Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Welschmeyer , Lucille Benson      December 30, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Welschmeyer, Lucille Benson     
1921 - 2006 
 
Lucille Benson Welschmeyer 
Services: Sat., Jan. 7th at 11AM 

Lucille Benson Welschmeyer was born January 7, 1921 in Canadian, Oklahoma, the 
second child of the union of John and Leona Benson. With family members 
nearby, she passed on December 30, 2005 in Bakersfield. Lucille was a sixty 
plus year resident of Kern County, having moved from Oklahoma in 1942. She was 
well cared for by staff of Parkview Emanuel Convalescent Home the last six 
years of her life. Lucille was faithful to the Pentecostal Holiness Church of 
her childhood and is now at rest in her heavenly home. Memorial services will 
be held on January 7, 2006 at the Word of Life Fellowship, 5300 Stine Road in 
Bakersfield at 11AM. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Leona 
Benson, and by brothers Allan, Raymond, and John Wesley Benson. She is 
survived by her two sons, Lynn (wife Tessa) and Gerald (wife Virginia) Weeks 
of Ventura, and daughter Judy Langley (husband Donald) of Bakersfield. Sisters 
Emma Phillips and Elsie Hayes and their families live in Bakersfield as well. 
Lucille also had 8 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and two great, great 
grandchildren. She will be missed by all. Lucille was a thoughtful and 
compassionate friend. She had a special fondness for children and was a loving 
grandmother. She was renowned for her green thumb and could nurse terminally 
neglected plants back to life. She was most at home in her garden. She was 
also a resourceful and creative cook famous for her vinegar cobblers and mince 
pies. 

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Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 1/5/2006.  


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