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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271967
Title: Arlene M. Benson
Date: 7/19/1927-2/19/2021
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Inscription/Marks: 7/19/1927
Summary: Arlene Benson, age 93, of Sheyenne, ND, died Friday, February 19, 2021, at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, ND with her family by her side. Funeral Service was on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at 11:00AM at Grace Lutheran Church, Sheyenne. Burial was at the Riverside Cemetery, Sheyenne. Arlene Marie Logen, was born July 19, 1927, to Thomas and Bertha (Mickelson) Logen on the family farm in Benson County. She attended and graduated from school in Oberon, ND. Arlene continued her education in Fargo where she attended Dakota Business College. Arlene was united in marriage to Robert Benson on January 2, 1954, at Grace Lutheran Church in Sheyenne, ND. They made their home on the farm and were blessed with eight loving children. Her love for her children continued down to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren. She enjoyed all of the family gatherings that took place over the years. Not only was family important to her, but her friends throughout life were as well. Arlene was employed at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Sheyenne as well as being a full-time homemaker for eight children. She worked on the farm with Robert helping with chores and the daily tasks of life on the farm. They lived on the farm until 1988, then moved into Sheyenne. Arlene kept busy with yardwork and her flower gardens. Arlene and Robert loved to travel throughout the winter months after retirement. She enjoyed her time cross-stitching, quilting with the ladies from the church, playing pinochle and Sudoku. Arlene was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, the V.F.W. Auxiliary and the Lutheran Church Women’s Group. She is survived by her children, Debera (James L.) Zieman, Sheyenne, ND, Sandy Hanson, Sheyenne, ND, Bonnie (David) Nelson, Devils Lake, ND, Roger (Gabbie) Benson, Sheyenne, ND, Rhonda Hanson (Charlie), Kiowa, KS, Annie (Dennis) Weber, Sheyenne, ND, Gordon (Colleen) Benson, Sheyenne, ND, Mark Benson, Dunn Center, ND; twenty-one Grandchildren, forty-three Great-Grandchildren and two Great-Great-Grandchildren; one sister-in-law Winnie Fenning. Arlene is preceded in death by her husband Robert Benson, her parents, an infant daughter, one son-in-law Dennis Hanson, a grandson Jordan Zieman, two great granddaughters Josie Hanson and Gracie Ystaas, a brother Edwin Logen and two sisters-in-law Vivian Riding and Ruth Nelson.
Red ID: FND_I_79462 Image ID: 546540 Image Notes: FND001 271967

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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