Jesse Robert Benish, 101, longtime resident of Akron, died Saturday at the Washington County Nursing Home in Akron.
Benish was born July 2, 1902, to Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Morris) Benish north of Yuma. He attended the Hyde School until the ninth grade then helped at home with the family finances. While in Yuma he delivered groceries by bike cart and after moving to Illinois he blew glass at a factory in Aton, Ill. He worked as a laborer pulling beans, was a sugar beet factory worker and a ranch hand.
He married Ruby M. Parrish April 11, 1921. The Benish family lived in many places from California to a short stay in Arkansas. However, he lived mostly in the Washington County area where he made his livelihood through farming and ranching.
He was an inventor and entrepreneur. He thrashed wheat and corn for 20 years in the Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma area. During this time he employed more than 100 people on his thrashing crew. In the early 1930s he built one of the first quonset buildings in Washington County, and during the 1960s he built one of the first bomb shelters.
His late adulthood found him still busy with old cars and working on the family farm. Benish was active all his life and even into his 90s he would still walk to town from his home on the south side of Akron. He could be seen riding his three-wheeled bicycle throughout town on many days.
Survivors include four grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby; three sons, Robert, Ralph and Delbert; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Akron Foursquare Church with Rev. Mike Kinney officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Brenner Funeral Home of Akron in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Benish's memory may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Fort Morgan Times
September 3, 2003
Benish was born July 2, 1902, to Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Morris) Benish north of Yuma. He attended the Hyde School until the ninth grade then helped at home with the family finances. While in Yuma he delivered groceries by bike cart and after moving to Illinois he blew glass at a factory in Aton, Ill. He worked as a laborer pulling beans, was a sugar beet factory worker and a ranch hand.
He married Ruby M. Parrish April 11, 1921. The Benish family lived in many places from California to a short stay in Arkansas. However, he lived mostly in the Washington County area where he made his livelihood through farming and ranching.
He was an inventor and entrepreneur. He thrashed wheat and corn for 20 years in the Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma area. During this time he employed more than 100 people on his thrashing crew. In the early 1930s he built one of the first quonset buildings in Washington County, and during the 1960s he built one of the first bomb shelters.
His late adulthood found him still busy with old cars and working on the family farm. Benish was active all his life and even into his 90s he would still walk to town from his home on the south side of Akron. He could be seen riding his three-wheeled bicycle throughout town on many days.
Survivors include four grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby; three sons, Robert, Ralph and Delbert; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Akron Foursquare Church with Rev. Mike Kinney officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Brenner Funeral Home of Akron in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Benish's memory may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Fort Morgan Times
September 3, 2003
Jesse Robert Benish, 101, longtime resident of Akron, died Saturday at the Washington County Nursing Home in Akron.
Benish was born July 2, 1902, to Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Morris) Benish north of Yuma. He attended the Hyde School until the ninth grade then helped at home with the family finances. While in Yuma he delivered groceries by bike cart and after moving to Illinois he blew glass at a factory in Aton, Ill. He worked as a laborer pulling beans, was a sugar beet factory worker and a ranch hand.
He married Ruby M. Parrish April 11, 1921. The Benish family lived in many places from California to a short stay in Arkansas. However, he lived mostly in the Washington County area where he made his livelihood through farming and ranching.
He was an inventor and entrepreneur. He thrashed wheat and corn for 20 years in the Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma area. During this time he employed more than 100 people on his thrashing crew. In the early 1930s he built one of the first quonset buildings in Washington County, and during the 1960s he built one of the first bomb shelters.
His late adulthood found him still busy with old cars and working on the family farm. Benish was active all his life and even into his 90s he would still walk to town from his home on the south side of Akron. He could be seen riding his three-wheeled bicycle throughout town on many days.
Survivors include four grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby; three sons, Robert, Ralph and Delbert; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Akron Foursquare Church with Rev. Mike Kinney officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Brenner Funeral Home of Akron in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Benish's memory may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Fort Morgan Times
September 3, 2003
Benish was born July 2, 1902, to Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Morris) Benish north of Yuma. He attended the Hyde School until the ninth grade then helped at home with the family finances. While in Yuma he delivered groceries by bike cart and after moving to Illinois he blew glass at a factory in Aton, Ill. He worked as a laborer pulling beans, was a sugar beet factory worker and a ranch hand.
He married Ruby M. Parrish April 11, 1921. The Benish family lived in many places from California to a short stay in Arkansas. However, he lived mostly in the Washington County area where he made his livelihood through farming and ranching.
He was an inventor and entrepreneur. He thrashed wheat and corn for 20 years in the Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma area. During this time he employed more than 100 people on his thrashing crew. In the early 1930s he built one of the first quonset buildings in Washington County, and during the 1960s he built one of the first bomb shelters.
His late adulthood found him still busy with old cars and working on the family farm. Benish was active all his life and even into his 90s he would still walk to town from his home on the south side of Akron. He could be seen riding his three-wheeled bicycle throughout town on many days.
Survivors include four grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby; three sons, Robert, Ralph and Delbert; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Akron Foursquare Church with Rev. Mike Kinney officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Brenner Funeral Home of Akron in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Benish's memory may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Fort Morgan Times
September 3, 2003
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