BENFER, M M
Physician & Surgeon; b Leona, Kas Oct 17, 1898; s of Earl L M Benfer-Julia Murman; ed Highland Kas HS 1917; U of Kas 1919-22; U of Iowa, MD 1928; Phi Chi; m Florence Margery Boone June, 1924 Highland Kas; s Lawrence Merrill; d Virginia Ann, Florence Judith; 1928-29 interne Missouri Meth Hosp, St Joseph Mo; 1929-32 tchr of urology, U of Iowa med sch; 1932- prac med, urologist, Davenport; instr teaching staff nurses schs Mercy & St Lukes Hosps, Davenport; during World War May 1917 inf St Joseph Mo 28th inf, France Aug 1917-Aug 1919, wounded Argonne Forest, army of occupation, 1st div; AMA; Iowa St Med Soc; Iowa & Ill Central Dist Med Soc; Mississippi Valley Med Soc; Amer Urological Assn; North Central Branch Amer Urological Assn; Davenport Country Club; Town Club; AF & AM 1, Highland Kas; 32 o; Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies: golf, amateur moving pictures; off 616 First National Bank; res 130 Forest Road, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1087.