Tetsuko Kagino Benson passed from this life peacefully on April 24, 2024, in Bryant AR. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Benson, her parents, Katsusaburo and Minoru Kagino, brothers Toshio, Fumio and Kazuo, as well as her sister, Takeko Kanai, whom she dearly missed.
Born in Okinawa, Japan, Tetsuko attended school in Fukuoka and then attended Kajimoto Dressmaking School there before moving to Tokyo, where she met and married Air Force airman, John Benson. They were married and devoted to one another for 57 years. Tetsuko is survived by brother-in-law Harold Benson and sister-in-law Susan Benson, along with many nieces and nephews. Tetsuko will be privately interred alongside her love John, at Griffin-Leggett Rest Hills in North Little Rock, Arkansas.