Nina Marie Hurst

Nina Marie Hurst passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 27th. She was born in Oroville, Ca, but has lived in Benicia for the last 79 years. Nina met her husband in 1956 while volunteering at the USO in San Francisco. The two were married on September 21, 1957. Nina worked at the Bank of America Benicia branch for the majority of her career before eventually working at the Exxon Refinery prior to her retirement. She and her husband Allan traveled the world and were avid cruisers. But they also loved weeks long road trips all over the U.S., and they never hesitated to take the road less traveled or choose the other fork in the road to see what was around the bend. Nina will always be remembered for her love of gambling, her scrumptious birthday cakes and deviled eggs, and her loving response “I spose” when she couldn’t say no to any of her grandkids! What fulfilled Nina most was spending time with her family. She kept up with all of the happenings of her seventeen immediate family members through daily phone calls and visits. She was so proud to be a grandmother to six and a great-grandmother to eight with one more on the way, and she always mustered up the energy to attend family gatherings, and sports and school events for the younger ones. Seeing her eldest great-grandchild head off to college this year was truly a milestone for her. Nina was a devoted parishioner at St. Dominics where she and Allan were married. She was also a proud Benicia High School Class of 1956 graduate. She and several of her classmates met monthly for a fun meal at the local Benicia eateries. Nina is survived by her children, Ella Marie (Joseph) Kallios, Janean (Steve) Fischer, and Matthew, her six grandchildren, Jana (Kyle) Elizalde, Nicholas (Rebecca) Kallios, Victoria (Caleb) Worell, Brittany Hurst, and Andrew and Karina Fischer, and her eight great-grandchildren, Gabrielle, Julianna, Nathan, Gwyneth, Jared, and Vincent Elizalde, and Shiloh and Gideon Worell, as well as many cherished nieces and nephews. Nina visited the gravesite of her beloved husband often, as well as the gravesites of seven of her neighbors who all purchased plots together in the same area of the cemetery so the O Street Gang could all rest in peace together. Hers is the last to become occupied. And so, it is with both sorrow and joy that we will lay her to rest on Wednesday, September 11 following an 11 am Funeral and Mass service at St Dominic’s Church, Benicia, Ca. Closed Casket Visitation will be held at Passalacqua Funeral Chapel, 901 West 2nd Street, Benicia on September 10th from 4 to 8, with a Vigil-Rosary Service at 5:00 p.m.

Nina Marie Hurst

July 9, 1938 - August 27, 2024