OBITUARY-
AUSTIN -- Selmer K. Benson, 84, of 1401 Fourth St. S.W., a retired Hormel Foods Corp. employee, died Monday morning (April 19, 1993) at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin.
Born Dec. 17, 1908, in rural Mower County, he grew up there, attended area rural schools and graduated from Austin High School. In June 1935, he married Ruth Lysne in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Mr. Benson worked for Hormel Foods Corp. for 42 years.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Karen (Mrs. David) Wolff of Glenville, Minn.; two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church here, with the Rev. James I. Mikkelson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin and an hour before the service at the church.
AUSTIN -- Selmer K. Benson, 84, of 1401 Fourth St. S.W., a retired Hormel Foods Corp. employee, died Monday morning (April 19, 1993) at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin.
Born Dec. 17, 1908, in rural Mower County, he grew up there, attended area rural schools and graduated from Austin High School. In June 1935, he married Ruth Lysne in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Mr. Benson worked for Hormel Foods Corp. for 42 years.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Karen (Mrs. David) Wolff of Glenville, Minn.; two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church here, with the Rev. James I. Mikkelson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin and an hour before the service at the church.
OBITUARY-
AUSTIN -- Selmer K. Benson, 84, of 1401 Fourth St. S.W., a retired Hormel Foods Corp. employee, died Monday morning (April 19, 1993) at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin.
Born Dec. 17, 1908, in rural Mower County, he grew up there, attended area rural schools and graduated from Austin High School. In June 1935, he married Ruth Lysne in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Mr. Benson worked for Hormel Foods Corp. for 42 years.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Karen (Mrs. David) Wolff of Glenville, Minn.; two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church here, with the Rev. James I. Mikkelson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin and an hour before the service at the church.
AUSTIN -- Selmer K. Benson, 84, of 1401 Fourth St. S.W., a retired Hormel Foods Corp. employee, died Monday morning (April 19, 1993) at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin.
Born Dec. 17, 1908, in rural Mower County, he grew up there, attended area rural schools and graduated from Austin High School. In June 1935, he married Ruth Lysne in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Mr. Benson worked for Hormel Foods Corp. for 42 years.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Karen (Mrs. David) Wolff of Glenville, Minn.; two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church here, with the Rev. James I. Mikkelson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin and an hour before the service at the church.
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