Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Benton, Thomas December 16, 1962 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net December 24, 2021, 4:10 pm Lake Odessa Wave-Thurs. December 20, 1962 Thomas H. Benton Passed Away Thomas H. Benton,82, former local resident, passed away at the Michigan Veterans's Facility at Grand Rapids about 8:30 Sunday evening. He had fallen and fractured his hip, which was attributed to his death, according to reports. A native of Kentucky, he left there about 39 years ago and had been a local resident a number of years, leaving to reside at the Facility, 25 months ago. Mr. Benton was a Spanish American War Veteran; a member of the World War I Veterans of Kent County and a member of the LaVerne Demaray Post, American Legion. Surviving are three daughters Mrs.L.C. Dillingham and Mrs.Mary Gardinier of Louisville, Ky, and Mrs. Ethel Poynter of Tampa, Floria and a son John of Louisville, Kentucky. His wife Agnes passed away about two years ago. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#9-1102-1 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/benton41587nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb