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Name

Benson, Donald Halsey

Genealogy ID

13820

Born

28 MAY 1908

Deceased

18 MAR 1983

Deceased where

Mansfield, Tioga PA

Cemetery

Watson Cemetery

Education

Mansfield High School 1926
Mansfield State Teachers College 1930
Bucknell University

Occupation

Teacher
Tioga Gas & Equipment Co. (Bought from Johnson's)
Mansfield Borough Manager

Titles & honors

F. & A. M. Friendship Lodge No. 247

Father

Halsey L. Benson

Mother

Blanche I. Baker

Spouse

Louise Wiliams Gates - m. 1936

Children

Jane Ann Benson
Sally G. Benson
Barbara E. Benson

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BENSON, Donald Halsey [SRGP 13820] - Donald Halsey Benson, 74, of 73 St. James St., Mansfield, who was the first Mansfield Borough Manager, died Friday, March 18, 1983, at his home. He was born May 28, 1908, in Rutland Township. He was a member and elder of the First Presbyterian Church at Mansfield. A graduate of Mansfield High School and Mansfield State College, he earned a master's degree at Bucknell University, Lewisburg. Mr. Benson was a teacher and coach in the Canton and Mansfield areas until 1945 when he became the owner and operator of Tyoga Gas and Equipment Co. Alter his retirement in 1964, he became borough manager. He was a member of Friendship Lodge 247, F&AM at Mansfield. Surviving are his wife, the former Louise Gates; three daughters, Mrs. Jane Houth, of Saranac Lake, NY, Mrs. Sara Strader, of Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. Barbara Elder, of West Berlin, NJ; a brother, Reed, of Sun City, Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Doris Grow, of Batavia, NY, and seven grandchildren. A private funeral was held Monday at the Kuhl Funeral Home, Mansfield. The Rev. Robert M. Glasgow, his pastor, officiated. Donations in his memory may be made to the Mansfield Memorial Educational Fund, c/o Rudolph Van der Hiel. - Wellsboro Gazette, 23 March 1983, p.10

Engagement Announced
At a bridge party at her home in Canton, Mrs. H. C. Gates announced the engagement of her daughter, Louise Williams Gates, to Donald Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Halsey L. Benson, of Mansfield. Miss Gates is a member of the faculty of the Binghamton High School, is a graduate of the Canton High School and Wilson College. Mr. Benson is a graduate of the Mansfield Senior High School and Mansfield State Teachers College and a member of the faculty of the Mansfield Senior High School. For several years he taught in the Canton High School. The marriage will take place during the summer.

1940 census - Coach and teacher, Sr. High School