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Minnie <I>Bonner</I> Wenzel

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Minnie Bonner Wenzel

Birth
Stoneboro, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Mar 1945 (aged 73)
Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
G 21
Memorial ID
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In 1880 she and her parents lived in Stoneboro, PA. Her father worked as a retailer of merchandise.

In 1910 she and her husband and their two children lived in a house at 1405 Eagle Street in Franklin, PA. Charles worked as a joint maker in a machine shop and Harold as a salesman in a cigar store.

In 1920 she, Charles, their daughter, and her mother lived there. They owned their home, mortgage free. He worked as a gauger for an oil company and Edna as a bookkeeper at a grocery store.

In 1930 she and her husband lived in a house they owned at 1409 Eagle Street in Franklin. Their home was valued at $1800, and they did not have a radio. He worked as a salesman in a sporting goods store.

In 1940 she lived with her daughter, her husband, and their daughter in a house they owned at 610 Elk Street in Franklin. Their home was valued at $4000. Carl worked as an erector in a machine shop, with an income in 1939 of $1200 for 52 weeks of work.
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Franklin News-Herald, Wednesday, Mar 21 1945:

Mrs. Minnie Bonner Wenzel, 73, died at 5:15 pm Tuesday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Karl N. Bonham, 610 Elk Street. She was the daughter of William H. and Margaret Custer Bonner, born in Stoneboro March 13, 1872.

She married Charles F. Wenzel in December 1890, and he died 11 years ago.

She spent her early life in Mercer County, and her entire married life in Franklin. She was a life-long member of the Presbyterian Church, active in church work, and a member of the Charles P. Barnes Camp No. 11, Auxiliary, United Spanish-American War Veterans.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Bonham; a son, Harold E. Wenzel of Detroit; three grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Bonham Fleming of Oil City, Mrs. Jean Wenzel McKean of Detroit, and Sgt. Richard A. Wenzel, US Marine Corps, serving in the Southwest Pacific; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 pm Friday at Buchanan Funeral Home with Rev. William H. Orr, minister of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Cemetery.
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Daughter of William H. and Margaret Custer Bonner, she married Charles F. Wenzel, was widowed, lived at 610 Elk St, Franklin, died there of chronic myocarditis, chronic arteriosclerosis, and chronic nephritis, per death certificate , whose informant was Edna W. Bonham of the same address. Buried Mar 23 1945.
In 1880 she and her parents lived in Stoneboro, PA. Her father worked as a retailer of merchandise.

In 1910 she and her husband and their two children lived in a house at 1405 Eagle Street in Franklin, PA. Charles worked as a joint maker in a machine shop and Harold as a salesman in a cigar store.

In 1920 she, Charles, their daughter, and her mother lived there. They owned their home, mortgage free. He worked as a gauger for an oil company and Edna as a bookkeeper at a grocery store.

In 1930 she and her husband lived in a house they owned at 1409 Eagle Street in Franklin. Their home was valued at $1800, and they did not have a radio. He worked as a salesman in a sporting goods store.

In 1940 she lived with her daughter, her husband, and their daughter in a house they owned at 610 Elk Street in Franklin. Their home was valued at $4000. Carl worked as an erector in a machine shop, with an income in 1939 of $1200 for 52 weeks of work.
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Franklin News-Herald, Wednesday, Mar 21 1945:

Mrs. Minnie Bonner Wenzel, 73, died at 5:15 pm Tuesday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Karl N. Bonham, 610 Elk Street. She was the daughter of William H. and Margaret Custer Bonner, born in Stoneboro March 13, 1872.

She married Charles F. Wenzel in December 1890, and he died 11 years ago.

She spent her early life in Mercer County, and her entire married life in Franklin. She was a life-long member of the Presbyterian Church, active in church work, and a member of the Charles P. Barnes Camp No. 11, Auxiliary, United Spanish-American War Veterans.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Bonham; a son, Harold E. Wenzel of Detroit; three grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Bonham Fleming of Oil City, Mrs. Jean Wenzel McKean of Detroit, and Sgt. Richard A. Wenzel, US Marine Corps, serving in the Southwest Pacific; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 pm Friday at Buchanan Funeral Home with Rev. William H. Orr, minister of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Cemetery.
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Daughter of William H. and Margaret Custer Bonner, she married Charles F. Wenzel, was widowed, lived at 610 Elk St, Franklin, died there of chronic myocarditis, chronic arteriosclerosis, and chronic nephritis, per death certificate , whose informant was Edna W. Bonham of the same address. Buried Mar 23 1945.


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