Benjamin Robert Weidner
1888 - 1965 (76 years)-
Name Benjamin Robert Weidner Birth 24 Mar 1888 Claytonville, Iroquois County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 14 Jan 1965 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana [1, 2] Burial 17 Jan 1965 Yeoman Cemetery, Yeoman, Carroll County, Illinois [1, 2] Person ID I4615 Hedges Last Modified 4 Sep 2023
Family Eva Effie Boyce, b. 1891, Illinois d. 2 Sep 1973, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey (Age 82 years) Marriage 30 Sep 1914 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Family ID F2026 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2021
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Birth - 24 Mar 1888 - Claytonville, Iroquois County, Illinois 
Marriage - 30 Sep 1914 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 
Death - 14 Jan 1965 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana 
Burial - 17 Jan 1965 - Yeoman Cemetery, Yeoman, Carroll County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Benjamin R. Weidner, 76, Delphi rural route 1, died Thursday at St Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, after a three-month illness.
Born March 24, 1888 in Illinois he was the son of Michael and Christina Wetland Weidner. He was married September 30, 1924, to Effie J. Boyce, who survives.
A Yeoman barber, be was formerly owner of Ben’s Tavern in Delphi He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, the Yeoman Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge in Illinois and the Knights of Pythias He was a 32nd degree Mason. He was a member of the Delphi community for 25 years.
Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Harry Clark, Freeport, N. Y.; two grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Services were held Sunday at the Cornell Funeral Home with Rev. William Moon officiating. Burial was made in Yeoman Cemetery.
Delphi Journal January 21, 1965
Contributed by Richard Lybrook [2]
- Benjamin R. Weidner, 76, Delphi rural route 1, died Thursday at St Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, after a three-month illness.
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