Kentucky Post---July 19, 2006
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten, loved family, camping
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten and his wife, Lillian, loved to pack up the family station wagon and take their six young children camping.
They would travel to Canada, Florida and other family-friendly places, where they could ride bicycles and swim, said their daughter, Marlene Bobb, of Butler.
"We had a lot of fun doing that," she said. "They let us run wild."
Mr. Van Benschoten, 84, of Alexandria, died Monday at his home.
As the kids grew up and moved out of the house, the Van Benschotens began annual spring and fall trips to Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Their daughter said the two also enjoyed their monthly get-togethers with five other couples to play the card game, Oh Hell!
Mr. Van Benschoten worked as a milkman at Clover Leaf Dairy in Newport for 33 years and later took on a night job as a Cold Spring police officer.
Prior to that, he served in an Army mobile medic unit during World War II.
Robert Van Benschoten, a son, said his father was dispatched to Normandy but didn't go because he broke his toe. His entire unit was wiped out there.
"A broken toe saved his life," said Robert Van Benschoten, of Alexandria.
Mr. Van Benschoten went on to serve in the South Pacific.
Both his daughter and son said their father was a great family man, although he could be grouchy at times.
"He had a temper, but he was the kind of person whose bark was bigger than his bite," his daughter said.
Mr. Van Benschoten was a graduate of Newport Catholic High School, a member of St. Joseph Church in Cold Spring and a former member of the men's choir there.
His wife, Lillian, died three years ago. They were married 62 years.
In addition to his son and daughter, he is survived by sons, Thom Van Benschoten of Cincinnati, and Ron Van Benschoten of Florence; daughters, Donna Elliott of Erlanger and Barbara Van Benschoten of Alexandria; a brother, Jack Van Benschoten, of Delhi Township, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at A.C. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Alexandria. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten, loved family, camping
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten and his wife, Lillian, loved to pack up the family station wagon and take their six young children camping.
They would travel to Canada, Florida and other family-friendly places, where they could ride bicycles and swim, said their daughter, Marlene Bobb, of Butler.
"We had a lot of fun doing that," she said. "They let us run wild."
Mr. Van Benschoten, 84, of Alexandria, died Monday at his home.
As the kids grew up and moved out of the house, the Van Benschotens began annual spring and fall trips to Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Their daughter said the two also enjoyed their monthly get-togethers with five other couples to play the card game, Oh Hell!
Mr. Van Benschoten worked as a milkman at Clover Leaf Dairy in Newport for 33 years and later took on a night job as a Cold Spring police officer.
Prior to that, he served in an Army mobile medic unit during World War II.
Robert Van Benschoten, a son, said his father was dispatched to Normandy but didn't go because he broke his toe. His entire unit was wiped out there.
"A broken toe saved his life," said Robert Van Benschoten, of Alexandria.
Mr. Van Benschoten went on to serve in the South Pacific.
Both his daughter and son said their father was a great family man, although he could be grouchy at times.
"He had a temper, but he was the kind of person whose bark was bigger than his bite," his daughter said.
Mr. Van Benschoten was a graduate of Newport Catholic High School, a member of St. Joseph Church in Cold Spring and a former member of the men's choir there.
His wife, Lillian, died three years ago. They were married 62 years.
In addition to his son and daughter, he is survived by sons, Thom Van Benschoten of Cincinnati, and Ron Van Benschoten of Florence; daughters, Donna Elliott of Erlanger and Barbara Van Benschoten of Alexandria; a brother, Jack Van Benschoten, of Delhi Township, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at A.C. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Alexandria. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Kentucky Post---July 19, 2006
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten, loved family, camping
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten and his wife, Lillian, loved to pack up the family station wagon and take their six young children camping.
They would travel to Canada, Florida and other family-friendly places, where they could ride bicycles and swim, said their daughter, Marlene Bobb, of Butler.
"We had a lot of fun doing that," she said. "They let us run wild."
Mr. Van Benschoten, 84, of Alexandria, died Monday at his home.
As the kids grew up and moved out of the house, the Van Benschotens began annual spring and fall trips to Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Their daughter said the two also enjoyed their monthly get-togethers with five other couples to play the card game, Oh Hell!
Mr. Van Benschoten worked as a milkman at Clover Leaf Dairy in Newport for 33 years and later took on a night job as a Cold Spring police officer.
Prior to that, he served in an Army mobile medic unit during World War II.
Robert Van Benschoten, a son, said his father was dispatched to Normandy but didn't go because he broke his toe. His entire unit was wiped out there.
"A broken toe saved his life," said Robert Van Benschoten, of Alexandria.
Mr. Van Benschoten went on to serve in the South Pacific.
Both his daughter and son said their father was a great family man, although he could be grouchy at times.
"He had a temper, but he was the kind of person whose bark was bigger than his bite," his daughter said.
Mr. Van Benschoten was a graduate of Newport Catholic High School, a member of St. Joseph Church in Cold Spring and a former member of the men's choir there.
His wife, Lillian, died three years ago. They were married 62 years.
In addition to his son and daughter, he is survived by sons, Thom Van Benschoten of Cincinnati, and Ron Van Benschoten of Florence; daughters, Donna Elliott of Erlanger and Barbara Van Benschoten of Alexandria; a brother, Jack Van Benschoten, of Delhi Township, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at A.C. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Alexandria. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten, loved family, camping
Benjamin H. Van Benschoten and his wife, Lillian, loved to pack up the family station wagon and take their six young children camping.
They would travel to Canada, Florida and other family-friendly places, where they could ride bicycles and swim, said their daughter, Marlene Bobb, of Butler.
"We had a lot of fun doing that," she said. "They let us run wild."
Mr. Van Benschoten, 84, of Alexandria, died Monday at his home.
As the kids grew up and moved out of the house, the Van Benschotens began annual spring and fall trips to Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Their daughter said the two also enjoyed their monthly get-togethers with five other couples to play the card game, Oh Hell!
Mr. Van Benschoten worked as a milkman at Clover Leaf Dairy in Newport for 33 years and later took on a night job as a Cold Spring police officer.
Prior to that, he served in an Army mobile medic unit during World War II.
Robert Van Benschoten, a son, said his father was dispatched to Normandy but didn't go because he broke his toe. His entire unit was wiped out there.
"A broken toe saved his life," said Robert Van Benschoten, of Alexandria.
Mr. Van Benschoten went on to serve in the South Pacific.
Both his daughter and son said their father was a great family man, although he could be grouchy at times.
"He had a temper, but he was the kind of person whose bark was bigger than his bite," his daughter said.
Mr. Van Benschoten was a graduate of Newport Catholic High School, a member of St. Joseph Church in Cold Spring and a former member of the men's choir there.
His wife, Lillian, died three years ago. They were married 62 years.
In addition to his son and daughter, he is survived by sons, Thom Van Benschoten of Cincinnati, and Ron Van Benschoten of Florence; daughters, Donna Elliott of Erlanger and Barbara Van Benschoten of Alexandria; a brother, Jack Van Benschoten, of Delhi Township, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, Cold Spring. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at A.C. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Alexandria. Memorials are suggested to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014.
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