Vera Arlene "Boo" (BENSON) SPENCER

BENSON, SPENCER, SCHAVER, RICE, MAYO, TROUSDALE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/19/2011 at 05:41:07

Obituary - Vera Arlene "Boo" (Benson) Spencer

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
January 28, 2006

MASON CITY - Vera Arlene "Boo" SPENCER, 73, of Mason City, died Friday (Jan. 27, 2006) on her birthday at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa.

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Rockwell Cemetery, Rockwell, with Pastor Tom Healey, Hospice of North Iowa chaplain, officiating. Following the graveside service, the family asks that you please join them at the Salvation Army in Mason City to share memories and to have refreshments.

Vera was born Jan. 27, 1933, in Mason City, the daughter of Walton and Lois (SCHAVER) BENSON. She attended school in Mason City.

Vera was united in matrimony three times.

She loved fishing, camping, rummage sales, playing cards, finding bargains, and playing practical jokes on her family and friends. Her dog, Pepper, was her constant companion.

She is survived by her two daughters, Diane (Ron) RICE and Rebecca (Anthony) MAYO, both of Mason City; her sister, Darlene TROUSDALE, Rockwell; and three brothers, Robert (Marlys) BENSON of Rockwell, Roger (Vikki) BENSON of Georgia and Ronald BENSON of Texas; seven grandchildren, Angela (Brett), Steven (Tammy), Brandy (John), Karen (Ryan), Gary (Lindsay), Michael and friend, Hank, and Shannon (Brian), all of Mason City; sixteen great-grandchildren, Patrick, Cody, Jacob, Derrick, Taylor, Isaac, Mackenzie, Madison, Alexandria, Brooklynne, Bryce, Brandon, Ethan, Hunter, Gavin, Dallas and expecting her 17th in June; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Richard; brother-in-law, Merle, and a grandchild, Jennifer.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, Mason City, (641) 423-2372. www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011

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