Sarah Ruth (Benson) Cheshire

Cheshire, age 41 of Fergus

Falls, died Wednesday,

December 6th, at Fergus

Falls. A memorial service

will be held: on Wednes-

day, December 13, 2017 at

2:30 pm at the Lake Meti-

goshe Christian Center.

Sarah Ruth (Benson)

Chesire a daughter of

Asmundur Swain Benson

and Kathleen Teresa

(Loveland) Benson on

April 26, 1976 in Grand

Forks, ND.

Sarah attended Bot-

tineau High School, gra-

duating in 1994. She then

attended NDSU-BB, earn-

ing an Associate of Sci-

ence degree, Minot State

University, earning a

Bachelor of

Science-Elementary and

Special Education degree,

and UND School of Law,

earning a Juris Doctor in

2002.

Sarah married Ryan

Robert Cheshire on Sep.

20, 2003 at the Lakeside

Chapel in Bottineau, ND.

After graduating law

school, Sarah worked for

the Minnesota Judicial

Branch for 10 years and

joined the Karkela, Hunt

& Cheshire Law Firm in

2013.

Sarah was preceded in

death by: grandparents

Harold and Ruth Love-

land, grandfather A.S.

Benson and Uncle Ken-

neth Loveland.

She is survived by: her

three children, Reagan,

Rowan and Alexander

Cheshire of Fergus Falls,

MN.; her parents, Swain

and Kathy Benson of Bot-

tineau; her siblings,

Swain (Leah) Benson of

Bottineau, Brooke Benson

of Blaine, MN and Laura

Benson of Boston, MA.;

her grandmother E. Fay

Benson of Bottineau;

numerous aunts, uncles

and cousins; and close

companion, Nathan Kuhn

of Fergus Falls.

Sarah’s trademark smile

lives on through her three

beautiful children. Her

generosity and compas-

sion are reflected through

the incredible communi-

ties in which she lived

and worked, and in her

beloved friends and fami-

ly. Her spirit will be

remembered in the

memories we all share

and hold dear in our

hearts. Sarah graced this

world with a vigor and

vitality that will never be

forgotten. Her inextin-

guishable light is a beacon

to living justly and loving

unconditionally.

The family requests

memorials be sent to the

Sarah Benson Cheshire

Childrens’ Memorial fund,

located at the State Bank

of Bottineau.