Brian David Benson, of Raymore, MO, passed away on January 8, 2025 at home. He was 65 years old. He departed life surrounded and supported by his loving wife, Lisa, as well as his children and extended family.
Faith was of the utmost importance to Brian. It guided him through his everyday walk in life and he never wavered from it during his courageous cancer journey. Brian knew heaven awaited him and that gave him true comfort.
Services for Brian will be held on Monday, January 20, at Dickey Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Visitation is scheduled for 1-2 p.m., followed by the service at 2 p.m.
He was born in Anchorage, AK, and, throughout his life, also lived in Minneapolis, MN, Springfield, MO, and Columbia, MO, before finally moving to the Kansas City area. He graduated from Evangel College, where he played tennis. He also enjoyed playing softball.
A longtime computer programmer, Brian was an accomplished IT Developer. He took great pride in and thoroughly enjoyed his computer career and how it provided for his family. He owned his business, HELP Software, for 25 years. Among his list of computer program clients were the United Nations, the Pentagon, IBM, FedEx, General Motors and Hewlett-Packard.
Brian will most be missed for his sense of humor, his kind and gentle spirit and his enjoyment of music, movies and traveling. He relished many family vacations and special trips with Lisa, including seeing the Northern Lights.
Brian is preceded in death by his mother, Ruth. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Lisa (Ibarra) Benson, his father, William, his sister Debbie O’Reilly (Patrick), his daughters Jennifer Gordon (Jason), Courtney Hatcher (Chad), and Lauren Franks (Ben), son Jacob Benson and grandchildren Haleigh, Isabella, Cohen, Addison, Sawyer, Reagan, Beckett and Kennedy.
