Individual Details

Obituary from March 5, 1953, Evansville Review, Evansville, Wisconsin:

"Sidney Martin Benway, 69, resident of this area most of his life, died at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday in his home following several months' illness.

The son of Henry and Elizabeth Benway, he was born May 16, 1883, in Belle Plaines, Wis. The family moved to Union Township when he was two years old. Mr. Benway's first wife, died and he was married to Alice Balch, Milton, Oct. 29, 1927. He was employed as a night watchman at the Grange Store here for 23 years until retiring 2 1/2 years ago.

Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Haskins, state of Oregon, and Mrs. William McClure, Racine; a son, Carl Poppleman, Racine, five stepchildren, Mrs. Harry Cole, Edwin and Erford Balch, Evansville, Mrs. Herman Kutz, Fort Atkinson, and Mrs. Edward Wright, Milton Junction.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Roderick - Ward Funeral Home, The Rev. James Saunders of the Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery."

Birth	16 May 1883	Belle Plaine, Shawano County, Wisconsin
Marriage	5 Aug 1914	Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa - Hazel Stevens
Marriage	29 Oct 1927	Milton, Rock County, Wisconsin - Alice Jane MILLAR
Death	Mar 1953	Evansville, Rock County, Wisconsin
Burial	Mar 1953	Cemetery Maple Hill, Evansville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Spouse	Hazel Stevens (1892 - 1921)
Child	Esther BENWAY (MCCANN) (1914 - )
Child	Living (1918 - )
Child	Living (1919 - )
Child	Living (1921 - )

Spouse	Alice Jane MILLAR (1884 - 1955)
Child	Living (1929 - )

Father	Henry S. BENWAY (1836 - 1911)
Mother	Elizabeth Hollingsworth (1852 - 1907)
Sibling	Mabel M. BENWAY (1886 - 1915)