Paul Bensen

Dear husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Paul Bensen, a 42-year resident and farmer of Hollow Rock, 88, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, at his home. Graveside services will be held in the Rensselaerville, N.Y. cemetery on Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. Chase Funeral Home of Huntingdon is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Benson was born Feb. 3,1932, in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was the second son of late Mary Kubica and Edgar Bensen. “Paul had farming in his blood”, his family wrote in a tribute, “and in 1945 his parents purchased a large farm on West Mountain in Rensselaerville. With the early passing of his father Edgar, Paul and his brother took on the responsibilities of the farm. In 1951, he graduated from Berne-Knox, just a few months after losing his father.

He met his bride of 66 years, Helen Legg, of Saugerties, N. Y., in 1952 at the racetrack in South Westerlo. They were wed in 1954.

Paul and his brother Rudy turned the overworked land into a productive farm, having a dairy for many years and raising beef, vegetables, hay, and corn. The Bensens also raised four children on the farm. After 1964, Paul, Helen and their children together worked the family farm when his brother and family moved. It was truly a family farm in every sense of the word. Both hard workers, Helen and Paul had a love for the land, growing most of their own food and preserving for winter. In the late 1970s, the couple purchased a large farm in Tennessee. Wanting to farm in a warmer climate, the family moved all their equipment to the South, built a house, and continued to farm in the sunshine. Paul and Helen never retired and continued to farm on their Tennessee land until health conditions grew worse. Helen continues to reside on the farm that they both worked so hard to create together.

In addition to his parents, he was proceeded in death by a granddaughter, Justine.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Helen; and four children, Gordon (Tracy), of Rensselaerville, Bruce, of Hollow Rock, Kate, of Portland, Ore., and Janet (Dave) of Murray, Ky. He also leaves behind grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Raven Trevathan

Raven Trevathan

Administrative Assistant

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