Julie Benson June 15, 1952 – May 3, 2022

      Julie Benson age 69, of Monticello, formerly of Hopkinton and Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at her home. Funeral Services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday morning, May 11, 2022 at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello where friends may call after 10 a.m. Interment will be in the Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Pastor Jan Lamont will officiate at the services. By visiting Goettschonline.com you may share your thoughts, memories and condolences with Julie's family and sign the online guest book.

    She is survived by her son Tom (Sarah Wolf ), a step-son, Mike (Jodi) Benson, her grandchildren, Lukas, Lawson and Cloie Wilson, Lauren, Dustin, Mileea, Chris, Chaim, Brieanna, Hailey, Brett, and her special friend, Sandy, two siblings, Mary (Jim) Kremer, Carl (Karen) Olmstead.

    She was preceded in death by her parents and step-father, Warren Haynes, her husbands, Bob Wilson, Dorrance (Smokey) Chapman, and Bob Benson, a sister Carol (Allen) Martensen and a brother, Larry.

    Julie Kay Olmstead was born June 15, 1952 at Manchester, Iowa. She was the daughter of Carlton and Maxine Dighton, Olmstead. She graduated from Maquoketa Valley High School in 1970. She went on to attend UNI. She was married to Bob Wilson and they had a son Thomas. She later married Smokey Chapman and then Bob Benson. She was employed by Rockwell Collins and Lefebure. Julie retired from Nordstroms in Cedar Rapids in 2017.