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BENSON, Emma (1876-1929)

BENSON, FOX, COPAS, DAVIS, EISEMAN, CASLER, ORTHEL

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 5/2/2015 at 15:00:59

Rites Are Held for Britt Resident; Dies After Long Illness

BRITT, Oct 8 - Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Fred Benson, who died Sunday morning at 5:30 o'clock after a lingering illness of cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Fred Benson was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fox of Wesley.

She was married to Fred Benson Feb. 16, 1898 at Wesley. She leaves her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Joe Copas, Freeport, Ill.; Mrs. Howard Davis, Kanawha and Evelyn at home; three sisters, Mrs. Cy Eiseman, Britt; Mrs. Abby Casler, Wesley; Florence Orthel, Titonka and two brothers, Kim Fox, Wesley, and Milton Fox, Algona, and three grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the M. E. church. Burial was made at the Evergreen cemetery with the Rev. G. W. Eggleston in charge.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 8 Oct 1929, page 26, col 6


 

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