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Charlotte (Fletcher) Benson

Posted 2017-01-16 by mhenderson
Kingman Daily Miner, Kingman, AZ
>>> Published on Friday, January 13, 2017 <<<

Charlotte Benson went to her heavenly home on Jan. 3, 2017 after
complications from surgery.

She was born March 20, 1938 in Concord, New Hampshire to Lloyd and
Grace Fletcher.

Char married Frank W. Benson in 1956 in Long Beach, California.
Having left New Hampshire as a teen, Charlotte lived in Southern
California with her husband, three sons, two foster sons and their
families.

She and Frank, along with two of their sons and families, moved to
Kingman, Arizona in 1992 to open the Big O Tires store there.
Since the 1970s, she worked alongside Frank in various Big O Tire
stores as co-owner, until she retired in early 2014. They are both
remembered as pillars in the Big O Tires family.

Although she and Frank resided in Needles, California for the next
20 years, Charlotte moved back to Kingman in February of 2015, where
she enjoyed her family, as well as her church family at Calvary
Chapel.

She loved visiting with lady friends, discussing her younger years,
when she worked as a telephone operator at Pacific Bell and competed
in synchronized swimming, among other things. The greatest joys in
her life were her family and her dogs.

Charlotte was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Frank
and her sister, Peggy. She was beloved as a wife, mother, mother-in-
law, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her sons,
Frank (Karen), Gene (Kristie), and Ron; and by six grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.

Memorial services are planned for Thursday, Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. at
Calvary Chapel, 500 Stowell Ave., Kingman on the corner of Spring &
Stowell downtown.

There will be an informal celebration of Charlotte’s life at Frank
and Karen’s home afterward. Information will be available at the
church.

Services are also planned for Friday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. at
Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside,
California, 92518. There will also be an informal gathering at Ken
Williams’ home afterward. Information will available at the service
or contact the family.

Please send flowers to Calvary Chapel, 500 Stowell Ave., Kingman,
AZ., 86401.

Arrangements were placed under the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home
and Crematory.

Thoughts and condolences may be submitted to the family at
www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com.





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