The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday April 27, 1947 Ellison Lynn Benfer. Ellison Lynn BENFER, seven-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Benfer, 802 North Van Buren, died Saturday in a local hospital, following a short illness. Besides his parents, he leaves a grandfather, William L. FIELDS, of Scranton. Funeral services will be held at the Penwell Chapel Tuesday at 11 o'clock in the morning with burial in Topeka Cemetery.