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Submitted: 1/31/10 • Approved: 5/5/10 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R30768-G30767-S3
Caroline May was born in West Pittston, Luzerne County, PA, on 25 Oct 1885. At the age of 82, she died in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, on 22 Oct 1968. Caroline May was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Northumberland, PA, on 26 Oct 1968. Rothermel Funeral Home in Harrisburg. Clergy - Rev C. K. Spachman. Section Nine, Row #8.
On 28 Nov 1907 when Henry E was 25, he married Caroline May BENFIELD, daughter of Henry Bray BENFIELD (1858-1930) & Bertha Hannah LIEBAU (1860-1936), in Centralia, Columbia County, PA.
Henry, son of Henry John (1854 - 1936) and Elizabeth (1851 - 1920) [Deis] Williams, was born in Hazelton, Luzerne County, PA, on 14 Apr 1882.
At the age of 73, he died in Shamokin RD 1, Northumberland County, PA, on 7 Aug 1955. Henry was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Northumberland County, PA, on 10 Aug 1955. Section Nine, Row #8; Funeral Director Willard A. Rothermel, Mt. Carmel.
They had the following children:
Henry Benfield (1909-1987)
Bertha Elizabeth (1910-1981)
Caroline May (1912-1994)
Florence Augusta (1915-1977)
Kenneth Earl (1917-1990)
Isobel Grace (1920-)
Roy Edwin (1923-2005)
Charlotte Alice (1925-2008)
Tombstone Inscription photographed at the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel, Pa 1995
Contributed on 1/31/10 by stonyacres3
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