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The Columbus Telegram, July __, 1970
BENKE--___
[first part of obituary missing]
Her funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at McKown Funeral Home and Columbus Cemetery.
The body will lie in state after 1 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral Home.
She was born Sept. 12, 1909, in Columbus to Lee and Ada Hanks Miller and received her education in the Columbus school system.
She married Reinhart P. Benke June 14, 1944, in Bellevue, Kan., and the couple lived in Columbus where she was a housewife.
Survivors include children: LeRoy Kelsey of Grand Island, Mrs. Bill (Maxine Kelsey) Kretschmer of Burlington, Wis., Mrs. Sally (Lewis) Reynolds of Little Rock, Ark., William Kelsey, Mrs. Myrle (Pauline Lewis) Hadcock, Mrs. Don (Dorothy Lewis) Bernt, Miss Ada Benke, all of Columbus; 32 grandchildren; brothers, Emil and Harold of Columbus; sisters, Mmes. Art (Vera) Kelsey of Grand Island, Forrest (Vieva) Rife of Storm Lake, Iowa, Glen (Emma) Spidle of Grand Island and William (Katherine) Beasley of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lester Kelsey, second husband Harry Lewis and third husband Reinhart P. Benke, (The latter died Nov. 18, 1969); two grandchildren; two brothers, Firm Miller and Merville Miller.
The Columbus Telegram, July __, 1970
BENKE--___
[first part of obituary missing]
Her funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at McKown Funeral Home and Columbus Cemetery.
The body will lie in state after 1 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral Home.
She was born Sept. 12, 1909, in Columbus to Lee and Ada Hanks Miller and received her education in the Columbus school system.
She married Reinhart P. Benke June 14, 1944, in Bellevue, Kan., and the couple lived in Columbus where she was a housewife.
Survivors include children: LeRoy Kelsey of Grand Island, Mrs. Bill (Maxine Kelsey) Kretschmer of Burlington, Wis., Mrs. Sally (Lewis) Reynolds of Little Rock, Ark., William Kelsey, Mrs. Myrle (Pauline Lewis) Hadcock, Mrs. Don (Dorothy Lewis) Bernt, Miss Ada Benke, all of Columbus; 32 grandchildren; brothers, Emil and Harold of Columbus; sisters, Mmes. Art (Vera) Kelsey of Grand Island, Forrest (Vieva) Rife of Storm Lake, Iowa, Glen (Emma) Spidle of Grand Island and William (Katherine) Beasley of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lester Kelsey, second husband Harry Lewis and third husband Reinhart P. Benke, (The latter died Nov. 18, 1969); two grandchildren; two brothers, Firm Miller and Merville Miller.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1970.html
The Columbus Telegram, July __, 1970
BENKE--___
[first part of obituary missing]
Her funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at McKown Funeral Home and Columbus Cemetery.
The body will lie in state after 1 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral Home.
She was born Sept. 12, 1909, in Columbus to Lee and Ada Hanks Miller and received her education in the Columbus school system.
She married Reinhart P. Benke June 14, 1944, in Bellevue, Kan., and the couple lived in Columbus where she was a housewife.
Survivors include children: LeRoy Kelsey of Grand Island, Mrs. Bill (Maxine Kelsey) Kretschmer of Burlington, Wis., Mrs. Sally (Lewis) Reynolds of Little Rock, Ark., William Kelsey, Mrs. Myrle (Pauline Lewis) Hadcock, Mrs. Don (Dorothy Lewis) Bernt, Miss Ada Benke, all of Columbus; 32 grandchildren; brothers, Emil and Harold of Columbus; sisters, Mmes. Art (Vera) Kelsey of Grand Island, Forrest (Vieva) Rife of Storm Lake, Iowa, Glen (Emma) Spidle of Grand Island and William (Katherine) Beasley of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lester Kelsey, second husband Harry Lewis and third husband Reinhart P. Benke, (The latter died Nov. 18, 1969); two grandchildren; two brothers, Firm Miller and Merville Miller.
The Columbus Telegram, July __, 1970
BENKE--___
[first part of obituary missing]
Her funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at McKown Funeral Home and Columbus Cemetery.
The body will lie in state after 1 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral Home.
She was born Sept. 12, 1909, in Columbus to Lee and Ada Hanks Miller and received her education in the Columbus school system.
She married Reinhart P. Benke June 14, 1944, in Bellevue, Kan., and the couple lived in Columbus where she was a housewife.
Survivors include children: LeRoy Kelsey of Grand Island, Mrs. Bill (Maxine Kelsey) Kretschmer of Burlington, Wis., Mrs. Sally (Lewis) Reynolds of Little Rock, Ark., William Kelsey, Mrs. Myrle (Pauline Lewis) Hadcock, Mrs. Don (Dorothy Lewis) Bernt, Miss Ada Benke, all of Columbus; 32 grandchildren; brothers, Emil and Harold of Columbus; sisters, Mmes. Art (Vera) Kelsey of Grand Island, Forrest (Vieva) Rife of Storm Lake, Iowa, Glen (Emma) Spidle of Grand Island and William (Katherine) Beasley of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lester Kelsey, second husband Harry Lewis and third husband Reinhart P. Benke, (The latter died Nov. 18, 1969); two grandchildren; two brothers, Firm Miller and Merville Miller.
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