BENSON, W.R.

Family/Spouse: ?, J.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BENS.A002
• _FGRAVE: 75218269
• Funeral: Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois
• Military Service: World War II, United States Army

Notes:

Alva E. Benson, 76, of Bradley, died Sunday, May 17, 1998 at Riverside Medical Center.

Services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. Burial was in the Kankakee Memorial Gardens. Visitation was from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Benson was born Feb. 15, 1922 in Noble, the son of Everett and Eliza (Fulk) Benson. He married Sarah May Steury Jan. 21, 1952 in Lawrenceville.

He was a veteran of WWII serving in the Army. He was a member of Bradley American Legion 766. He was a former employee of Uniroyal (Joliet Arsenal) and Sears in Meadowview.

He enjoyed fishing and garage sales.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Larry Benson and his wife, Bernette, of Chehanse, and William Ray Benson and his wife Jean, of Kankakee; two daughters Linda Fritz and her husband, Edward, and Wilma May Hebert and her husband, Chester, all of Bradley; two sisters, Dorothy Real, of Lewistown and Beulah Taylor, of Mt. Erie; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Richard Allen Benson, an infant sister and five brothers.

Olney Daily Mail (IL)

Died:
Alva E. Benson, 76, of Bradley, died Sunday, May 17, 1998 at Riverside Medical Center.

Alva married STEURY, Sarah May on 21 Jan 1952 in Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois. Sarah was born in 1935; died in 2004; was buried in Kankakee Memorial Gardens and Chapel Mausoleum, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: STEU.S001

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Railroad Carpenter, Farmer
• Reference Number: BENS.E001
• _FGRAVE: 38676506

Everett married Fulk, Eliza Ann. Eliza (daughter of Fulk, Levi Foster Preston Sr. and Barnett, Minerva Jane) was born on 15 Jun 1890 in Illinois; died on 5 Oct 1961 in Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: FULK.E003
• _FGRAVE: 38676527

W.H. married Handerx, E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: FULK.L008
• _FGRAVE: 25164668

Notes:

A native of Indiana, Mr. Fulk moved to Ingraham as a youth and then moved to Noble while a young man. He had been unusually active for a man of his age until recently, when he became ill and had been bedfast for some time until his death.

Birth:
1910 Census says he was born in 1849
1900 Census says he was born in March 1848

Note: Joy Upton's pedigree chart shows his birth year as 1831. This would have made Levi approximately 112 years old at his death. Until proven wrong, I believe that this may be a typographical error, and will accept his birth date as 1851 as indicated by other researchers.

Died:
Levi Fulk Sr., age 97, oldest resident of Richland county, died last Thursday at his home in the Glenwood community, northwest of Noble. He had lived in Noble township for nearly 70 years.

Buried:
Funeral services were held at the family home and burial was at the Hanna cemetery.

Levi married Barnett, Minerva Jane. Minerva (daughter of Barnett, Flemmon N. Sr. and Pearce, Minerva Jane 'Manervy') was born on 5 Jun 1853 in Illinois; died on 7 Nov 1935 in Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BARN.M002

Notes:

Joy Upton's Pedigree chart shows Minerva's birth year as 5 June 1951.