Chelsea Lyn Benting

Chelsea Lyn Benting, 33, of Las Cruces, New Mexico passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Memorial Medical Center with her family and her boyfriend, Andrew, by her side.



Chelsea was born on September 25, 1988 to Stuart and Karen Benting in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Chelsea grew up in Las Cruces, graduating from Mayfield High School in 2007 and New Mexico State University in 2013 with a degree in Business. In February of 2013, Chelsea joined the team at Citizens Bank working in the mortgage department as a Mortgage Associate, working up to the position of Mortgage Loan Operations Specialist.



Chelsea's true passion was her love for dogs. She raised a maltese (KeeLee Jo) and a shitzu (Cadence Rae), who shared the same birthday. They were her fur babies. Chelsea loved all dogs and all dogs loved Chelsea. She would stop traffic to rescue a dog. Chelsea also adopted a rescue Boxer mix (Kindle Lee) and another rescue Shepherd mix (Maggie Lou). Everyone who knew Chelsea was aware of her passion for all fur babies. She served on the board of the Dona Ana County Humane Society and always enjoyed the Yappy Hour events.



Chelsea enjoyed trying new adventures. She loved hiking, camping, paddle boarding, zip-lining, listening and dancing to country music, cooking and eating healthy, exercising in several different formats, and traveling. Her first big trip was to New York to march in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Mayfield High School Marching Band in 2004. Another big highlight was a cruise to Alaska. She traveled around to other states, visiting family and friends.



Chelsea is survived by her parents and her brother, Tyler and his wife Cindy, and their children, Noah and Emmett, all of Deming, New Mexico. She is also survived by her Aunt Sharon & Uncle Ralph (Brewer) of Roundrock, Texas, Uncle Larry Benting of Mississippi and Uncle Allan and Aunt Sherry (Benting) of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Additional survivors include cousins Kimmy (Barry) of Mississippi, Alana of Arizona, Jennifer (Mike) of the UK, Michael (Diane) of Texas, Ian (Meredith) of Kentucky; and numerous second cousins and all of her many friends.



Chelsea is predeceased by Grandparents Eddie and Hazel Leitko and Paul and Hildur Benting.



A memorial service will be on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at Getz Funeral Home at 10:00 a.m. A Celebration of Life reception will follow at Broken Spoke, at 302 S. Main St., Suite C immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, there will be a donation box at Getz and Broken Spoke, in honor of Chelsea's memory, for the Dona Ana County Humane Society and Cherished K-9 Rescue.



A special thanks to all of the nurses, doctors, and all other health care professionals at Memorial Medical Center ICU who provided excellent and compassionate care for Chelsea.

Chelsea's laughter and love will be dearly missed by all!