George D. Benson
Dec. 11, 1892-Jan. 13, 1974
Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 14, 1974, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--George Dwight Benson, 81, of 1915 N. Fifth St., Died at 9:38 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital after an illness of one week.
The retired owner of Benson's Furniture, Mr. Benson was born Dec. 11, 1892, in Jamestown, N.D., and had lived here since 1910. On Oct. 8, 1914, in Niles, he married the former Jeanne C. Smith, who survives.
Benson was a member of St. Joseph Valley Masonic Lodge, the Niles Shrine Club, Saladin Temple of Grand Rapids, and the Scottish Rite of Grand Rapids.
Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Bachman of Flint; a sister, Mrs. Virginia Brothers of Niles, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with full Masonic rites administered by St. Joseph Valley Lodge. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the Niles Shrine Club crippled children's fund.