1894 - 1972 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Ruth Benkelman was born on 26 Jul 1894 in St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas; died on 31 May 1972 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida. Notes:
Attended college at Mt. Pleasant Normal (now Central Michigan) and was a teacher. Met her husband at a church social in Berwyn, Illinois.
Volume 25 of the STIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published September 6, 1965, reported that "Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Ball (Ruth Benkelman) and Mrs. Wilmot Carpenter (Mae Benkelman) entertained Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Smiley (Margaret Striffler) and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Weaver (Laura Striffler) at their trailers in Pinellas Park, Florida, last winter. This is an annual event for them.
Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, June 15, 1972
Page Thirteen
Hold Rites in Florida for Mrs. Ruth Ball
Funeral services were held Saturday, June 3, for Mrs. Ruth Ball, 77, or Clearwater, Fla., who died the previous week. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Clearwater.
She was born in St. Francis, Kansas, to the late Ben F. and Minnie Benkelman, Sr. She spent her childhood in Cass City until her marriage to Eustis (sic) T. BALL.
Surviving are her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy WILLIAMS of Palm Beach, Fla.; two brothers, Harold L. of Caseville and Ben F. Jr. of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Mae CARPENTER of Clearwater and Mrs. Lois PEASE of La Grange, Ill., also three grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Ruth married Eustace Thwaites Ball on 26 Jul 1924 in Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois. Eustace was born on 13 Nov 1899 in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 21 May 1989 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Michael Allen Williams (3.Living3, 2.Living2, 1.Ruth1) was born on 31 Oct 1984 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida; died on 31 Oct 1984 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. |
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