Thomas Herman Benson

A Funeral Service for Thomas Herman Benson of Mountain Home, Arkansas, will be 10:00 am, Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Barry Lagg officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M., at the funeral home.

Thomas passed away April 12, 2018, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 91. He was born August 23, 1926, in Moline, Illinois, the son of Fred and Johanna Schoeve Benson. He graduated from the Harvard School of Business. He married Nettie Skillen in 1963 in Wood, West Virginia and worked as a Senior Vice President for Montgomery Elevator Company for 45 years. Thomas was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Thomas lived in Mountain Home since 1986, moving from Bettendorf, Iowa. He loved fishing, visiting casinos and playing three card poker. Tom was an avid chess player and enjoyed spending time with his family most of all.

Thomas is survived by his wife, Nettie Mae Benson of Mountain Home, AR; three sons, John (Candy) Benson of Mountain Home, AR, Buck (Geneva) Benson of North Carolina and Mike (Pam) Benson of Illinois; three daughters, Lynda (Ray) Caughlin of Texas, Sue (Jimmy) Campbell of Hawaii and Bonnie Baum of Colorado; three sisters, Darlene Joy of Arizona, Judith Honour of Illinois and Kathleen Peace of Illinois; 14 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Fred E. Benson, Jr.

Burial will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, Arkansas, with Thomas R. Benson, Colton J. Baum, Joel K. Baum, Jerry Bill Standefer, Justin W. Dean and Andy M. Ternes as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearer will be Nathan Standefer. Military Honors will be provided by the Alley-White American Legion Post #52 and United States Navy Honor Guards.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of North Arkansas.

Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.