Cole Christian Benson, 21, of Lyman, died Sunday, May 10,
2009, at Madison Memorial Hospital of natural causes.
He was born May 16, 1987, in Rexburg, Idaho, to George Harry and Louise Blunck Benson. He attended elementary schools at Lyman, Archer and Adams. He graduated from Madison High School in 2005. He was attending Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg and had just completed his second year. If Cole wasn't playing sports, he was watching sports. He loved being outdoors, camping, motorbiking, snowmachining and anything else that included good friends and family. Cole enjoyed the friendships he had with the youths in our area and the strength and good times that they shared. He loved his family, especially his 19 nieces and nephews.
Cole was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a mission for the church in the Missouri Independence Mission. He gained a strong testimony of Joseph Smith in Missouri and was forever grateful for the Spirit and witness there. At the time of his death, he was serving as Elders Quorum president of the Rexburg South Stake Singles Branch. Cole was a great example and a choice spirit that blessed our lives for the better.
He was born May 16, 1987, in Rexburg, Idaho, to George Harry and Louise Blunck Benson. He attended elementary schools at Lyman, Archer and Adams. He graduated from Madison High School in 2005. He was attending Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg and had just completed his second year. If Cole wasn't playing sports, he was watching sports. He loved being outdoors, camping, motorbiking, snowmachining and anything else that included good friends and family. Cole enjoyed the friendships he had with the youths in our area and the strength and good times that they shared. He loved his family, especially his 19 nieces and nephews.
Cole was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a mission for the church in the Missouri Independence Mission. He gained a strong testimony of Joseph Smith in Missouri and was forever grateful for the Spirit and witness there. At the time of his death, he was serving as Elders Quorum president of the Rexburg South Stake Singles Branch. Cole was a great example and a choice spirit that blessed our lives for the better.
