Wesley Benson

BENSON

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 7/6/2014 at 16:42:26

Wesley Benson
1907 – 2003

Wesley "Red" Benson, 95, of Davenport, passed away on Friday, May 30, 2003, at ManorCare Nursing Home, Davenport. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, in the Runge Mortuary Chapel. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family. Following services a luncheon will be held at Zion Lutheran Church, Davenport.Wesley was born August 14, 1907, in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Charles and Emily (Peters) Benson. He was united in marriage to Florence Pohlman on January 6, 1934, in Davenport.Red enjoyed fishing, golfing and traveling.He was a life-long member of Zion Lutheran Church, Davenport, and a member of Izaak Walton League and Davenport Moose Lodge. Wesley also had served as a volunteer fireman for the former Green Acres Fire Department. Survivors include his wife, Florence Benson, Davenport; daughter and son-in-law, Barb and Ken Buchmeyer, Davenport; son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence and Suzy Benson, Enumclaw, Wash.; three grandchildren, Brenda Zinger, Davenport, Doug Arps, Yuma, Ariz., and Jeffery Benson, Seattle, Wash.; nine step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and 19 step-great-grand- children. He was preceded in death by three brothers and five sisters.

Source: Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, 04 June 2003.