West - Benjamin Brittain
BENJAMIN BRITTAIN WEST
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, August 24, 1973
WAVELAND – Benjamin Brittain West, 82, formerly of Waveland, died Aug. 14 in a nursing home at Madison, Wis., according to word received here. Mr. West was a retired conductor for the North Shore Line Railroad. He served in the Army during World War I and was a member of the American Legion. Other memberships included Christ United Methodist Church at St. Petersburg, Fla., and Masonic and Eastern Star lodges at Milwaukee. Survivors include a son, William of Madison; a brother, Mark of Belle Plaine, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hickman and Miss Nancy West, both of Waveland; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine, who died in 1962. – jlr