lanche; and their six children and spouses, Janet (Tom) Oakleaf, James (Jane) Benson, Carol (Dan) Edmondson, Dale (Susan) Benson, Linda (Kirk) Whittlesey and Mark Benson. Also surviving are 9 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 4 step grandchildren; 1 step great-grandchild; sisters, Thelma Smith, Dorothy Etzen, Marjorie Anderson; and brother, Robert Benson. He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Jerimy Benson; sister, Alice Gerdes; brother, Norman Benson and his twin brother, Vance Benson. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Jerimy Benson Scholarship Fund, Forest City Good Samaritan Society or Hospice of North Iowa.