James Fredrick “Fred” Benzon
The private burial with full military honors for James Fredrick “Fred” Benzon of Cottonwood Falls and formerly of Branchville, S.C., will be held Thursday. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Croy Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls.
Memorial contributions will be used for burial expenses.
Mr. Benzon died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, after being struck by a pickup truck on Kansas Highway 177 between Cottonwood Falls and Strong City. He was 37.
He was a carpenter and worked for Cross River Construction and also was a bartender at the Branding Iron Saloon in Strong City. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Gulf War and discharged as an E-1 in 1994.
The son of William and Mary Gibbons Benzon, he was born Aug. 18, 1969, at Wichita. He graduated from Branchville High School. He was married and divorced.
Mr. Benzon was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Cottonwood Falls.
He is survived by his adoptive parents, William and Sharon Benzon of Orangeburg, S.C.; and three sisters, Ashley Benzon of Orangeburg, S.C., Kathy Johnson of Greensboro, N.C. and Tonya Courtney of Florence, S.C.