Mary Lou Benson Obituary
We bid farewell to Mary Lou Benson of Sedalia, Missouri, whose journey of life gracefully concluded on March 25, 2025 at the age of 98. Mary Lou touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Mary Lou farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Mary Lou is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Joseph McLean and Marie McLean; her husband Wilmer A. Benson; and her siblings, Hugh, Paul Lemire, Gertrude Kuhne, Marjorie Jacoby and Lois Ross.
She is survived by: her sons, Todd Benson of Sedalia and Mark Benson of Greensburg, IN..
The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer's Association, and/or St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Scared Heart Church, in care of McLaughlin Funeral Chapel, 519 S. Ohio St., Sedalia, MO 65301.