Robert Jacob Benson, son of Knute and Johanna (Saure) Benson, was born February 24, 1891, in Brown County at Hecla, South Dakota. He was baptized the same year by Rev. L.H. Bueide. At two years of age he moved with his family to a farm near Echo, Minnesota, and was confirmed at the Rock Valley Lutheran Church by Rev. Olaf Eriksen in 1905. That same year, he moved to a farm near Clarkfield, Minnesota. On August 31, 1926, he was united in marriage to Mamie Berg by Rev. O.M. Wee. To this union five children were born: Kerman of Excelsior, Minnesota, Corrine (Mrs. James Hamre) of Iowa City, Iowa, Robert of Bloomington, Minnesota, Ardell of Clarkfield, and Dr. Vernon Benson of Atlanta, Georgia. Until 1959, he farmed in Swede Prairie Township near Clarkfield. He suffered a heart attack on November 27, 1965, and passed away on Monday, November 29, 1965, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, three brothers: Bennie, Ole and Arthur, and one sister, Hannah. He is survived by his children, thirteen grandchildren, one sister, Olga, and one brother, John, both of Clarkfield, and a host of other relatives and friends. IN MEMORY OF ROBERT J. BENSON February 24, 1891 ~ November 29, 1965 Funeral Services Thursday, December 2, 1965, 2:00 p.m. Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota Clergy Officiating, Rev. N. C. Engelstad Organist, Mrs. Larry Stensrud Vocal Solos Rev. N. C. Engelstad "I'd Rather Have Jesus" Roger Nelson "Children of the Heavenly Father" Casket Bearers Roy Vaala ~ Ellsworth Olson Richard Bjornjeld ~ Donald Rysdahl Alton Rysdahl ~ Earl Berg Final Resting Place Israel Lutheran Cemetery, Swede Prairie Township Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield, Minnesota