Victoria Raye BensonGOSHEN – Victoria Raye Goodman Benson, 77, of New Paris, died unexpectedly of natural causes in her home on Saturday, April 23, 2022.
She had been a resident of Winona Lake and then New Paris since 1976. She was born in Milford, Del., on Nov. 30, 1944, to Watson and Rose Stair Goodman.
Most of her school years were spent in South Africa where Watson and Rose were missionaries. The family moved to Winona Lake when Vicky was entering her senior year at Warsaw High School, graduating in 1962. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marion College, now Indiana Wesleyan University, in 1966, followed by Master of Arts degree in journalism from Syracuse University. She married the love of her life, Jay Ellsworth Benson, on Oct. 28, 1967.
Vicky was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Kim Goodman; and her brother-in-law, Jerry Johnson. Surviving are her son, Jeffrey C. (Dana) Benson; and four grandchildren: Audrey, Eli, Emily and Isaac, of Aurora, Ill.; her sister, Ruth Johnson, of South Bend; and her brother, Harry (Tricia) Goodman, of Goshen.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen on Friday, April 29. The memorial service will also be held at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home on Saturday, April 30 at 10 a.m. Burial will be at the Violett Cemetery in Goshen.
Memorials may be sent to World Missionary Press Inc., New Paris, or online at www.wmpress.org.
