Elizabeth Rosetta Hunter Benson (1878-1978)

Elizabeth Rosetta Hunter Benson

Birth

29 Dec 1878

Maine Prairie, Solano County, California, USA

Death

20 Mar 1978 (aged 99)

Albany, Alameda County, California, USA

Burial

Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum

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Elizabeth Rosetta Hunter was born in 1878 to parents, Mary Ann Maguire and Frank Joseph Hunter. Father Frank was born in Sweden and Mother Mary Ann born in Ohio to Irish Immigrants. Elizabeth was the first born of their 11 children. The family lived and raised all the children in Crockett, California. Being the oldest child Elizabeth was always on hand to help her mother delivers her siblings.
At the age of 19, Elizabeth married a Swedish immigrant Charles Benson. They raised their children in Oakland, CA. Children Charles August 1898-1973, Eunice Viola 1901-1907, Ida Christine 1904-1984, Edward Earl 1907-1978, Martin Bernard 1909-1972, Mary E. 1915-2000, and Francis "Frank" Kenneth 1917-1993.
Elizabeth known to me as, Aunt Lizzie, my Great Aunt was a tiny spunky lady who raised her children well, enjoyed and spent a lot of time with her sisters raising the children together. As she aged she had a passion for gambling, it wasn't uncommon for Aunt Lizzie to be up at Lake Tahoe or Reno sitting a a black jack table. Memories of her spunky self was once at the black jack table a very young man said to Lizzie, "may I ask you how old you are", clearly knowing she was up in her late 80's. Aunt Lizzie leaned into the man and asked, "can you keep a secret?", when he anxiously answered "yes", Aunt Lizzie answered with, "so can I". What fun she was!
In her late sixties, husband Charles died and Aunt Lizzie moved to Albany and was constantly watched over by her daughter Ida. Lizzie would get together with her sisters and play games of Whist often, it was a delight to us children to see all the gaming and laughter that went on at that table.
Aunt Lizzie was just shy of her 100th birthday when she past away.