Benjamin was born on 28 JUL 1904 in Jonesville, Virginia, the son of unknown parents.
He died about 14 JUN 1976 in Mercy Hospital, Davenport, Iowa.
His wife was Cathrine Wilkens, who he married in 1926 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois. Their two known children were Benjamin Franklin (1926-?) and Robert Eugene (1928-?).
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| Birth | 28 JUL 1904 |
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| Death | ABT 14 JUN 1976 |
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| Burial | ABT 17 JUN 1976 |
Note 1
!Obituary: 16 June 1976, Benjamin Orr Services for Benjamin Orr, 71, of 295 Franam St.., Davenport, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Runge Chapel. Burial will be in Davenpor Memorial Park. - Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. - Mr. Orr died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital. - He was employeed as a construction supervisor at both C.L. Mooney and Ryan and Associates Co., retiring five years ago. - Mr. Orr was born in Jonesville, Va. He married Catherine Wilkens in 1926 in Rock Island. She died in 1968. He married Ruth T. Olsen in 1969 in Davenport. - He was a deacon and former Sunday school teacher at Pleasant View Baptist Church, Bettendorf. He was an Army verteran serving with the 33rd Ordinance Co. at the Rock Island Arsenal. - Mr. Orr was secretary for 25 years of the plumbing and pipe fitting union 387. He also was president and member of the Ostergotland Club. - Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Gary [Joyce] McGowan, Dayton, Ohio; sons, Ben Jr., Davenport, and Robert E. "Gene," LeClaire;stepdaughters, Mrs. Melvin [June] Sizenbach, Davenport, and Georgia Wolfe, Davenport; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandson, and a sister, Mrs. Georgia Henderson, Knoxville, Tenn.