BENNER, Ruth Berlin
RUTH H. BERLIN BENNER
Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
VEEDERSBURG, Ind. (CNS) - Mrs. Ruth H. Benner, 78, of 504 N. Newlin, died at 12:01 a.m. Thursday (Sept. 12, 1974) at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She had been a patient two weeks. She was born in Veedersburg, April 5, 1896, the daughter of Andrew J. and Mary French Berlin. She was married to Jess G. Benner, who died in 1961. Survivors include a brother, Vernon Berlin, and a sister. Marie Francis Songer, both of Veedersburg; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Parham Funeral Home. The Rev. Glen Youngblood will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Covington. Friends will be received from 6-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. ---typed by: JR
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, September 12, 1974
VEEDERSBURG – Ruth H. Benner, 78, of 504 N. Newlin St., died in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, Ill., at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. She had been a patient there for two weeks. Born April 5, 1896 at Veedersburg, she was a daughter of Andrew J. and Mary French Berlin. She married Jess G. Benner who died in 1961. Survivors include a brother, Vernon Berlin, and a sister, Marie Francis Songer, both of Veedersburg, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Parham Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery at Covington. The Rev. Glen Youngblood will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. -– jlr