Florence Anne Benson

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In Branford June 16, 2009, Florence B. Thomas, wife of the late Calvin Gordon "Skipper" Thomas of Alps Rd., Branford. She was born February 26, 2931 in West Haven, daughter of the late John Edward Benson and Lucia Purdy Barnes Benson. She received her BS from SCSU in 1961, and her MS from Colby College in Waterville, ME in 1967. She worked for 35 years as Graduate Register, History Dep't at Yale University, retiring in May 2007. She is survived by two daughters, Kathryn Gail Thomas and her husband Dennis James Titley of Branford, and Shosanah Chantara (Nee Susan Beth Thomas) and her husband Neal Chantara of Kilauea, HI; four grandchildren, Christopher Titley-Barnes Wolf of Branford, and Tor Panda Chantara, Chanterelle Lucia Chantara and Beorn Naia Chantara of HI; and a brother, William Edward Barnes Benson of Springfield, VA. A memorial service will be held at the United Church on-the-green in New Haven in late July. The W. S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home, 504 Main St., Branford is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to CT Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405.

Family/Spouse: Calvin Gordon Thomas. Calvin (son of Nathan Bartholomew Thomas and Wilhelmina Gromults) was born on 7 Sep 1927 in West Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Aug 1959 in Greenport West, New York, USA; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kathryn Gail Thomas
2. Susan Beth Thomas