Allentown Morning Call - 26 November 1944
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Mary A., nee Benfield, wife of Henry J. Fox, Breinigsville R. 1, died Friday night in the Allentown hospital where she had been a surgical patient for more than a month. Mrs. Fox, a native of Huffs Church, Berks county, was a daughter of Frank N. Benfield and the late Mary Y., nee Siesholtz. She was aged 52 and had been in ill health since the summer months. Surviving, in addition to her husband and father, the latter of Alburtis R. 1, are: One son, Franklin H., of Fullerton; three daughters, Mrs. Samuel Gogel and Ruth M. Fox, of Fullerton, and Mrs. Marcus Erb, Alburtis; three brothers, Claude E. Benfield, of Perkasie, and Franklin S. and Walter A. Benfield, both of Alburtis R. 1; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Shankweiler, of Kutztown; Mrs. Marvin J. Lepcher, of Reading; Mrs. Lilly S. Oberholtzer, of Allentown, and Mrs. Clarence J. Walbert, of Allentown R. 3, and three grandchildren. Rev. J. N. Blatt, pastor of the Reformed wing of Huffs Church, of which she was a member, will officiate at services to be held from the Schmoyer funeral home, Breinigsville, on Wednesday at 1 p.m., followed by further services at Huffs Church. Burial will be made in the adjoining cemetery.
Allentown Morning Call - 26 November 1944
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Mary A., nee Benfield, wife of Henry J. Fox, Breinigsville R. 1, died Friday night in the Allentown hospital where she had been a surgical patient for more than a month. Mrs. Fox, a native of Huffs Church, Berks county, was a daughter of Frank N. Benfield and the late Mary Y., nee Siesholtz. She was aged 52 and had been in ill health since the summer months. Surviving, in addition to her husband and father, the latter of Alburtis R. 1, are: One son, Franklin H., of Fullerton; three daughters, Mrs. Samuel Gogel and Ruth M. Fox, of Fullerton, and Mrs. Marcus Erb, Alburtis; three brothers, Claude E. Benfield, of Perkasie, and Franklin S. and Walter A. Benfield, both of Alburtis R. 1; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Shankweiler, of Kutztown; Mrs. Marvin J. Lepcher, of Reading; Mrs. Lilly S. Oberholtzer, of Allentown, and Mrs. Clarence J. Walbert, of Allentown R. 3, and three grandchildren. Rev. J. N. Blatt, pastor of the Reformed wing of Huffs Church, of which she was a member, will officiate at services to be held from the Schmoyer funeral home, Breinigsville, on Wednesday at 1 p.m., followed by further services at Huffs Church. Burial will be made in the adjoining cemetery.
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