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Orville Benskin

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Orville Benskin

Birth
Clay County, Illinois, USA
Death
18 Feb 1983 (aged 79)
Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Feb, 1983.

Orville Benskin, 79, Clay City, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Flora Care Center.

Services were held today in the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with Rev. Ron Linder presiding. Burial was in Kneff Cemetery.

Mr. Benskin was born March 22, 1903, in Clay County, the son of Charles and Lucy (Ruger) Benskin.

He married Ethel Gill Feb. 9, 1927 in Olney and she survives. He was a retired farmer.

Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Joyce) Scammahorn; and Mrs. Carroll (Marjorie) Murbarger, both of Clay City; a brother, Don Benskin, Princeton; a sister, Hattie Travis, Clay City; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Feb, 1983.

Orville Benskin, 79, Clay City, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Flora Care Center.

Services were held today in the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with Rev. Ron Linder presiding. Burial was in Kneff Cemetery.

Mr. Benskin was born March 22, 1903, in Clay County, the son of Charles and Lucy (Ruger) Benskin.

He married Ethel Gill Feb. 9, 1927 in Olney and she survives. He was a retired farmer.

Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Joyce) Scammahorn; and Mrs. Carroll (Marjorie) Murbarger, both of Clay City; a brother, Don Benskin, Princeton; a sister, Hattie Travis, Clay City; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.


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  • Maintained by: Kay Cynova
  • Originally Created by: LF
  • Added: Sep 1, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15572156/orville-benskin: accessed ), memorial page for Orville Benskin (22 Mar 1903–18 Feb 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15572156, citing Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Kay Cynova (contributor 47064119).