Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Benson Emma A 661006 p1
Final Rites, Tuesday For Mrs. Benson; Final rites were conducted Tuesday afternoon in Evans Funeral Chapel for Mrs.
Emma Adina Benson, 82, who died last Friday in a local hospital following a long illness. Interment was in the Patterson
District Cemetery. Mrs. Benson was a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  She lived in Patterson 54 years and taught in
the Patterson Elementary School system for 17 years. She is survived by a niece, Mrs. Laurence Baalack of Patterson; a
nephew, Phillip Larson of Pacific Grove; two step-daughters, Mrs. Marguerite Sorenson of Patterson and Mrs. Alice
Jordan of Modesto; three stepsons, Harvey of Modesto; William of Laguna Hills, and Ray Benson of San Mateo.