Memorial services for Robert Arthur Benjamin age 78 of Blue Eye, Missouri will be held at 1:00 PM, Monday, October 25, 2010 at Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson with Rev. Jimmy Cariker officiating. Burial will at a later date in Minnesota.
He died on Friday, October 22, 2010 at St. Johns Regional Health Center in Springfield, Mo.
He was born on June 9, 1932 in Lake City, Minnesota the son of Arthur and Isabelle Benjamin. He started Bomar Designs in 1968 in California and moved the business to Branson, Mo. in 1985 and retired in 1996. He was an U.S. Army veteran serving from 1949 until 1952. He was of the Lutheran Faith.
Survivors are his wife; Muriel Johnson Benjamin of the home at Blue Eye, Mo. Two sons; Guy Benjamin of Benicia, California and David & Janet Benjamin of Temecula, California. Two daughters; Robin and Kenny Bell of Winchester, California and Diane and Mark Reese of Ft. Mojave, Arizona. A step-daughter: Debra Burnick of Rochester, Minnesota; One brother; Richard Benjamin of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Three half-sisters: Diane Schuth of Wabasha, Minnesota and Nancy Cary of Wabash, Minnesoa and Linda Benjamin of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Seven Grandchildren and 2 Step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son and a step-son.