of Phoenix, Mrs. Dan (Michelle) Ellefson of Roberts, Wisc.
and Caprice Bingham of Eau Claire, Wisc.
He is also survived by his grandmother,
Eilene Bingham of Knoxville, his fiancee, Kim Wiley of Phoenix also several nieces,
nephews, cousins, and many other relatives.