Shirley Benson

Shirley N. Benson, age 73, of Grand Meadow, MN, formerly of Nashua, died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Grand Meadow Health Care Center. Funeral services were held Thursday, August 22 at the Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in Nashua. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Nashua, with Shannon Lindeland, Lacey Priebe, Jamie Pingel, Michelle Lechtenberg, Melissa Martin and Nicole Dreckman serving as pallbearers.
Shirley Nettie Benson was born January 11, 1940 in Charles City, the daughter of Roy and Lucille (Schmidt) Bluhm. She received her education in Waterloo through the eighth grade. December 17, 1955, she married Gerry Lee Martin, Sr. To this union six children were born. The couple divorced after many years of marriage.
Shirley later fell in love with William Benson. The couple was married and held a celebration at the Riviera Supper Club, Lansing, where Shirley worked as a cook for eight years. She enjoyed trout fishing, camping, cooking and in later life, enjoyed game shows, old westerns on TV and her word searches.
Survivors include three sons, Gerry Lee Martin, Jr. of Waucoma, Keith Allen (Kathy) Martin of Bassett, and Marty Mark Martin of Chester; one daughter, Brenda (James) Gronwoldt of LeRoy, MN; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Wanda Huffman of Charles City.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; and two sons, Jeffrey Lynn Martin at the age of 26 and Laverne Martin in infancy.
Online condolences for Shirley's family may be left at hugebackfuneralhome.com.