T. Elizabeth Benson passed away June 28th, 2020 in Colorado Springs at the age of 96. She was born in Wausa Nebraska Aug 12th, 1923. She was born the 4th Child of 5 children to Irwin and Tillie Peterson.
She graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls SD and went on to study at the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Business College. She put herself through school while working to support the WWII war effort by sewing jungle hammocks. Her first job was a parish worker at First Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa.
She met her husband of 66 years, Avis W. Benson while doing parish work. They were married on August 12th, 1947 at Augustana Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD. Family was of utmost importance to her raising 6 children while working in the trust department at the bank and as an accountant. She has 15 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
She is survived by 5 of her children, Marcia Benson of Colorado Springs, Yvonne Pettit of Billings MT, Naomi Yanta of Rockford MN, Mark Benson of Pollock Pines CA, and Luther Benson of Colorado Springs.
She is preceded in death by her husband Avis W. Benson, her siblings Earnest Peterson, Dorice Andersen, Ellwood Peterson, Irma Pohl and her oldest daughter Miriam Wells.
Visitation will be held at Swan Law Funeral Directors 501 N. Cascade, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, July 7th, 9-11 am. Services will be held at the same location at 11 am. Final resting place will be at Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 S. Hancock in Colorado Springs.
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