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The Downey Eagle
January 5, 2001 Volume 8 Number 46

Services set tomorrow for Carmen Joy Benson
DOWNEY-A memorial service will be held tomorrow, Jan. 6, at 11 a.m., in the Prayer Chapel at 
Florence Avenue Foursquare Church in Santa Fe Springs for Carmen Joy Benson, a Downey resident 
since 1970, who died Sunday, Dec. 24, at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, with 
her husband, Jack, by her side. 
Born in Le Lande, New Mexico on March 5, 1921, Carmen grew up in South Gate and graduated 
valedictorian from South Gate High in 1937. She attended L.A. City College, majoring in journalism 
and drama, then married Everett A. "Jack" Benson on March 12, 1939. They made their home in 
South Gate from 1947 to 1970. 
She and her husband operated Thriftway Market in South Gate from 1956 to 1961, and Benson's 
Market in Downey from 1961 to 1978. She was bookkeeper and controller for the businesses. She 
also worked as church secretary at Christian Chapel in South Gate for many years, where she served 
as the editor of Chapel Bells, the Church sermonette. 
An avid student of the Bible, she authored four books, "The Grace and Glory of God," "Supernatural 
Dreams and Visions of the Bible," "What About Us Who Are Not Healed?" and "Seven Splendid 
Moments." 
Carmen and Jack have been members of the Florence Avenue Foursquare Church since 1988. 
She enjoyed her family, opera, classical music, the ballet, and solving crossword puzzles from the 
Downey Eagle. 
She is survived by her husband, daughter Bonnie (husband Vince Concialdi) of Mission Viejo; 
granddaughter Carrie (husband Scott Schultz) of Yorba Linda; two grandsons, Steve Concialdi and 
his wife Sally, of Trabuco Canyon and Matthew Concialdi, Mission Viejo; three great-grandchildren, 
Gabriella Schultz, Ashley and Andy Concialdi; her brother, Tom Chapman, and his family, of Murrieta 
and Yorba Linda; and sister-in-law, Margerite Chapman, of Saratoga.