Irving L. BENSON

BENSON, Irving L. 2009-03-28 Our dear friend Irv passed quietly on March 25 in Grand Marais. Irv was born in West Duluth to Irving L. and Margaret Armstrong Benson on May 27, 1922. He attended high school at Denfeld and was drafted into the Air Force becoming a pilot. After his discharge, he and his lifelong friend Jack Cedergren canoed from Duluth to Hudson Bay in the untamed isolated wilderness. He always had a love affair with Mother Nature and in 1948 he came home to Lake Saganaga, Ontario. He married Tempest Powell Benson and together they trapped guided and ran Pine Island Camp. He was well known for his sense of humor and his ever-constant tricks. In October of 2008 he moved to Grand Marais to the Seglems‘ home where he watched the chickadees and was visited by many good friends. Many good memories were relived during these visits. Irv is preceded in death by his parents, Irving Sr. and Margaret. He is survived by three stepdaughters, Minerva Lee (Gerald), Thunder Bay, Jeannette Ryden (Darold), Tower MN, Betty Skoog (Kenny), Silver Springs Florida and cousin Fred Benson (Beverly), Prescott Wisconsin and nephew, Dickie (Sherry) Powell of Saganaga. He will be missed greatly by many loving families and friends. Memorials may be sent to Saganaga Ontario Association of Resort and Property Owners. Fire Brigade Fund or Emergency Medical fund, c/o Susan Weber, 48 Moosepond Drive, Slip 3A Grand Marais, MN 55604 or Dave Seglem, 2446 County Road 7, Grand Marais MN 55604. A Memorial Service will be held on Sag this summer. He requested no other service.