In ill health for seven years from a kidney ailment, Ben Alexander, 69, died Monday night, February 19, 1940 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he had been taken Sunday evening.
He had been bedfast 3 months. Engaged in farming, he had lived in this vicinity for 25 years, moving into town a few years ago. Surviving are his widow and 2 sons, Albert of Fairmount and Russel of Indianola, and 4 grandchildren.
Last rights will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at N.E. Carrington Funeral home. Burial at Greenview Cemetery, Fairmount.
Transcribed by Lisa Davis
Taken from the February 20, 1940 Danville Commercial News
In ill health for seven years from a kidney ailment, Ben Alexander, 69, died Monday night, February 19, 1940 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he had been taken Sunday evening.
He had been bedfast 3 months. Engaged in farming, he had lived in this vicinity for 25 years, moving into town a few years ago. Surviving are his widow and 2 sons, Albert of Fairmount and Russel of Indianola, and 4 grandchildren.
Last rights will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at N.E. Carrington Funeral home. Burial at Greenview Cemetery, Fairmount.
Transcribed by Lisa Davis
Taken from the February 20, 1940 Danville Commercial News
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