JOHN BENHAM
JULY 30, 1942
The body of John Benham, 70, was brought from Kankakee on Monday afternoon for burial in the Chatsworth cemetery.
He died Friday (July 24) night at the home of his sisters, Mrs. Louise Rogers and Miss Ida Benham, following a brief illness.
Funeral services were conducted at a Kankakee funeral home Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock by the Rev. A.F. Waechter, of the Baptist church. Services at the grave were in charge of Rev. Oscar Creech, pastor of the First Baptist church, Chatsworth.
Mr. Benham was born in Chatsworth March 8, 1872, a son of the Henry Benhams. The senior Benham was employed by the T.P. & W. Railroad at the time of the Chatsworth wreck. Surviving besides the sisters mentioned above are three children. Mrs. Myrtle Andrews, of Hoopeston, and Eva and Madge.
JOHN BENHAM
JULY 30, 1942
The body of John Benham, 70, was brought from Kankakee on Monday afternoon for burial in the Chatsworth cemetery.
He died Friday (July 24) night at the home of his sisters, Mrs. Louise Rogers and Miss Ida Benham, following a brief illness.
Funeral services were conducted at a Kankakee funeral home Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock by the Rev. A.F. Waechter, of the Baptist church. Services at the grave were in charge of Rev. Oscar Creech, pastor of the First Baptist church, Chatsworth.
Mr. Benham was born in Chatsworth March 8, 1872, a son of the Henry Benhams. The senior Benham was employed by the T.P. & W. Railroad at the time of the Chatsworth wreck. Surviving besides the sisters mentioned above are three children. Mrs. Myrtle Andrews, of Hoopeston, and Eva and Madge.
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