Mary Ann Benson, Clancy fixture

Mary Ann Benson went home to be with the Lord on the evening of September 1, 2020, at the age of 90 after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was at home being comforted and cared for by her loving family.

Mary Ann was born on January 3, 1930, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to Ernest and Beth (Fulton) Kennel and grew up as a farm girl sharing chores with her sister Betty and brother Jim. 

She was only 13 when she left the farm to attend high school at Morris Agricultural School. She was baking bread when the school representative came to visit at their home. He said anyone who could bake bread like that was old enough to attend the school.