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| Name |
Lera Benson |
| Birth |
4 May 1907 |
Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
26 Jun 1929 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
LBR9-M8L |
| Death |
10 Jun 2009 |
Orem, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I322 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
George Taft Benson, Jr, b. 24 Jun 1875, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 13 Aug 1934, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Sophia Dunkley, b. 29 Jun 1878, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 1 Jun 1933, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Oct 1898 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F326 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Cyril Monroe Whittle, b. 26 Sep 1902, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 15 Apr 1961, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage License |
24 Jun 1929 |
Cache, Utah, United States |
| Marriage |
26 Jun 1929 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Sabra Whittle, b. 19 Jan 1933, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 1 Feb 2002 (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. William Monroe Whittle, b. 22 Jun 1935, Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 5 Feb 2016, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States (Age 80 years) |
| | 3. George Benson Whittle, b. 27 Mar 1944, Brawley, Imperial, California, United States d. 27 Jul 2011, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States (Age 67 years) |
| + | 4. Valerie Whittle, b. 16 Nov 1947, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 3 Feb 2010, Maitland, Orange, Florida, United States (Age 62 years) |
| | 5. Lee Monroe Whittle, b. Abt 1949 d. 25 Dec 2017, San Diego, California, United States (Age 68 years) |
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| Family ID |
F334 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 4 May 1907 - Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Marriage License - 24 Jun 1929 - Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 26 Jun 1929 - LOGAN |
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 | Marriage - 26 Jun 1929 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 10 Jun 2009 - Orem, Utah, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - - Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- Lera Benson Whittle passed away peacefully of natural causes on June 1 0 , 2009 at age 102 while surrounded by members of her loving family .
Lera spent her entire life in service to others, beginning with her serv i ce to a devoted husband and their ten children. This service expande d t o include 58 grandchildren, 158 great-grandchildren, and 28 great-gre at-g randchildren.
She was born on a farm in Whitney, Idaho on May 4, 1907 to George Taft B e nson, Jr. and Sarah Sophia Dunkley Benson, the sixth of eleven childre n .
Lera attended Brigham Young University and was a sought-after elementa r y school teacher in Idaho.
She met her husband, Cyril Monroe Whittle, in Preston, Idaho and they we r e married in the Logan L.D.S. Temple on June 26, 1929 .
Cyril was also a teacher, and they often stated that their marriage to e a ch other was among the greatest of all gifts that life had given them.
This expression set the tone for their relationship, as well as for th e h armony that existed within their family and which exists to this da y .
Lera is loved and esteemed by every one of her direct descendants, ov e r a hundred of whom passed by her bed to say goodbye to her the day bef or e her passing.
Lera was an accomplished music director, choir director, and soloist. S h e taught special interest classes, was a visiting teacher, a district m is sionary, a relief society president, and a long time temple worker .
She lived with her husband and family in Cache Valley, Idaho, Imperial V a lley, California, Racine, Wisconsin, and Provo, Utah .
After her husband's death, she served a mission to England for The Chur c h of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with her sister Margaret .
Her greatest satisfaction in later life, she said, came from her lov e o f family, and her love of the church with its numerous opportunitie s to s erve others.
Her family looks at her life as something to be celebrated. They will al w ays be grateful for the tenderness and wisdom with which she guided the m . She will be missed, but the memory of her exemplary life will alway s li nger on.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. i n t he Orem Northridge Stake Center, 1660 North 200 West, Orem, UT. Ther e wil l be a closed casket, but friends are invited to greet the family s tartin g at 9 a.m.
Published in the Deseret News on 6/14/2009.
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