Eve Benson

The family and the many friends of Eve Benson are devastated by her recent passing. She suffered a severe asthma attack on September 11, 2022, and left us on September 21, 2022. She was 51 years old.

Eve spent her early childhood in the small communities of Marin County, where neighbors and local shopkeepers were charmed by her sweet confidence and cheer. She moved with her family to the town of Sonoma in the late 1970s where they created a nurturing country home with goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, ducks, and horses. It was in Sonoma that Eve developed her deep love of riding and where she experienced great freedom, exploring the hills with her beloved horse, Esprit.

Eve’s gregarious nature drew her into the circle of “theater kids” in high school where she enjoyed acting in plays and musicals, creating life-long friendships and a passion for creative expression. Her seemingly endless stream of inventive ideas inspired her to patent her own accessory line of Dez-Demona’s Little Devil Horns Barrettes, still sold by Hot Topic and pop-up Halloween stores. In addition to being exceptionally creative, Eve was exceptionally intelligent. Pursuing her facility and passion for language, she graduated from UC Berkeley with a major in Spanish and minor in Persian.

Professional pursuits led her to accept a job with MasterClass, where Eve was admired for the passion, expertise, and humor infused in her work. From the development of a complex archival system cleverly named ADAM (Archival Data Asset Management) to her often hilarious and well-crafted training, Eve built a lasting legacy at MasterClass. 

In recent years, Eve was excited to find the perfect community in which to buy a home—Dogpatch, a popular San Francisco neighborhood where she made a wealth of meaningful connections with folks at the local dog parks, residents in her building, and the staff in local restaurants and shops, creating the same sense of small-town community she experienced as a child. With her startlingly quick and always spot-on sense of humor, she was able to disarm and charm anyone. Her friendships were deepened by her generosity, and her ability to listen with love and compassion. 

In her life, Eve did all of the important things right and those of us fortunate to have received her affection have been forever improved. She is dearly missed by her mother Ellen Benson, her father Allan Benson, her brother Peter Benson, cousins Serena, Brett, and Andrew, best friend Victoria, dog Jack, cats Penny and Milo, and countless others.