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Surnames: BENSMAN, DUKE, GREENE, LAUGHLIN,
Classification: Obituary
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, April 29, 1943,Volume
LXVIII, Number 27, Column 1, “Funeral Services Are Held For Belle Duke.” [Transcribed May
25, 2003 from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene
County Public Library.]
Services were conducted Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock for Ida Belle DUKE, 73 years old,
who passed away at her home north of Bloomfield Sunday afternoon following a stroke which
she suffered Saturday.
She was born March 25, 1870, the daughter of Henry and Martha (BRADFORD) GREENE. She is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. Iva LAUGHLIN of Sullivan and Mrs. Iona BENSMAN of Ft.
Wayne. Also surviving are five grandchildren.
Lester Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Link to the Obituary of her father, Henry Newton GREENE [1847IN—1916IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of her brother, Milford R. GREENE [1868IN—1924IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of her brother, Otis Roscoe GREENE [1875IN—1925IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to a photo album of Union Bethel Cemetery, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana
where Belle is buried:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292808463
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