Obit of Martin BENING (d.1920), Sibley Co., MN

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Arlington Enterprise
Thursday 5 February 1920

Young Life Taken by Flu
 The sad news of the death of Martin Bening, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bening of Arlington township was received here with an intense feeling of
regret by his host of relatives and acquaintances.  The young man passed
away Monday evening at 9:30 o’clock, in Minneapolis, after an illness of
about 10 days with influenza and pneumonia.  His parents were called to his
bedside Saturday and were with him when he breathed his last.
 Martin was a student at the University Farm School where the influenza
epidemic has claimed a number of other victims recently.  He enrolled in
that institution on Dec. 5th and was taking a course in tractor engineering
when the fatal illness overcame him.  He was 19 years of age on the 12th of
May last.
 He is mourned by a grief stricken father and mother, 3 brothers and 1
sister, namely: Fred, Otto, Ernie and Mrs. John Ayer, all of this vicinity.
 The remains were brought here from Minneapolis Wednesday and will lay in
state at the home until Friday when the funeral will take place.  Services
will be held at the home at 12 o’clock, and interment will be in Cemetery
Arlington.  Services at the local Lutheran church after the burial.
 The bereaved pearents and relatives have the sympathy of the entire
community in their great loss.