 1919 - 2006 (86 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Theodore Nelson Benson |
| Birth |
1 Apr 1919 |
Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
27 Oct 1939 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZ4-Q57 |
| Death |
27 Jan 2006 |
Springdale, Washington, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Springdale, Washington, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I336 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Serge Ballif Benson, b. 2 Oct 1877, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 18 Jan 1959, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Melinda Caroline Nelson, b. 8 Sep 1881, Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States d. 27 Jun 1971, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 89 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Oct 1903 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F343 |
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 | Birth - 1 Apr 1919 - Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 27 Oct 1939 - LOGAN |
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 | Marriage - 11 Feb 1943 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 27 Jan 2006 - Springdale, Washington, Utah, United States |
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| Burial - - Springdale, Washington, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- The next to the youngest of eight children born to Serge Ballif Benson a n d Melinda Caroline Nelson, Theodore Nelson Benson died at his home in S pr ingdale.
Born in Whitney, Idaho, he and his siblings all graduated from Utah Sta t e University. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- da y Saints, he served a mission Brazil and held many positions in bishop ric s and in the Stake High Council. He married Margaret Jayne Todd Febru ar y 11, 1943 in the Logan LDS Temple.
Used by the New Jersey Legislature in developing its highway program, H i s graduate thesis, "Financing New Jersey Highways", was written at Prin ce ton University. Ted Completed the academic work for a Masters at Uta h Sta te and was awarded a fellowship to Denver University.
Holding membership in the Retired Officers Association and the America n L egion, Sigma Chi Fraternity, the Pi Gamma Nu National Social Scienc e Hono r Society, the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Fraternit y and B lue Key, he was a World War II veteran serving in Okinawa and i n the Arm y of Occupation in Japan.
Recalled to active duty in the Army, Ted served in the Pentagon as an In t elligence Officer. He served as Secretary to the Joint Brazil U.S. Mili ta ry Commission in Brazil, where the Brazilian Government awarded him th e " Order of Military Merit." He worked in the Office of the Assistant Ch ie f of Staff for Intelligence, was a Special Forces Officer, a paratroop e r and commanded a Green Beret Group in Okinawa. Assigned duty in Vietna m , he was awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit and the Republic of Vietnam d ec orated him the RUN Medal of Honor, First Class.
After retiring from the Army the family moved to Pasadena, California wh e re he helped organize a business and taught for two years in a privat e sc hool. In 1992, he and Margaret moved to Springdale to be near Zion N ation al Park.
His wife, Margaret, daughters, Kristen, Elizabeth Benson Cutler, Carolin d a, three grandchildren and sisters, Jacque Benson Bell and Zetta Benso n P eterson survive Ted.
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