Frank Herman Benka (1894-1964), 69, 2406 Alice St., died in the Veterans Hospital, Lake City, at 11 p.m. Sunday after a long illness. He was a resident of Palatka for 23 years, coming from Long Island, N.Y., and was a retired master plumber. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Episcopal Church.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John W. Walker, Palatka, Mrs. Harry M. Kelley, Detroit, Mich.; four sons, Frank R. L. Benka, and Allen J. of Palatka, Eugene J., Elizabeth, N.J., and Thomas N. of St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Raymond Myers, Mantua, N.J.; and 16 grandchildren.
Instead of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society. Funeral services will be held at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Masters Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Monday, 27 Jan 1964.)
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John W. Walker, Palatka, Mrs. Harry M. Kelley, Detroit, Mich.; four sons, Frank R. L. Benka, and Allen J. of Palatka, Eugene J., Elizabeth, N.J., and Thomas N. of St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Raymond Myers, Mantua, N.J.; and 16 grandchildren.
Instead of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society. Funeral services will be held at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Masters Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Monday, 27 Jan 1964.)
Frank Herman Benka (1894-1964), 69, 2406 Alice St., died in the Veterans Hospital, Lake City, at 11 p.m. Sunday after a long illness. He was a resident of Palatka for 23 years, coming from Long Island, N.Y., and was a retired master plumber. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Episcopal Church.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John W. Walker, Palatka, Mrs. Harry M. Kelley, Detroit, Mich.; four sons, Frank R. L. Benka, and Allen J. of Palatka, Eugene J., Elizabeth, N.J., and Thomas N. of St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Raymond Myers, Mantua, N.J.; and 16 grandchildren.
Instead of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society. Funeral services will be held at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Masters Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Monday, 27 Jan 1964.)
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John W. Walker, Palatka, Mrs. Harry M. Kelley, Detroit, Mich.; four sons, Frank R. L. Benka, and Allen J. of Palatka, Eugene J., Elizabeth, N.J., and Thomas N. of St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Raymond Myers, Mantua, N.J.; and 16 grandchildren.
Instead of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society. Funeral services will be held at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Masters Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Monday, 27 Jan 1964.)
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