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- Benjamin R. Weidner, 76, Delphi rural route 1, died Thursday at St Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, after a three-month illness.
Born March 24, 1888 in Illinois he was the son of Michael and Christina Wetland Weidner. He was married September 30, 1924, to Effie J. Boyce, who survives.
A Yeoman barber, be was formerly owner of Ben’s Tavern in Delphi He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, the Yeoman Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge in Illinois and the Knights of Pythias He was a 32nd degree Mason. He was a member of the Delphi community for 25 years.
Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Harry Clark, Freeport, N. Y.; two grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Services were held Sunday at the Cornell Funeral Home with Rev. William Moon officiating. Burial was made in Yeoman Cemetery.
Delphi Journal January 21, 1965
Contributed by Richard Lybrook [2]
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