Margaret L. Benn

Margaret L. Benn, 54 March 19, 1962 – December 9, 2016

Margaret Lauri Benn, age 54, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, formerly of

Wasilla, Alaska, died Friday, December 9, 2016 at her home in Fergus

Falls, Minnesota.

Funeral services will Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 11:00 AM Benson

Funeral Home Chapel, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Visitation will be one hour

prior to the service at the funeral home on Thursday.

Margaret was born March 19, 1962 in St. Cloud, Minnesota to James H.

and Marilyn E. (Peel) Benn. She graduated from Apollo High School in

1980 and received a degree in Computer Science from the University of

Minnesota-Morris.

Margaret married Dale Pauling in 1984 and they later divorced.

Margaret was employed as a computer technician for the Matanuska

Telephone Company in Eagle River, Alaska. She lived in Wasilla,

Alaska, then St. Cloud, Minnesota and finally in Fergus Falls,

Minnesota.

Survivors include: her son, Ryan (Adrien ne) Pauling of Wasilla,

Alaska; daughter, Nicole (Ryan) Snyder of Kotzebue, Alaska; father,

James Benn of Waite Park, Minnesota; brother, Jeff (Jacqueline) Benn

of Clearwater, Minnesota; and three grandsons. She was preceded in

death by her mother.