Show Benson dies in i auto 1 Funeral services were held Sept 17 aL 1 p.m. in Ee Iota ward chapel for J- I meeting of Associated j Kr Users to discuss year eld Ioka who was killed instantly on 17 at about p.m. when tin-own from the tractor he was which was struck by another According to Trooper Leonard Ferguson of the Utah Highway Patrol who I Benson was hurled into a I fence about 30 feet from the road and the tractor continued on down the highway finally running into a utility I The fatal accident happened in front of the Ioka ward chapel on the Ioka Lane highway as he was returning from working at his farm that His Archie had met him as had been their arrangement for sometime with the latter's car to give him a ride The two Benson vehicles were stopped momentarily in front of the church house and the men were conversing briefly when a truck driven by Howard Roosevelt struck the i She reported to Trooper Fer-IScu BEXSON 30 Benson rites from page guson that she was blinded by the lights of the oncoming car and did not see Benson's tractor until too late to avoid the Gilbert was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital suffering from A was treated for a bump on the and her son also a passenger in the was Melvin J. Benson was born in Summit a son of John J. and Lois Me married Rachel Smith June in the Salt Lake After her death he married Eliza She died in An active member of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Benson had filled a mission in England where he was a branch For eight years lie was bishop of the Ioka ward and at the time of his death was chorister in the a post he had filled for several He held the office of high was a ward teacher and served on the Roosevelt Stake old folks wrote songs as a hobby and had had several of his songs He was honored at the 1961 when several of his songs were sung by members of the Benson He had been a fanner all his life and was one of the first Basin farmers to establish a grade A dairy Until a-bout 2 years ago Benson was operating one of the larger dairy farms in the area and had from 40 to 70 milk cows In his He sold his dairy and was Prayer at the home was offered by i j Parley Speakers were two former bishops of the Ioka Reed Lemon and Clifford and E. L. Music included a ladies quartet composed of Reta and Nox-man Norma Jessen and L o r n a Birdie Swasey was the Owen Goodrich Blue one of Benson's accompanied by Jeneal Piano Found You In also composed by Bishop Hugh Percival presided at the funeral and read the last song composed by the Old Burial was in the Ioka cemetery under direction of the Survivors include two Melvin J. Jesse N. Salt Lake five daughters including John San and Joseph also John West Owen and 32 Also surviving axe the following brothers and Archie Maurice Rus- |