Henry-Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....DeKezel , "Ben" Benoni Bernardus November 22, 1969 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra L. Elkins Juhl sljuhl1234@yahoo.com May 17, 2012, 1:58 pm The Daily Dispatch Newspaper, microfilm, dated 24 Nov.1969, page 30 **OBITUARY: The Daily Dispatch Newspaper, microfilm, dated 24 Nov.1969, page 30; Moline Public Library, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. "BEN B. DEKEZEL GENESEO -- Ben B. DeKezel, 82, retired farmer, of RR 2, Geneseo, died Saturday (22 Nov.1969) afternoon in his home, after a brief illness. Services will be at 9:30 tomorrow morning in St. Malachy's Catholic Church here. Burial will be in North Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 8 tonight in the Myers Funeral Home, here. Friends may call this afternoon and evening at the funeral home. Mr. DeKezel was born in Yzendyke, Holland, the son of Bernard and Celestina VanDenBosche DeKezel. He married Emma Boeji Nov. 26, 1908, in Kewanee. She died Sept. 28, 1950. He is survived by two sons, Phil (Tayfield) of Colona and Ben F. of Geneseo; two daughters, Mrs. Virgil VanDeWoestyne and Miss Helen DeKezel, both of Geneseo; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma DeWilde and Mrs. Emily VanWaes, both of Rochester, N.Y. He was preceded in death by two sons." [Obtained & Transcribed on 30 April 2012, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler & Family Genealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com] Additional Comments: Known Children: Edward DeKezel, Elizabeth M. DeKezel VanDeWoestyne, Tayfield "Phil" Bernard DeKezel, Charles L. DeKezel, Benedict F. DeKezel, Helen DeKezel Carrico File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/henry/obits/d/dekezel754gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb