Benjamin P. Holtgraver was born in Leavenworth County, Kansas, a son of Frank Holtgraver and Theresa Ploeger Holtgraver. He and his wife, Mary, had lived in Gardner the past 14 years and before that, had operated a farm for 42 years in the Bucyrus community. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gardner, the Gardner Grange and the Holy Name Society.
Survivors included his wife, Mary; two sons, Oscar Holtgraver, and Omar Holtgraver; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Grisham; two brothers, Edward Holtgraver and William Holtgraver; three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Beland, Mrs. Martha Vance, and Mrs. Theresa Polley.
Obituary: Gardner News (Gardner, KS), March 17, 1965, 4:2.
Benjamin P. Holtgraver was born in Leavenworth County, Kansas, a son of Frank Holtgraver and Theresa Ploeger Holtgraver. He and his wife, Mary, had lived in Gardner the past 14 years and before that, had operated a farm for 42 years in the Bucyrus community. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gardner, the Gardner Grange and the Holy Name Society.
Survivors included his wife, Mary; two sons, Oscar Holtgraver, and Omar Holtgraver; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Grisham; two brothers, Edward Holtgraver and William Holtgraver; three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Beland, Mrs. Martha Vance, and Mrs. Theresa Polley.
Obituary: Gardner News (Gardner, KS), March 17, 1965, 4:2.
Family Members
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Frances Elizabeth Holtgraver Murphy
1876–1967
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Katherine Holtgraver
1881–1882
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Mary Holtgraver
1881–1881
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Frank Holtgraver
1882–1882
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Theresa Katherine Holtgraver Polley
1887–1978
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Martha Holtgraver Vance
1890–1973
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William Joseph Holtgrave
1892–1977
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Dorothy "Dora" Holtgrave Beland
1895–1968
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Edward Andrew Holtgrave Sr
1896–1982
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