Duane Dewey Benson, 63,, has passed away, leaving behind a family and community who loved him dearly.
What remains is memory — and the gratitude of those he loved.
Born in 1959, Duane began a life that would touch many along the way.
Duane spent his working life as ['welder', 'the stockyards and farmed'] and held deeply to the Presbyterian faith — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew him best.
The community of faith holds its own well — and Duane was held.
Duane Dewey Benson, 63 of Hurley, died on May 9, 2023 at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Viborg. Funeral Service will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Harmony Presbyterian Church, Hurley. Visitation will be from 5:00-6:30 PM Friday, May 12, 2023 at the Church, with a Prayer Service from 6:30-7:00PM. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home. Duane Dewey Benson was born on October 13, 1959 at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD to Boyd and Donna (Hyronimus) Benson. He grew up in the Hurley, SD area where he graduated from Hurley High School in 1977. On November 10, 1979 he was united in marriage to Lori Larsen in Hurley. Over the years he worked as a welder, drove truck, worked at the stockyards and farmed. Being civic minded, Duane was very active in the Hurley community, the Harmony Presbyterian Church and never missed an activity that his children were involved in at school. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Lori; his children Greg, Carly (Eric) Skonhovd, and Caitlin (Charlie) Olinger; a daughter-in-law, Thresha Benson; 8 grandchildren, Mackenzie, Ainslee, Dax, Sadie, Josie, Kylie, Lyndie and Remi; his sisters, Connie Benson (Carey), and Cindy (Tim) Graham; and a sister-in-law, Lisa (Stephan) Cotting. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son Daniel, and a brother-in-law, Lorin Larsen.
