Obits:  Bence, Charles H, Indiana Co 

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CHARLES H. BENCE, 206 Emerson St.; Vandergrift, died following injuries

received when the car in which he was riding when over the 30 foot

embankment on the Altman Hill, Park Township, Armstrong County. He is a son

of Henry and Emma Cribbs Bence and was born November 15th, 1885 in Indiana

County.



He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hulda Bence of Vandergrift, one daughter,

Mrs. Leslie Turner, Vandergrift, and five sons, Donald and Leroy, Apollo;

Blair of Indiana, S.Sergeant Carl, Camp Chosse, Ark., and Homer of

Vandergrift. His father, Henry Bence, Canton, Ohio, two brothers, Emery of

Vandergrift and Harry of Dixonville; four sisters, Mrs. Emma Kaiser and Mrs.

Clara Keto of Canton, O. Mrs. Iva West and Mrs. Mary Spencer of Reading, PA

and ten grandchildren also survive.



Friends are being received at the Thompson Funeral Home, 274 Franklin

Avenue, Vandergrift, where services will be conducted Monday evening at 8:00

o'clock by Reverend Fred T. Diddle. Tuesday morning the body will be removed

to the Robinson Funeral Home, Indiana, where friends will be received from

10:00 a.m. until the hour of service, 1:30 o'clock. Reverend Diddle will

conduct the service. Interment in Oakland Cemetery.







Oakland Cemetery



      Bence

     Charles

     H

     (from Vandergrift d 30 Jul 1945)

     1885

     1945

     (57y)

     K