A. E. BENGSTON, 66 DIES AT HIS HOME
Alex Elmer Bengston, 66, 126 Morningside, die Monday afternoon at his residence after several months of general decline.
Mr. Bengston has been a Council Bluffs resident 44 years and formerly resided at Essex, Iowa. He was a piano tuner and member of the Methodist Church.
Some 35 years ago Mr. Bengston was a member of the Imperial Quartet that toured the Orpheum Circuit. Later he was a member of the original local Elks’ quartet. He also was active in bowling and horse shoe leagues.
Surviving are his widow, Vera; four sons, Bernard, Erwin, Jack, and Wilbur Bengston, all of Council Bluffs; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Almquist, of Essex and Mrs. Frances Swanson of Shenandoah; a brother, Victor Bengston of Essex, and his mother Mrs. Lud Bengston of Essex.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Woodring’s Chapel, the Rev. Louis Watson of Broadway Methodist Church official. Burial will be in Walnut Hill. The body is at the Woodring Funeral Home.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday, January 14, 1947, page 8
Bengston, Alex w Alvira Peterson; at Ex. CH 26 Jun 1908
Alex Elmer Bengston, 66, 126 Morningside, die Monday afternoon at his residence after several months of general decline.
Mr. Bengston has been a Council Bluffs resident 44 years and formerly resided at Essex, Iowa. He was a piano tuner and member of the Methodist Church.
Some 35 years ago Mr. Bengston was a member of the Imperial Quartet that toured the Orpheum Circuit. Later he was a member of the original local Elks’ quartet. He also was active in bowling and horse shoe leagues.
Surviving are his widow, Vera; four sons, Bernard, Erwin, Jack, and Wilbur Bengston, all of Council Bluffs; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Almquist, of Essex and Mrs. Frances Swanson of Shenandoah; a brother, Victor Bengston of Essex, and his mother Mrs. Lud Bengston of Essex.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Woodring’s Chapel, the Rev. Louis Watson of Broadway Methodist Church official. Burial will be in Walnut Hill. The body is at the Woodring Funeral Home.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday, January 14, 1947, page 8
Bengston, Alex w Alvira Peterson; at Ex. CH 26 Jun 1908
A. E. BENGSTON, 66 DIES AT HIS HOME
Alex Elmer Bengston, 66, 126 Morningside, die Monday afternoon at his residence after several months of general decline.
Mr. Bengston has been a Council Bluffs resident 44 years and formerly resided at Essex, Iowa. He was a piano tuner and member of the Methodist Church.
Some 35 years ago Mr. Bengston was a member of the Imperial Quartet that toured the Orpheum Circuit. Later he was a member of the original local Elks’ quartet. He also was active in bowling and horse shoe leagues.
Surviving are his widow, Vera; four sons, Bernard, Erwin, Jack, and Wilbur Bengston, all of Council Bluffs; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Almquist, of Essex and Mrs. Frances Swanson of Shenandoah; a brother, Victor Bengston of Essex, and his mother Mrs. Lud Bengston of Essex.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Woodring’s Chapel, the Rev. Louis Watson of Broadway Methodist Church official. Burial will be in Walnut Hill. The body is at the Woodring Funeral Home.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday, January 14, 1947, page 8
Bengston, Alex w Alvira Peterson; at Ex. CH 26 Jun 1908
Alex Elmer Bengston, 66, 126 Morningside, die Monday afternoon at his residence after several months of general decline.
Mr. Bengston has been a Council Bluffs resident 44 years and formerly resided at Essex, Iowa. He was a piano tuner and member of the Methodist Church.
Some 35 years ago Mr. Bengston was a member of the Imperial Quartet that toured the Orpheum Circuit. Later he was a member of the original local Elks’ quartet. He also was active in bowling and horse shoe leagues.
Surviving are his widow, Vera; four sons, Bernard, Erwin, Jack, and Wilbur Bengston, all of Council Bluffs; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Almquist, of Essex and Mrs. Frances Swanson of Shenandoah; a brother, Victor Bengston of Essex, and his mother Mrs. Lud Bengston of Essex.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Woodring’s Chapel, the Rev. Louis Watson of Broadway Methodist Church official. Burial will be in Walnut Hill. The body is at the Woodring Funeral Home.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday, January 14, 1947, page 8
Bengston, Alex w Alvira Peterson; at Ex. CH 26 Jun 1908
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