WINSLOW—James Kearney Benfer, 86, retired Winslow area farmer, died at 1:40 pan. Wednesday in a Stockton nursing home. He had been ill for several days. Mr. Benfer was born Oct. 20, 1866, in Clearfield County, Pa., the son of Noah and Mary (Jury) Benfer. On Dec. 26, 1889, he married Nettie Heise at Orangeville and they farmed in Winslow area. His wife died in 1945.
Surviving are one son, Orvin Benfer, at the Downey, HI., Veterans Hospital; two daughters, Mrs. Will Fritsch, Winslow; Mrs. John Heft, Lena; two brothers, G. W. Benfer of Waukegan and Robert Benfer, in Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Ritzman, Freeport; Mrs. John Diestelmeier, Lena; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Five brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cardascio Funeral Home in Winslow, with Rev. John Bruce, pastor of the Winslow Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Rock Lily cemetery. Friends may call Friday at the funeral home.
Freeport Journal Standard Apr 2 1953
WINSLOW—James Kearney Benfer, 86, retired Winslow area farmer, died at 1:40 pan. Wednesday in a Stockton nursing home. He had been ill for several days. Mr. Benfer was born Oct. 20, 1866, in Clearfield County, Pa., the son of Noah and Mary (Jury) Benfer. On Dec. 26, 1889, he married Nettie Heise at Orangeville and they farmed in Winslow area. His wife died in 1945.
Surviving are one son, Orvin Benfer, at the Downey, HI., Veterans Hospital; two daughters, Mrs. Will Fritsch, Winslow; Mrs. John Heft, Lena; two brothers, G. W. Benfer of Waukegan and Robert Benfer, in Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Ritzman, Freeport; Mrs. John Diestelmeier, Lena; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Five brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cardascio Funeral Home in Winslow, with Rev. John Bruce, pastor of the Winslow Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Rock Lily cemetery. Friends may call Friday at the funeral home.
Freeport Journal Standard Apr 2 1953
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Daniel Benfer
1868–1944
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Walter (Raleigh) Benfer
1869–1935
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Myron Benfer
1870–1946
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George "Walton" Benfer
1871–1954
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Ona Alice Benfer Wolf
1872–1947
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Amanda May Benfer Ritzman
1874–1957
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Charles Benfer
1876–1898
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Benjamin Ebro Benfer
1877–1948
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Robert R. Benfer
1882–1979
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Mary Eveline Benfer Diestelmeier
1884–1980
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