Betty Jean Benston, 91, formerly of Ocean City, passed away to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, June 29, 2020, at Delmar Villa in Delmar.

Born in Cumberland, on Sept. 18, 1928, she was the daughter of Charles W. and Leona Harper.

After graduating with the Class of 1946 from Allegany High School, Betty worked as a telephone operator for C & P Telephone Company in Berlin and Ocean City, where she met her former husband. When her children were young, Betty owned and managed Edgemore Cabins during the summer months in West Ocean City.

In her free time she enjoyed flower gardening and taking her children to the beach. She was a homemaker when they were young but later went back to school graduating from the Computer Programming Institute of Delaware in Wilmington. She worked for Metropolitan Insurance Company, Ocean City Chamber of Commerce and then the U.S. Postal Service in Ocean City, then Salisbury until her retirement.

Betty was a member of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church and The American Legion Auxiliary Post 166 of Ocean City. Her later years she spent in Salisbury at her daughter's home then more recently at Delmar Villa Assisted Living.

She was a very loving mom and known by her grandchildren as "Mom Mom Betty" and always excited about spending time with them. She truly will be missed by her family.

Betty is survived by her four children, Teresa (Terri) Ryall and husband John, Kathy Williams and husband, Dean, Karen Miller, and Michael H. Benston, now all residing in Salisbury; also seven grandchildren, Stephen Charrier and wife, Diana of Severna Park, William Charrier and wife, Elizabeth, of Winchester, Va., Brad Williams and wife, Brittney, of Wake Forest, N.C., Ross Williams and wife, Jesse, of Springtown, Pa., Kelly Williams, of Salisbury, Jessica Miller, of Seoul, South Korea, and Katelyn Miller, of Chambersburg, Pa.; and six great-grandchildren, Brett Charrier and wife, Casey, of Jessup, Andrew Charrier, of Severna Park, Alexandra, Julia, and Evelyn Charrier, of Winchester, and Robin Williams, of Springtown.

Betty was predeceased by her only brother, Charles W. (Wally) Harper Jr., of Cumberland; her ex-husband, Carlton R. (Ben) Benston, of Ocean City; and her daughter-in-law, Jennifer Benston, of Binghamton, N.Y.

Betty's children thanks the staff at Delmar Villa for the gentle and attentive care given to their mother for the past few years.

Service and interment will be private.

Arrangements are in the care of Short Funeral Home, Delmar.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com.