Ruth Alice Benson, nee Lantz, age 97 of Chicago Illinois passed away Saturday July 4, 2020. Beloved wife of the late John E. Benson. Devoted mother of John (Karen) Benson, Penny (Robert) Fabry and the late Thomas (Mary) Benson. Proud grandmother of Jennifer (Michael) Sorrow, John (Kristy) Benson, Robert, Daniel (Morgan Holloway) and Caroline Fabry and Matthew and Jack Benson. Loving great grandmother to Kaner and Ryder Benson and Dylan and Aubrey Sorrow. Also survived by her sister Vera Stewart and many nieces and nephews. Ruth was a long time employee of the Chicago Public School System. Due to the pandemic services were private.
If you wish, you may honor Ruth with a donation to a charity of your choice or to Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, which cared for Ruth in her final days, at www.season’s.org.