Helen Adelaide Benlehr Thomson

August 5, 1910 – May 17, 2007

Helen was born at Elcot Lodge in Landaur-Mussurie, United Provinces, India. She was 96 years old and died of natural causes at Tri-City Hospital in Oceanside.

Helen was born to missionary parents, Charles and Cornelia Benlehr of Wilmington, OH. She had three brothers, all deceased. She graduated from high school at Wesleyan Girls School in Naini Tal, India. She came to the United States in 1929 and attended Wilmington College, a Quaker College, for two years. For her last two years of college she moved to Los Angeles, where her brother lived, and graduated from California Christian College with her BA degree.

In 1941, she met and married her husband, Paul, also of missionary parents. They were married in Yuma, AZ, on October 11, 1941, a marriage that lasted 65 years. There were no children.

Funeral services were held on June 9, 2007, at Fallbrook Christian Church in Fallbrook, CA. Donations may be made in Helen’s name to the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, 875 N. Randolf St., Ste. 225, Arlington, VA 22203.