Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Benjamin, Floyd "Pat" July 20, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 27, 2004
     Floyd “Pat” Benjamin, 85, a former resident of Hood River and Bingen, 
died July 20, 2004 at his Cascade Locks residence. 
     He was born Nov. 4, 1918 in Oak, Neb. to Noel and Addie (Frew) Benjamin. 
He graduated from Nelson High School in Nelson, Neb. in 1938 and enlisted in 
the U.S. Army in 1943.
     On June 18, 1954 he married Sarah Dexter in Stevenson. They lived in 
Bingen until moving to Hood River in 1989. He moved to Cascade Locks in 2002. 
He worked for approximately thirty years as head electrician at Broughton 
Lumber Company. Prior to that he had worked at Northern Wasco PUD and Pacific 
Power in The Dalles. He enjoyed playing golf, hunting and fishing and was an 
honorary life member of Elks Lodge 1868 in White Salmon. 
     He was preceded in death by his wife Sarah in 1995 and daughter Linda 
Ernst in 2000.
     He is survived by his son, Steven Erwin of White Salmon; siblings Mary 
Clements of Tigard, Howard Benjamin of White Salmon and Florence DeVere of San 
Bruno, Calif.; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, grandchildren and great 
grandchildren.
     Services will be held on Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 1 p.m. at the I.O.O. 
F. Mausoleum in The Dalles.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Elks Benevolent Fund C/O 
Anderson’s Tribute Center 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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