Christopher J. Benson
1977 - 1997


Christopher J. Benson, of Rising Trail Drive, Middletown, died Thursday August 28, at Hartford Hospital of injuries from a motorcycle accident. He was 19. He was born in DeKalb, Ill., and lived in Cromwell and Middletown for the past five years. He was a 1995 graduate of Cromwell High School and was employed by True Value Hardware in Cromwell.

He is survived by his father and mother, Maj. John W. Benson Jr. of Tucson, Ariz., and Jeanne Bartell Benson of Middletown; his paternal grandparents, John W. and Marion Benson of Lombard, Ill.; his maternal grandparents, C. Findlay and Katherine D. Bartell of Cromwell; a brother, Craig A. Benson of Middletown; and several aunts and uncles.

The funeral will be Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Cromwell Funeral Home, 506 Main St., Cromwell. Burial will be private in West Cemetery, Cromwell. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m.


the Hartford Courant - August 30, 1997