Benjamin, Robert Lee

Robert Lee Benjamin
Feb. 10, 1914-March 25, 1993


Robert L. Benjamin
1914-1993
Pinkerton Security guard

Funeral services for Robert Lee Benjamin, 79, 514 Sylvan St., Buchanan, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Hoven Funeral Home in Buchanan with the Rev. Herb Wyatt of Winnamac, Ind., officiating.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Benjamin died at 12:39 a.m. this morning at Woodfield Manor in Niles.

Born Feb. 10, 1914, in Niles, he was a lifetime area resident.

On July 18, 1958, in Beloit, Wisc., he married the former Roberta White, who survives.

He worked as a security guard for Pinkerton Security.

Other survivors include a son, Ronald Keith Benjamin of South Bend; four daughters, Sue Martindale of Rockford, Ill., Elizabeth "Peggy" Lee Lockamy of Buchanan, Barbara Lee Hickman of Winnamac and Teddie Jelinek of New Buffalo; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and a sister, Deborah Lintner of Niles.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Hoven Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Research Center.


Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 25, 1993, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library.