Obituary - Benjamin Harrison Wray
Benjamin Harrison Wray
July 6, 1888 – July 9, 1964
South Bend Tribune 7/9/1964
Benjamin Harrison Wray, 76, of 518 N. Main St., died at 8:15 a.m. today in
Healthwin Hospital after an illness of 18 months. Mr. Wray had been a
salesman for Romy Hammes Ford Co. for 35 years.
Born July 6, 1888, in Norman, Ind., he had lived here since 1929, coming
from Terre Haute. He married Florence Brown in Seymour, Ind., on Oct. 20,
1909. She survives along with three sons, G. Robert and Carl E., both of
South Bend, and Winfred, of Tampa, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Borden
of South Bend and Mrs. Maureen Detzler, of Oswego, Ill.; 15 grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Truman, of Norman, and a sister,
Mrs. Carrie Clampett, of Overton, Nev. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today
at the Welsheimer Funeral Home.
South Bend Tribune 7/10/1964
Services for Benjamin H. Wray, 518 N. Main St., who died Thursday, will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home with Rev. Leroy Fassett,
associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will
be in Highland Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Floyd Parisol, Hubert Stulz, Ray Pape, Paul Dillon, A.
A. Danner and H. L. Keith. Friends may call at the funeral home.