Obit of Welschmeyer, Lucille Benson - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

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Lucille Benson Welschmeyer 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. 

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