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http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2008/10/11/obituaries/01obit_10-11-08.txt</ref>
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Benson was one of four children born to Oscar and Jenny Benson in Eaton in Weld County in northern [[Colorado]]. He was reared on a farm west of Greeley, Colorado. He graduated in 1935 from Greeley High School. On March 1, 1947, he married his wife Marion E. Benson (December 21, 1919—January 21, 2007), originally of [[Tacoma]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]].<ref>Social Security Death Index:http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=BENSON&firstname=Marion&stat=a&start=61</ref>. Benson graduated in 1952 from Colorado State University at Fort Collins, then known as Colorado A&M. He was employed in [[Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]], from 1954 to 1980 for the Wyoming Highway Department, having headed the photogrammetry department at the agency.<ref name=obit/>
Benson was one of four children born to Oscar and Jenny Benson in Eaton in Weld County in northern [[Colorado]]. He was reared on a farm west of Greeley, Colorado. He graduated in 1935 from Greeley High School. On March 1, 1947, he married his wife Marion E. Benson (December 21, 1919—January 21, 2007), originally of [[Tacoma]], [[Washington]].<ref>Social Security Death Index:http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=BENSON&firstname=Marion&stat=a&start=61</ref>. Benson graduated in 1952 from Colorado State University at Fort Collins, then known as Colorado A&M. He was employed in [[Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]], from 1954 to 1980 for the Wyoming Highway Department, having headed the photogrammetry department at the agency.<ref name=obit/>
He and his wife were members of St. Paul's [[Lutheran Church]] in Cheyenne. They had relocated in 2006 to Sheridan in northeastern Wyoming in 2006. He was survived by a daughter, Mary Ann Lance, and by a son, Ross Benson.<ref>Wallace R. Benson obituary, ''Wyoming Tribune-Eagle'', October 11, 2008:
He and his wife were members of St. Paul's [[Lutheran Church]] in Cheyenne. They had relocated in 2006 to Sheridan in northeastern Wyoming in 2006. He was survived by a daughter, Mary Ann Lance, and by a son, Ross Benson.<ref>Wallace R. Benson obituary, ''Wyoming Tribune-Eagle'', October 11, 2008: