Wm. Benkendorfer, Retired Farmer, Dies Dec. 25
William Benkendorfer, 92, retired West farmer, died at the home of a daughter in Kingsville at 4:25 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25. He was one of the pioneer settlers of this community.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Aderhold-Moore Funeral Chapel in West. Burial was in Closner Cemetery at West.
Mr. Benkendorfer was born in Germany and came to the United States as a child with his father, a widower, and several brothers and sisters. The family settled near Aquilla. Mr. Benkendorfer acquired his own farm near West as a young man and lived there 67 years.
Survivors include two sons, A.F. Benkendorfer of Rt. 7, Waco and Edwin Benkendorfer of West; three daughters, Mrs. J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, Mrs. H.C. Myers of Corpus Christi, and Mrs. H.F. Janke of Jarrell; a sisters, Mrs. Louise Seveiking of St. Louis, Mo.; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandsons of the fourth generation of Benkendorfers.
Pallbearers were: W.E. Benkendorfer of Los Angeles, Calif., Arthur Benkendorfer, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Donald Benkendorfer of Houston, J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, T.E. Fowler of Kingsville, and Hugo Gargas of Waco.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 69, No. 35, Edition 1, Friday, January 1, 1960, page 1
Obituary courtesy of Find a Grave Contributor Betty Fajkus Marek # 48445083
William Benkendorfer, 92, retired West farmer, died at the home of a daughter in Kingsville at 4:25 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25. He was one of the pioneer settlers of this community.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Aderhold-Moore Funeral Chapel in West. Burial was in Closner Cemetery at West.
Mr. Benkendorfer was born in Germany and came to the United States as a child with his father, a widower, and several brothers and sisters. The family settled near Aquilla. Mr. Benkendorfer acquired his own farm near West as a young man and lived there 67 years.
Survivors include two sons, A.F. Benkendorfer of Rt. 7, Waco and Edwin Benkendorfer of West; three daughters, Mrs. J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, Mrs. H.C. Myers of Corpus Christi, and Mrs. H.F. Janke of Jarrell; a sisters, Mrs. Louise Seveiking of St. Louis, Mo.; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandsons of the fourth generation of Benkendorfers.
Pallbearers were: W.E. Benkendorfer of Los Angeles, Calif., Arthur Benkendorfer, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Donald Benkendorfer of Houston, J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, T.E. Fowler of Kingsville, and Hugo Gargas of Waco.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 69, No. 35, Edition 1, Friday, January 1, 1960, page 1
Obituary courtesy of Find a Grave Contributor Betty Fajkus Marek # 48445083
Wm. Benkendorfer, Retired Farmer, Dies Dec. 25
William Benkendorfer, 92, retired West farmer, died at the home of a daughter in Kingsville at 4:25 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25. He was one of the pioneer settlers of this community.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Aderhold-Moore Funeral Chapel in West. Burial was in Closner Cemetery at West.
Mr. Benkendorfer was born in Germany and came to the United States as a child with his father, a widower, and several brothers and sisters. The family settled near Aquilla. Mr. Benkendorfer acquired his own farm near West as a young man and lived there 67 years.
Survivors include two sons, A.F. Benkendorfer of Rt. 7, Waco and Edwin Benkendorfer of West; three daughters, Mrs. J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, Mrs. H.C. Myers of Corpus Christi, and Mrs. H.F. Janke of Jarrell; a sisters, Mrs. Louise Seveiking of St. Louis, Mo.; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandsons of the fourth generation of Benkendorfers.
Pallbearers were: W.E. Benkendorfer of Los Angeles, Calif., Arthur Benkendorfer, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Donald Benkendorfer of Houston, J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, T.E. Fowler of Kingsville, and Hugo Gargas of Waco.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 69, No. 35, Edition 1, Friday, January 1, 1960, page 1
Obituary courtesy of Find a Grave Contributor Betty Fajkus Marek # 48445083
William Benkendorfer, 92, retired West farmer, died at the home of a daughter in Kingsville at 4:25 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25. He was one of the pioneer settlers of this community.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Aderhold-Moore Funeral Chapel in West. Burial was in Closner Cemetery at West.
Mr. Benkendorfer was born in Germany and came to the United States as a child with his father, a widower, and several brothers and sisters. The family settled near Aquilla. Mr. Benkendorfer acquired his own farm near West as a young man and lived there 67 years.
Survivors include two sons, A.F. Benkendorfer of Rt. 7, Waco and Edwin Benkendorfer of West; three daughters, Mrs. J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, Mrs. H.C. Myers of Corpus Christi, and Mrs. H.F. Janke of Jarrell; a sisters, Mrs. Louise Seveiking of St. Louis, Mo.; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandsons of the fourth generation of Benkendorfers.
Pallbearers were: W.E. Benkendorfer of Los Angeles, Calif., Arthur Benkendorfer, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Donald Benkendorfer of Houston, J.L. Fowler of Kingsville, T.E. Fowler of Kingsville, and Hugo Gargas of Waco.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 69, No. 35, Edition 1, Friday, January 1, 1960, page 1
Obituary courtesy of Find a Grave Contributor Betty Fajkus Marek # 48445083
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