Buffalo County NeArchives Obituaries.....Patterson, Benjamin H. May 14, 1928
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Omaha World Tribune
Omaha World Herald, May, 15, 1928

BENJAMIN H. PATTERSON, EDUCATOR-MUSICIAN, DIES

Instructor at Kearney Normal, Knights of Columbus State Secretary

Benjamin H. Patterson, 41, head of the commercial education department at 
Kearney, Nebraska State Normal and state secretary of the Knights of Columbus 
in Nebraska, died at an Omaha hospital after a month's illness.

Mr. Patterson was widely known in civic activities in Kearney, and as a 
musician. He was a composer of band music and recently had the pleasure of 
hearing his compositions played by Sousa's band in a radio concert. He was 
director of the Kearney Normal band and orchestra. He was secretary of the 
Kearney Kiwanis Club, chairman of several civic committees and a member of the 
Elks.

Born and raised in Maquoketa, Iowa, Mr. Patterson took special training in 
commercial work after his graduation from Maquoketa High School. He went to 
Kearney Normal in 1910.

Mr. Patterson is survived by his widow, Margaret Langdon Patterson, member of 
a prominent Gretna family and three children, Charles, 5, Benjamin, Jr., 3, 
Rose Marie, 1. He was a nephew of B. F. Thomas, 3225 Poppleton, Omaha. Burial 
will be in Gretna.



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