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1864-1918
1920-1948
1951-1959
1960-1977
1980-2003
1980–2003

1980   Chris is appointed Grand Council Trustee for OSIO.

1981   Chris is appointed Grand Council Treasurer for OSIO.

1982   Chris is elected Grand Council Recording Secretary for OSIO.

1986   Chris begins working with Elmvale Metal Products on January 6.

1986   Carmela Colangelo dies.

1987   Chris transfers to Astech Mechanical on January 19.

1988   On June 14, Chris begins returns to Elmvale Metal Products.

1988    Frederik Bennedsen dies.

1989   Chris is elected Grand Orator with responsibility for the archives of OSIO.

1989   Chris signs an agreement with the Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) to donate OSIO archives.
1980–2003

1990   Chris begins working with Tam-Kal Limited on April 23.

1991   Chris is elected Grand Venerable (President) of OSIO.

1993   On January 15, Chris retires at the age of 62.

1994   Chris and Connie move to Thorncliffe Park.

1995   Chris becomes first national president of Order Sons of Italy Canada.

1997   Chris becomes president of the Thalassemia Foundation of Canada.

1997   Chris’s last trip to Denmark

2002   Chris Bennedsen dies on December 26.

2003   Connie Bennedsen dies.
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