Maggie Evaline (Lane) Benge (1968)
BENGE, COLEMAN, COOPER, LANE, PETERSON
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/31/2011 at 15:46:17
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 5, 1968, page 2Mrs. Maggie Benge Dies At 86 Years
Mrs. Perry R. Benge of Winterset died Saturday, June 1 at a Winterset Nursing Home. She was 86 years of age.
Mrs. Benge had lived in Madison County since 1917 and prior to that had spent 10 years in Dallas County.
She was the former Maggie Evaline Lane, daughter of John and Mary Coleman Lane and was born in Lucas County Sept. 28, 1881.
She was married July 3, 1896 to Perry R. Benge at Chariton. His death occurred in 1959. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Benge leaves six children; Harland, Faye and Eddie Benge of Winterset, Richard Benge of Des Moines, Mrs. Wilma Cooper of Des Moines and Marjorie Peterson of St. Charles; 31 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren. She also leaves a brother, Floyd Lane of Runnels.
Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Collins Funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Walter A. Samp of Winterset.
Burial was at made in the Goshen cemetery in Lucas County.
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