BENSON, Ruth E. (Lysne) 1912-1995

BENSON, LYSNE

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 10/6/2006 at 22:37:00

AUSTIN, MINN. -- Ruth E. Benson, 83, of Austin, died Wednesday (April 19, 1995) at St. Mark's Lutheran Home in Austin.

Ruth E. Lysne was born April 16, 1912, in Steele County, graduated from Blooming Prairie High School and attended St. Olaf Lutheran College. On June 11, 1935, she married Selmer K. Benson in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Mrs. Benson was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church, St. Olaf Helping Hands, and the Hoe and Grow Garden Club.

Survivors include a daughter, Karen (Mrs. David) Wolff of Glenville, Minn.; four grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and two brothers, Lawrence and Kenneth Lysne, both of Blooming Prairie. She was preceded in death by her husband and a brother.

The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin, with the Rev. Mark Decker officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin and an hour before the service Saturday at the church.