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Benjamin Wilhelm Smith

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Benjamin Wilhelm Smith

Birth
South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 Feb 1974 (aged 73)
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Mastersonville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Benjamin W. Smith, a native of Lebanon County, died unexpectedly at his home Thursday. He was 73 and had been under a doctor's care.
Smith was retired from Agway, Inc. at Manheim. He was a member of Manheim's United Zion Church, the Manheim Sportsman Association and the Manheim Fire Co.
His parents were the late Wilhelm R. (B.) and Barbara Kreider Smith. His widow is Minnie Hoffer Smith.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by 12 sons and daughters: Hoffer K., Elizabethtown; Jay W., James Jr., Benjamin Jr. and Irvin E., all of Manheim; Robert L., at home; Wayne G., Maytown; Ruth E., wife of Albert R. Forry, Mount Joy; Darlene H., wife of Eliger E.(C.) Lamberson, Lancaster; Lorraine J., wife of Charles C. Heisey, Maytown; Helen J., wife of Samuel E. Rhoads, Oxford RD, and Shirley M., wife of Richard C. Brown, Millersville R1.
Also surviving are 32 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and these brothers and sisters: Wayne J. Smith, Annville; May, wife of Alvin K. Bollinger, Lititz RD 4, and Esther, wife of Luke Hibshman, Palmyra. [Lebanon Daily News, Friday, February 8, 1974]

PHOTO: Benjamin W. & Minnie Smith family-abt 1947: left to right, back row: Lorraine, Jay, Ruth, Hoffer, Darlene, Ben; front row: Bob, mother Minnie, Jim, Helen, Gene, father Benjamin, Shirley, and Wayne on stool.
Benjamin W. Smith, a native of Lebanon County, died unexpectedly at his home Thursday. He was 73 and had been under a doctor's care.
Smith was retired from Agway, Inc. at Manheim. He was a member of Manheim's United Zion Church, the Manheim Sportsman Association and the Manheim Fire Co.
His parents were the late Wilhelm R. (B.) and Barbara Kreider Smith. His widow is Minnie Hoffer Smith.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by 12 sons and daughters: Hoffer K., Elizabethtown; Jay W., James Jr., Benjamin Jr. and Irvin E., all of Manheim; Robert L., at home; Wayne G., Maytown; Ruth E., wife of Albert R. Forry, Mount Joy; Darlene H., wife of Eliger E.(C.) Lamberson, Lancaster; Lorraine J., wife of Charles C. Heisey, Maytown; Helen J., wife of Samuel E. Rhoads, Oxford RD, and Shirley M., wife of Richard C. Brown, Millersville R1.
Also surviving are 32 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and these brothers and sisters: Wayne J. Smith, Annville; May, wife of Alvin K. Bollinger, Lititz RD 4, and Esther, wife of Luke Hibshman, Palmyra. [Lebanon Daily News, Friday, February 8, 1974]

PHOTO: Benjamin W. & Minnie Smith family-abt 1947: left to right, back row: Lorraine, Jay, Ruth, Hoffer, Darlene, Ben; front row: Bob, mother Minnie, Jim, Helen, Gene, father Benjamin, Shirley, and Wayne on stool.

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