Obituary of Barry G. Benson

LAKE PLACID Barry Benson, 76, of Keeseville NY and formerly of Lake Placid, NY. passed away on Friday March 8. He was born to the late Wilfred and Dorothy Benson September 14th 1936, in Toronto Ontario. Barry graduated from Etobicoke Collegiate in 1955 and received a Bachelors Degree in Applied Science and Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1959. He married Mary Ecclestone in 1961 and they lived in Mississauga Ontario before relocating in the Adirondacks in 1967. Barry worked as a quality control engineer for the Ford Motor Company in Oakville Ontario for 7 years. However his love for skiing and the outdoors enticed him and his wife to come to the Adirondacks where they purchased and renovated the old Wilmington Inn. While running the Inn, Barry also worked for the JJ Rogers Co. in AuSable Forks as plant engineer. After the closing of the mill, Barry helped form the Northland Contracting Company/ Airport Motors in Lake Placid. Meanwhile his love for Whiteface Mt. kept him busy in the winter as active full time professional ski patroller. He was also a volunteer for the Wilmington Fire Dept. and the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service, as well as being a member of the Lake Placid Lions Club. Barry also loved canoeing and hiking the Adirondacks, playing his guitar and collecting old sports cars. Barry is survived by his wife, Mary and two children: Brent Benson, of Salt Lake City and Karen Benson of Charlotte NC. He is also survived by his sister Bonnie Pronk of Campbell River, British Columbia. Visiting hours will be held at the M. B. Clark, Inc. Funeral Home, Lake Placid, NY Monday, March 11th from 4 PM to 6 PM with a time to celebrate Barry's life from 6 PM to 7 PM by sharing stories and memories with the Benson family and friends. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the North Country SPCA. Funeral arrangements are in care of the Clark Funeral Home in Lake Placid, NY and the Hamilton Funeral Home in Keeseville, NY. Friends wishing to share a story or memory for the family are invited to "light a candle" at www.mbclarkfuneralhome.com . .