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Nettie <I>Heise</I> Benfer

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Nettie Heise Benfer

Birth
Oneco, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
Death
3 Jan 1945 (aged 75)
Orangeville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
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Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Winslow, Ill.,–Mrs. Nettie Benfer, 75, wife of J. Kearney Benfer, of Winslow, died at the Bowen Convalescent home in Orangeville Wednesday at 4 a.m., after a lingering illness. Nettie Heise was born in Oneco township March 3, 1869, the daughter of William L. Heise and Susanna Cole Heise.

She was one of a family of fifteen children. On Dec. 26, 1899, she was married to J. Kearney Benfer, in Orangeville. Besides her husband she is survived by three children, Mrs. William Fritsch of Winslow, Mrs. John Heft of Lena, and Orville, of Veterans Hospital, Chicago; and by one brother and four sisters, Harvey Heise of Fort Dodge, la., Mrs. George Coldwill of Manhattan, Mont., Mrs. Anthony Woodley and Mrs. William Van Matre of Lena, Mrs. Carrie Van Sickle, Eagle Grove, Ia. There are four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock at the Burington Funeral home in Orangeville. Rev. Henry Wallace will officiate and burial will be of the Winslow Methodist church made in Rock Lily cemetery in Winslow.
Freeport Journal Standard Jan 4 1945
Winslow, Ill.,–Mrs. Nettie Benfer, 75, wife of J. Kearney Benfer, of Winslow, died at the Bowen Convalescent home in Orangeville Wednesday at 4 a.m., after a lingering illness. Nettie Heise was born in Oneco township March 3, 1869, the daughter of William L. Heise and Susanna Cole Heise.

She was one of a family of fifteen children. On Dec. 26, 1899, she was married to J. Kearney Benfer, in Orangeville. Besides her husband she is survived by three children, Mrs. William Fritsch of Winslow, Mrs. John Heft of Lena, and Orville, of Veterans Hospital, Chicago; and by one brother and four sisters, Harvey Heise of Fort Dodge, la., Mrs. George Coldwill of Manhattan, Mont., Mrs. Anthony Woodley and Mrs. William Van Matre of Lena, Mrs. Carrie Van Sickle, Eagle Grove, Ia. There are four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock at the Burington Funeral home in Orangeville. Rev. Henry Wallace will officiate and burial will be of the Winslow Methodist church made in Rock Lily cemetery in Winslow.
Freeport Journal Standard Jan 4 1945

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  • Created by: Ann in NH
  • Added: Feb 23, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24845910/nettie-benfer: accessed ), memorial page for Nettie Heise Benfer (3 Mar 1869–3 Jan 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24845910, citing Rock Lily Cemetery, Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Ann in NH (contributor 46841782).