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About John Longman Bench, II
Parents: John Longman Bench Sr. & Maria Watson Kirby, Spouses: Lenora Anderson and Nancy Elvira Cox
Provoans' Father Dies At 90: John L. Bench, 90, Fairview, Utah, died Sunday evening at the home of his son, Rees E. Bench in Provo, Utah. He was born in Manti, Feb. 19, 1870, son of John L. Bench Sr., and Maria Watson Kirby. Both parents were pioneers and came to Utah from England. Mr. Bench attended the grade schools at Manti, and studied under Karl G. Maeser, Benjamin F. Cluff, George H. Brimhall, Joseph M. Tanner, and John A. Widtsoe at Brigham Young Academy. Mr. Bench served two terms on an LDS mission 1896-1898, the second time in 1946-1947 together with his wife Elvira. Mr. Bench served on the Stake Sunday School Board for many years and as High Councilman.
On June 13, 1894, he married Leonora Anderson in the Manti Temple. She died July 8, 1908. He married Elvira Cox on May 24, 1911. Mr. Bench was a forest ranger, teacher, postmaster, civil engineer, county surveyor, member of school board (three terms), city councilman (three terms), representative to the state legislature for three terms, 1905, 1939, and 1941; city treasurer and city mayor. He was a member of a group who put in the waterworks system for Fairview and acted as president until it was sold to the city. He worked diligently the past 25 years trying to get additional water for Sanpete Couny and urged the building of badly needed reservoirs.
Surviving are his widow and the following sons and daughters, Rees E. and Walter Bench, both of Provo; Dean W. Bench, Salt Lake City; Robert Kerby Bench and George Worth Bench, both of Fairview; Mrs. Wilbur (Leonora) Cox Boston, Mass., and Mrs. Pail J. (Ireta) Updike, Phoenix, Ariz. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the South Ward Chapel at Fairview . Friends may call at the John L. Bench home in Fairview, 311 E. Center, Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., or from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Jacobs Mortuary in Mt. Pleasant.
The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), March 14, 1960, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Spouses:
Leonora Anderson Bench (1872 - 1908)
Nancy "Elvira" Cox Bench (1882 - 1964)
Children:
John Melrose Bench (1896 - 1901)
Rees Edward Bench (1900 - 1994)
Dean Watson Bench (1901 - 1983)
Allen Ruel Bench (1904 - 1925)
Mark C Bench (1914 - 1914)
Elwood Bench (1916 - 1916)
Elvira Bench (1916 - 1916)
Robert Kirby Bench (1918 - 1994)
Nancy Ireta Bench Updike (1919 - 2012)
Created by: Enid Jamison
Record added: Jan 11, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 32825373
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John Longman Bench, II's Timeline
| 1870 |
February 19, 1870
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Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, United States
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| 1896 |
January 19, 1896
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Fairview, Sanpete, UT, United States
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| 1900 |
March 17, 1900
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Fairview, Sanpete, UT, United States
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| 1901 |
November 26, 1901
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Fairview, Sanpete, UT, United States
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| 1904 |
June 19, 1904
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Fairview, Sanpete, UT, United States
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| 1907 |
February 23, 1907
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Fairview, Sanpete, UT, United States
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| 1912 |
April 15, 1912
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Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, United States
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| 1913 |
June 29, 1913
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Fairview, Sanpete, UT, United States
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