This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benson, Maxfield, Helton, Metzger Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/1280.1 Message Board Post: The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, February 25, 1926 HOY JAMES BENSON Hoy James Benson was born in Jasper county, Indiana, December 17, 1876. He was baptized when a young boy into the Christian church at Delphi, Indiana, and remained a faithful member until the end. He was married to Elta Luella Maxfield, November 11, 1908. Two children were born to this union, Dorothy Elizabeth, 15 years of age, and James Maxfield, who died at the age of one year and three weeks. After a brief illness Mr. Benson died at 10 o'clock a. m. February 22, 1926, at the age of 49 years, 2 months and 5 days, leaving his wife and daughter, two sisters, three brothers and innumerable friends to mourn his untimely death. The sisters are Mrs. Leora Helton, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Mrs. Ethel Metzger, of Lafayette, Indiana. The brothers are Ray and Everest Benson, of Indianapolis, and Evvett Benson, of Chicago. Funeral services were conducted from eh Christian church at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. Ernest L. Mitchell, pastor. Interment took place of Riverside cemetery. The sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved wife and daughter and other relatives.