BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899 Fred Benzel came down Wednesday evening from Indianapolis to attend the funeral of Mrs. August Benzel Death of Mrs. August Benzel Mrs. August Benzel died Tuesday evening at 7:40 of typhoid fever, after a short illness. She leaves a husband and three small children. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the German M. E. Church. Services conducted by Rev. John Hoover of Seymour. burial at Green Hill Cemetery. (Matilda Naffe Benzel Oct 12, 1868 - Aug 29, 1899 wife of August Ferdinand)