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Benjamin Benson Obituary
Benjamin Howard Benson, 85, a longtime resident of Greenwich, passed away on October 31, 2017. Ben was born in Meriden, CT, the only child of Benjamin W. and Adelaide Frances Gracey Benson.
Ben graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury, CT in 1950; he was the co-captain of the football team. He then attended Cheshire Academy, graduating in 1951. Ben went on to graduate from Manhattan College in 1955 where he was President of the Marketing Club and a member of Sigma Beta Kappa.
Mr. Benson was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Much of his professional career was spent in sales and marketing, retiring in 1995 as Vice President of Military Sales at Nabisco.
Ben was the loving and devoted husband of Rosella Summa Benson for 59 years. He is the devoted father of Margaret, Charles (Sharon), and Paul (Kathleen). Ben loved his grandchildren, Ben, Mac and Gus.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday November 3, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at St Michael the Archangel Church, 469 North St., Greenwich, CT. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Ben Benson Scholarship Fund: Manhattan College, Office of Planned Giving, 4513 Manhattan College Pkwy., Riverdale, NY 10471.
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fjohn reinke (mc1968)
November 2, 2017
The Manhattan College alumni community shares the grief, and is now praying for our fellow alumni and the family at this time. We are all a little poorer now. "No man is an island, entire of itself ... any mans death diminishes me". We are sorry for your loss. Ben always encouraged my modest effort to connect our fellow Jaspers. For that and all the things he did, I think he was a great Jasper.
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