Vernon "Ben" Benfer

Benfer, Vernon "Ben"
Born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 9, 1918 and passed away at home in Woodland Hills, in his home of 26 years, on March 2, 2006 of a broken heart. Predeceased by his loving wife Arylene, in January 2005. Survived by his four children whom he loved very much, Julie Lindberg, Jon Benfer, Jill Langley and Jana Benfer and his seven grandchildren - Tyler, Brady, Anna, Larissa, Pierce, Giselle and James. For the past 30 years he has owned Calabasas Saddlery, one of the oldest businesses in Calabasas. A long time member of the Calabasas Country Club and recently of the Mission Hills Country Club, he enjoyed golf and croquet. He spent many enjoyable hours with his friends at the Beverly Hills Croquet Club. He loved to travel and in the recent past, made several trips to England and Ireland to re-visit his WWII haunts in London, Belfast and Dublin where he spent a number of years with Lockheed. He was a lover of good food and wine and always enjoyed life to its fullest. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Grossman Burn Center, 4849 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (www.grossmanburncenter.com). Services to be held on March 18, 2006 at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills at 3:00 p.m. in the Church of the Hills. We will miss him terribly.