The Post and Courier(Charleston, SC)
July 24, 2012Zella McPherson Benson, 85, of Goose Creek, widow of James L. Benson, passed away on Monday evening, July 23, 2012.
Mrs. Benson was born August 12, 1926 in St. John, North Dakota, daughter of the late Harry and Effie King McPherson.
She was a graduate of Minot High School in North Dakota and the University of Akron, Ohio, receiving her bachelors of Arts in Social work. She enjoyed sewing for local museums and knitting for family and friends. Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her family.
Surviving are: one daughter and one son: Kathleen Benson of Ladson and James Lynn Benson of Rockford, Michigan, five grandchildren: Brett Johnson of Goose Creek, Joshua Benson of Cooperstown, Michigan, Sarah Vonsoetz of Rockford, Michigan and Craig Benson of Castle Rock, Colorado, eight great grandchildren, one sister: Iva Fink of Bismark, North Dakota.
She was predeceased by her son: Ronald Craig Benson. A
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
October 20, 2008James Louis Benson, 82, of Goose Creek, husband of Zella G. Benson, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Trident Medical Center.
Mr. Benson was born March 11, 1926, in Clarion, Iowa, son of the late Louis Samuel Benson and Thelma Louise Brannon Benson.
Mr. Benson received a BS degree from Iowa State University. He served in the United States Navy and retired from the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Corporation as Manager of Vehicle Testing. He and Mrs. Benson have been married for sixty three years. He was a member of Dorchester Presbyterian Church, Summerville.
Survivors, including his wife, are one son, James Benson (Lynn) of Rockford, MI; one daughter, Kathy Allman of Ladson; five grandchildren, Craig Benson of Denver, CO, Joshua Benson of Coopersville, MI, Molly Benson Smead of Grand Rapids, MI, Sarah Benson VanSoest of Rockford, MI and Brett Johnson of Ladson, SC and seven great grandchildren.
He was predeceased by one son, Ronald Benson.
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The funeral for Leona M. McPherson, 82, of Leeds will be held Wed. at 10 a.m. at the Leeds Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Leeds Lutheran Cemetery. She died April 5, 1992 at the Heart of America Hospital in Rugby.
Leona M. McPherson was born Sept. 22, 1909 at St. John to John & Ida Kuhl Sande. She was raised & educated at St. John. She married Bruce McPherson at Bisbee Oct. 20, 1925. Since 1942 they had lived in Leeds, where he worked for the Great Northern Railroad. He died in 1965.
She was a member of the Leeds Lutheran Church & its ladies aid. She was also a member of the VFW auxiliary & the Leeds American Legion auxiliary.
Survivors include 2 sons, Bernard of Des Moines, Wash. & Sande of Hot Springs, SD; 2 daughters, Mrs. Robert (Luella) Wymore of Mayville & Mrs. Syvilla (Bernice) Sweeny of Portland, Ore.; 18 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a brother, Martin Sande of St. John; & 2 sisters, Bertha Ramsey of Little Falls, Minn. & Loretta Johnson of Litchfield, Minn.