Note: Irene Emma Shinneman had three marriages:
1st to George Robert Benz
2nd to Carey Elvyn Long (on 5 Mar 1961 in Carlsbad)
3rd to _______Blackwell

~~Carlsbad Current Argus (Carlsbad, NM) Sun 5 Mar 1961
Wedding of Emma Irene Benz, 1029 N Eddy and Carey Elvyn Long, 505 East Cherry, Roswell

~~1910 Census, Dexter, Chaves, NM
John P Shinneman Age 50 (1860) IL
General Store - Store Keeper Parents b OH
Sarah E Shinneman Age 48 (1862) IL
Married 28 years, 11 children, 10 survive Parents b OH
1 - Earl I (1893) IL
2 - Emmy I (1896) IL
3 - Vernon M (1900) IL
4 - Fay O (1902) IL
5 - Leslie (1905) IL

~~1900 Census, Middleport, Iroquois Co, IL
John P Shenaman (sp) Age 40 (Jul 1859) IL
Sarrah E Age 37 (Mar 1863) OH
Married 19 years, 8 Children, 7 living
1 - Nellie V Age 17 (May 1883) IL
2 - Mallisa Age 15 (Jan 1885) IL
3 - Rata M Age 13 (Feb 1887) IL
4 - Melvinia Age 10 (Jul 1889) IL
5 - Louis E Age 9 (Jul 1890) IL
6 - Ira E Age 6 (Oct 1893) IL
7 - Emma I Age 3 (Jul 1896) IL

~~CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
February 8, 1984
BLACKWELL

Funeral services for Irene (Benz) Blackwell, 87, 1300 N. Canal St., are pending at Denton Funeral Home. She died at a local nursing home Tuesday.

Mrs. Blackwell was born in Illinois and was a resident in Eddy County for over 60 years. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Order of Eastern Star #54, and Rebekahs #13. She also was a Sunday School teacher for many years.

She is survived by one son, Clarence Benz, Big Springs, Texas; one step-son, Eugene Benz, Carlsbad; four daughters, Opal Funk and Gladys Wiseman, both of Carlsbad, Georgia De Young, Portland, Ore., and Edythe Gibson, Bethel, Wash.; two sisters, Verna Bailey, Lone Oak, Texas, and Fay Sides, Calif.; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for February 9, 1984, reads as follows:
BLACKWELL

Funeral services for Irene (Benz) Blackwell, 87, 1300 N. Canal St., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church. Burial will follow in the Carlsbad Cemetery with an Eastern Star Graveside Service. Officiating will be the Rev. Brenton Haworth of First Christian Church of Carlsbad and the Rev. Errol Stepp of First Christian Church, Hobbs. She died Tuesday at a local nursing home.

Pallbearers will be Bill Reel, Earl Waters, Elzy Thompson, Bill Huffsmith, Bob Akin, Bill Goddard, James May, and Johnny Hinds.