BENSON, Guy D. 1934-2004

BENSON, HOISINGTON, LACK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/16/2009 at 10:58:43

GUY D. BENSON

ORCHARD, IOWA — Guy D. Benson, 70, of Dike, and formerly of rural Orchard, died Thursday (Feb. 12, 2004) in Torrance, Calif.

Guy was born Feb. 3, 1934, on the family farm in East Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, to Paul A. and Helen A. (Hoisington) Benson.

He attended country school and graduated from Orchard High School in 1951. He attended Luther College in Decorah for two years.

Guy was united in marriage to Nedra Lack on Feb. 1, 1954, in Leon, Iowa. They moved to Inglewood, Calif., in 1954, at which time he began work at the Hollywood Turf Club racetrack. During the 33 years he worked there he became superintendent of grounds maintenance.

They lived in Inglewood, Hawthorne, Anaheim and Yorba Linda, Calif., prior to Nedra’s death in 1998. Guy retired from the racetrack and built several houses, moving to Lakewood, Calif., and then to Dike, Iowa.

Guy was a devoted son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and steadfastly loyal to his friends.

Funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Congregational Church, U.C.C., in Orchard, with the Rev. William Griffee officiating. Burial will be in the Orchard Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and will continue one hour before the service at the church.

Guy is survived by two daughters, Deborah Benson, of Long Beach, Calif., and Denise Lynch and husband, James, of Lomita, Calif.; three grandchildren, Michael Huss, of Long Beach, Michael Lynch, of Torrance, and Megan Lynch, of Torrance; sister, Imogene Barton (Dean) of Nottingham, Pa.; four brothers, Wayne Benson (Audrey) of Aurora, Colo., Wesley Benson (Patricia) of Cedar Falls, Darwin Benson (Carole) of Cedar Rapids, and John Benson (Medguel) of Red Bluff, Calif.

He was preceded by his parents, Paul A. and Helen Benson; wife, Nedra Lack Benson, in 1998; brother, Paul D. Benson; sister-in-law, Hazel A. Benson.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

{Mason City Globe Gazette]

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See photo of tombstone on GPP, in Orchard Cemetery.