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Memorial Service Held for Marjorie Edythe Benson
CROMWELL, CT (August 22, 2005) - A memorial service for Marjorie Edythe Benson
was conducted last Thursday in Pilgrim Manor Chapel at the Covenant
Village of Cromwell. She was the wife of Covenant pastor LeRoy Benson.
Benson, who was age 81 at the time of her death, died August 15 at
Pilgrim Manor Care Center. Chaplains Glen Halvorsen and Susan Knight
officiated with other clergy also participating. A committal service
was scheduled to take place at the Alcorn gravesite in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Benson had been a member of Evangelical Covenant churches in
Massachusetts and Florida. She worked in the marketing department at
Covenant Village of Florida and in 1992 the couple moved to Cromwell,
where LeRoy served as the campus administrator.
She is survived by her husband, three sons and one daughter, five
grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Memorial gifts may be directed to the Benevolent Care Fund of Covenant
Village of Cromwell, 52 Missionary Road, Cromwell, CT, 06416, or to
Gideons International, P.O. Box 2601, Milford, NH, 03055.
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