Benskin, Orville

1903 - 1983  (79 years)

• Name	Benskin, Orville
  Birth	22 Mar 1903  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BENS.O001
  _FGRAVE	15572156
  Death	18 Feb 1983  [3, 4]
  Burial	Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Benskin, Ethel "Gill" and Orville
  Person ID	I23679	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Benskin, Charles Henry,   b. 1867, Illinois
  Mother	RUGER, Lucy L.,   b. 1864, Illinois
  Family ID	F4975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gill, Ethel Grace,   b. 13 Apr 1903, Wayne County, Illinois d. 26 Jan 1991, Flora Nursing Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1927
  Age at Marriage	He was ~ 23 years and 9 months - She was ~ 23 years and 8 months.
  Children	+ 1. Benskin, Alva Joyce,   b. 10 Nov 1927, Clay County, Illinois d. 28 Feb 2017, Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 89 years) + 2. Benskin, Marjorie Faye,   b. 8 Jan 1930, Clay County, Illinois d. 23 Jun 2018 (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F10435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Feb, 1983. Orville Benskin, 79, Clay City, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Flora Care Center. Services were held today in the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with Rev. Ron Linder presiding. Burial was in Kneff Cemetery. Mr. Benskin was born March 22, 1903, in Clay County, the son of Charles and Lucy (Ruger) Benskin. He married Ethel Gill Feb. 9, 1927 in Olney and she survives. He was a retired farmer. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Joyce) Scammahorn; and Mrs. Carroll (Marjorie) Murbarger, both of Clay City; a brother, Don Benskin, Princeton; a sister, Hattie Travis, Clay City; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6624] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Benskin, Ethel "Gill" and Orville, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15572160/ethel-grace-benskin), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1160] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 08, page 4a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S6623] http:ss/www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Benskin, Ethel, 87, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15572160/ethel-grace-benskin), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4660] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Murbarger, Marjorie Faye, 88, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190853995/marjorie-faye-murbarger), none. (Reliability: 2).