Benilde Siller Ponce passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 16, 2014. She was born on December 12, 1929 in Cuidad Acuña Coah Mexico. Benilde lived in Del Rio, Texas and later resided in Midland for over 20 years. She was a classroom grandmother at West Elementary for several years. Some of her hobbies included sewing and crocheting.Benilde is survived by her daughters, Mary Helen and husband, Richard Barrera, Gladis and husband, Randy Smith, Leticia and husband, Dwaine Saltkill, and Linda Hook; her brother, Humberto Siller and her sister, Irene Zicterman; eight grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren.Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Chapel. She will be laid to rest at Resthaven Memorial Park.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland. Online condolences may be made at www.npwelch.com.,