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man‎Walter Emil Benson‏‎
Born ‎8 Oct 1889 North Dakota, died ‎22 Dec 1973 Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota‎, age 84 years

Married ‎24 Aug 1916 Moore, Fergus County, Montana, age 26 years (married 57 years) to:

womanInez Isabel Brown‏, age by marriage 24 years, daughter of John A Brown and Elizabeth T "Eliza" Rooney‏.
Born ‎10 Nov 1891 Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎6 Sep 1990 Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota‎, age 98 years

Children:

1.
womanMabel Gail Benson‏
Born ‎23 Sep 1919 Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎26 Dec 1985 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota‎, age 66 years
The following obituary was published in the Sauk Centre Herald on January 9, 1986:
Funeral services for Mabel Gail Walker, 66, 509 Lakeshore Drive, were held Monday, Dec. 30, 1985.
Mrs. Walker was born Sept. 23, 1919 at Sauk Centre to parents Inez (Brown) Benson and the late Walter Benson.
She married Raymond G. Walker on June 18, 1941 at Little Falls. After their marriage they lived in Indiana, and since 1942 had lived in Sauk Centre.
Survivors include her husband, Ray, of Sauk Centre; a daughter, Mrs. Steven (Kathleen) Spanier of Kansas City, MO; mother, Mrs Inez Benson and sister, Germaine Benson both of Sauk Centre; and three grandchildren.
She had been a member of Our Lady of the Angeles Catholic Church and the Christian mothers.
Pallbearers were Roman Vornbrock, Bill Benson, Jr., Jim Benson, Jr., Barry Walker, Tim Walker, George Trierweiler, Jr.
Burial was in Calvary Cemetery

2.
woman‎Inez Germaine "Gerry" Benson‏‎
Born ‎10 Aug 1923 Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎8 Nov 1996 Ramsey County, Minnesota‎, age 73 years