- Date Of Birth: November 24, 1926
- Date Of Death: May 28, 2011
- State: Indiana
Mich. — Betty L. Benson, 84, of Cassopolis passed away at 4:16 p.m. Saturday, May 28, 2011, at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, Ind.
She was born Nov. 24, 1926, in Freemont, Ohio, to Clayton A. and Lillian B. (Fausey) Smith-Fuller.
On Oct. 18, 1942, she married Jack O. Benson of Union, Mich. He passed away on Aug. 5, 1999.
Survivors include two sons, Richard L. (Louise) Benson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Bradley O. (Judy) Benson of Cassopolis; one daughter, Joyce E. (Jim) Dorrier of Cassopolis; two brothers, Bruce A. (Carol) Smith of Edwardsburg, Mich., and Eugene L. (Donna) Smith of Elkhart; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.
Betty worked for many years in and around the Elkhart area. She retired in 2004 after working at the COA in Cassopolis.
She was a lifetime member of the Cass County Conservation Club in Union. She joined a chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in 1979 and was still active in that organization. She was also a member of the Mottville Bible Church, having joined in 2000.
