OBIT: Chester Thomas BENNER, 1958, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Ellen Copper fec33@comcast.net February 1, 2009, 10:41 pm Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ CHESTER THOMAS BENNER Of 306 Baltzell Ave., died yesterday noon in the Altoona Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Altoona July 12, 1890, a son of Philip and Mary (Smith) Benner, and retired as an inspector at the East Altoona roundhouse in 1952 after 44 years of service. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ethel (Fink) Benner; seven children, Chester H. of Bellwood, John L. of Harrisburg, Philip and James P. of Toledo, Ohio, Arthur C. and Mrs. Jane Russo of Altoona, and Mrs. Isabelle Logan of Mifflin; 11 grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, Clarence of Altoona, Earl and Mrs. Lottie Carles of Pinecroft and Mrs. Vera Fitzgerald of Harrisburg. He was a member of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church. Friends will be received at the Mauk & Yates Funeral Home, Juniata, after 6 p.m. today. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., March 29, 1958 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/