Sioux City Journal Thursday, July 08, 2004
Deborah E. Benson
Deborah Elizabeth (Ekrem) Benson, 94, of Sioux City went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at Bickford Cottage.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Wesleyan Church in Leeds, with Chaplains Mary Ann Hunter and Lorelei Youtzy officiating. Burial will be in McCook Cemetery, North Sioux City. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel.
Mrs. Benson was born May 30, 1910, in Mobridge, S.D., the daughter of John and Hilda (Larson) Ekrem. She was raised in Mobridge and attended the University of Minnesota, where she received her bachelor degree in fine arts.
She was married to her beloved husband, John Weeks Benson, on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, Ill. he passed away Dec. 27, 1983, in Rochester, Minn.
She was raised in Mobridge and later lived in Stewartville, Minn., for 27 years. She had been a resident of Sioux City since 1984.
She was a member of First Evangelical Free Church in Sioux City, where she volunteered her time for the church day care. She also was a volunteer at Goodwill Industries. She was an artist and enjoyed woodworking with her husband, making furniture and chip carving.
Survivors include three children, Lynne and her husband, Doug Marsh of Sioux City, Stanton Benson of Ottsville, Pa., and Judy Benson and her husband, Harry McCarthy of Cranford, N.J.; five grandchildren, Tamra Ream, Renae Moos, Kristy Marsh, Sarah Benson and Rachel Benson; five great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Dee Dee Benson of Quakertown, Pa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and four sisters, Judy Ault, Victoria Borowski, Esther Peterson and Ruth Ekrem.
Pallbearers will be Doug Marsh, Kris Ream, Ben Moos, Roy Gissler, Harry McCarthy and Chad Scherbring.
Deborah E. Benson
Deborah Elizabeth (Ekrem) Benson, 94, of Sioux City went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at Bickford Cottage.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Wesleyan Church in Leeds, with Chaplains Mary Ann Hunter and Lorelei Youtzy officiating. Burial will be in McCook Cemetery, North Sioux City. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel.
Mrs. Benson was born May 30, 1910, in Mobridge, S.D., the daughter of John and Hilda (Larson) Ekrem. She was raised in Mobridge and attended the University of Minnesota, where she received her bachelor degree in fine arts.
She was married to her beloved husband, John Weeks Benson, on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, Ill. he passed away Dec. 27, 1983, in Rochester, Minn.
She was raised in Mobridge and later lived in Stewartville, Minn., for 27 years. She had been a resident of Sioux City since 1984.
She was a member of First Evangelical Free Church in Sioux City, where she volunteered her time for the church day care. She also was a volunteer at Goodwill Industries. She was an artist and enjoyed woodworking with her husband, making furniture and chip carving.
Survivors include three children, Lynne and her husband, Doug Marsh of Sioux City, Stanton Benson of Ottsville, Pa., and Judy Benson and her husband, Harry McCarthy of Cranford, N.J.; five grandchildren, Tamra Ream, Renae Moos, Kristy Marsh, Sarah Benson and Rachel Benson; five great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Dee Dee Benson of Quakertown, Pa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and four sisters, Judy Ault, Victoria Borowski, Esther Peterson and Ruth Ekrem.
Pallbearers will be Doug Marsh, Kris Ream, Ben Moos, Roy Gissler, Harry McCarthy and Chad Scherbring.
Sioux City Journal Thursday, July 08, 2004
Deborah E. Benson
Deborah Elizabeth (Ekrem) Benson, 94, of Sioux City went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at Bickford Cottage.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Wesleyan Church in Leeds, with Chaplains Mary Ann Hunter and Lorelei Youtzy officiating. Burial will be in McCook Cemetery, North Sioux City. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel.
Mrs. Benson was born May 30, 1910, in Mobridge, S.D., the daughter of John and Hilda (Larson) Ekrem. She was raised in Mobridge and attended the University of Minnesota, where she received her bachelor degree in fine arts.
She was married to her beloved husband, John Weeks Benson, on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, Ill. he passed away Dec. 27, 1983, in Rochester, Minn.
She was raised in Mobridge and later lived in Stewartville, Minn., for 27 years. She had been a resident of Sioux City since 1984.
She was a member of First Evangelical Free Church in Sioux City, where she volunteered her time for the church day care. She also was a volunteer at Goodwill Industries. She was an artist and enjoyed woodworking with her husband, making furniture and chip carving.
Survivors include three children, Lynne and her husband, Doug Marsh of Sioux City, Stanton Benson of Ottsville, Pa., and Judy Benson and her husband, Harry McCarthy of Cranford, N.J.; five grandchildren, Tamra Ream, Renae Moos, Kristy Marsh, Sarah Benson and Rachel Benson; five great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Dee Dee Benson of Quakertown, Pa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and four sisters, Judy Ault, Victoria Borowski, Esther Peterson and Ruth Ekrem.
Pallbearers will be Doug Marsh, Kris Ream, Ben Moos, Roy Gissler, Harry McCarthy and Chad Scherbring.
Deborah E. Benson
Deborah Elizabeth (Ekrem) Benson, 94, of Sioux City went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at Bickford Cottage.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Wesleyan Church in Leeds, with Chaplains Mary Ann Hunter and Lorelei Youtzy officiating. Burial will be in McCook Cemetery, North Sioux City. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel.
Mrs. Benson was born May 30, 1910, in Mobridge, S.D., the daughter of John and Hilda (Larson) Ekrem. She was raised in Mobridge and attended the University of Minnesota, where she received her bachelor degree in fine arts.
She was married to her beloved husband, John Weeks Benson, on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, Ill. he passed away Dec. 27, 1983, in Rochester, Minn.
She was raised in Mobridge and later lived in Stewartville, Minn., for 27 years. She had been a resident of Sioux City since 1984.
She was a member of First Evangelical Free Church in Sioux City, where she volunteered her time for the church day care. She also was a volunteer at Goodwill Industries. She was an artist and enjoyed woodworking with her husband, making furniture and chip carving.
Survivors include three children, Lynne and her husband, Doug Marsh of Sioux City, Stanton Benson of Ottsville, Pa., and Judy Benson and her husband, Harry McCarthy of Cranford, N.J.; five grandchildren, Tamra Ream, Renae Moos, Kristy Marsh, Sarah Benson and Rachel Benson; five great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Dee Dee Benson of Quakertown, Pa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and four sisters, Judy Ault, Victoria Borowski, Esther Peterson and Ruth Ekrem.
Pallbearers will be Doug Marsh, Kris Ream, Ben Moos, Roy Gissler, Harry McCarthy and Chad Scherbring.
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