In 1930 she and her parents and four siblings lived in a house they owned at 1411 Johnston Avenue in Kittanning, PA. Their home was valued at $1400. Her father worked as a driller at a gas well, Paul as a blacksmith at a gas well, and Gladys as a clerk in a clothing store.
In 1940 she and her husband and their son lived with his parents in an apartment they were renting for $23 a month at 911 Fifth Avenue in Ford City, PA. Her father-in-law worked doing all kinds of garage work as a partner in a garage, with an income in 1939 of $2000 for 52 weeks of work. Homer worked as a glass carrier in a plate glass factory, with an income in 1939 of $500 for 20 weeks of work.
In 1950 she, her husband, their two children, and a lodger, 72-year-old Joseph Schwartz, lived there in the apartment at 911 Fifth Avenue. Homer worked as a furnace operator at a glass plant.
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Leader-Times newspaper, 19 April 2004:
Helen Erma (McCollum) Benton, 83, of 611 Broadway Ave., East Butler, formerly of Kittanning and Ft. Myers, Fla., died Friday, April 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m. at her residence.
She was born Aug. 19, 1920 in Kittanning to William Rogers and Effie May (Bowser) McCollum.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Homer R. Benton who died Nov. 16, 1983; one son; and two brothers.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 E. North St., Butler, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Worthington Lutheran Cemetery, Worthington.
In 1940 she and her husband and their son lived with his parents in an apartment they were renting for $23 a month at 911 Fifth Avenue in Ford City, PA. Her father-in-law worked doing all kinds of garage work as a partner in a garage, with an income in 1939 of $2000 for 52 weeks of work. Homer worked as a glass carrier in a plate glass factory, with an income in 1939 of $500 for 20 weeks of work.
In 1950 she, her husband, their two children, and a lodger, 72-year-old Joseph Schwartz, lived there in the apartment at 911 Fifth Avenue. Homer worked as a furnace operator at a glass plant.
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Leader-Times newspaper, 19 April 2004:
Helen Erma (McCollum) Benton, 83, of 611 Broadway Ave., East Butler, formerly of Kittanning and Ft. Myers, Fla., died Friday, April 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m. at her residence.
She was born Aug. 19, 1920 in Kittanning to William Rogers and Effie May (Bowser) McCollum.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Homer R. Benton who died Nov. 16, 1983; one son; and two brothers.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 E. North St., Butler, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Worthington Lutheran Cemetery, Worthington.
In 1930 she and her parents and four siblings lived in a house they owned at 1411 Johnston Avenue in Kittanning, PA. Their home was valued at $1400. Her father worked as a driller at a gas well, Paul as a blacksmith at a gas well, and Gladys as a clerk in a clothing store.
In 1940 she and her husband and their son lived with his parents in an apartment they were renting for $23 a month at 911 Fifth Avenue in Ford City, PA. Her father-in-law worked doing all kinds of garage work as a partner in a garage, with an income in 1939 of $2000 for 52 weeks of work. Homer worked as a glass carrier in a plate glass factory, with an income in 1939 of $500 for 20 weeks of work.
In 1950 she, her husband, their two children, and a lodger, 72-year-old Joseph Schwartz, lived there in the apartment at 911 Fifth Avenue. Homer worked as a furnace operator at a glass plant.
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Leader-Times newspaper, 19 April 2004:
Helen Erma (McCollum) Benton, 83, of 611 Broadway Ave., East Butler, formerly of Kittanning and Ft. Myers, Fla., died Friday, April 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m. at her residence.
She was born Aug. 19, 1920 in Kittanning to William Rogers and Effie May (Bowser) McCollum.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Homer R. Benton who died Nov. 16, 1983; one son; and two brothers.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 E. North St., Butler, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Worthington Lutheran Cemetery, Worthington.
In 1940 she and her husband and their son lived with his parents in an apartment they were renting for $23 a month at 911 Fifth Avenue in Ford City, PA. Her father-in-law worked doing all kinds of garage work as a partner in a garage, with an income in 1939 of $2000 for 52 weeks of work. Homer worked as a glass carrier in a plate glass factory, with an income in 1939 of $500 for 20 weeks of work.
In 1950 she, her husband, their two children, and a lodger, 72-year-old Joseph Schwartz, lived there in the apartment at 911 Fifth Avenue. Homer worked as a furnace operator at a glass plant.
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Leader-Times newspaper, 19 April 2004:
Helen Erma (McCollum) Benton, 83, of 611 Broadway Ave., East Butler, formerly of Kittanning and Ft. Myers, Fla., died Friday, April 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m. at her residence.
She was born Aug. 19, 1920 in Kittanning to William Rogers and Effie May (Bowser) McCollum.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Homer R. Benton who died Nov. 16, 1983; one son; and two brothers.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 E. North St., Butler, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Worthington Lutheran Cemetery, Worthington.
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