Walje, Benjamin Jesse
1885 - 1969 (84 years)-
Name Walje, Benjamin Jesse [1, 2] Birth 30 Mar 1885 Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation Carpenter [1, 2] Death 24 Dec 1969 Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, USA [1, 2] Burial 27 Dec 1969 Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA [2] Person ID I20747 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father Walje, August Herman Sr, b. 26 Apr 1858, Tecklenburg, Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 21 Feb 1931, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Mother Zinn, Katharina, b. 22 Jul 1846, Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany d. 23 May 1917, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA (Age 70 years) Relationship natural Marriage 7 Jun 1881 St Paul German Evangelical Church, Clear Creek Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Family ID F5965 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Schuller, Elizabeth, b. 30 Mar 1894, Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, USA d. 7 Dec 1934, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA (Age 40 years) Marriage 29 Jul 1912 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA [3, 4] Children 1. Walje, Kathryn Mildred, b. 17 May 1914, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA d. 7 Dec 1934, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA (Age 20 years) [natural]Family ID F5588 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Family 2 German, Virginia Clara, b. 17 May 1899, Little River, Rice, Kansas, USA d. Mar 1981, Mound City, Linn, Kansas, USA (Age 81 years) Marriage 8 Dec 1953 Butler, Missouri, USA Family ID F11882 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Birth - 30 Mar 1885 - Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA 
Marriage - 29 Jul 1912 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA 
Marriage - 8 Dec 1953 - Butler, Missouri, USA 
Death - 24 Dec 1969 - Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, USA 
Burial - 27 Dec 1969 - Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - From Pleasanton Observer, December 1967
Ben J. Walje, 82-year-old retired carpenter died at the Fort Scott hosiptal at 3:05 p.m., December 24.
Born March 30, 1885 in Pettis County, Missouri, he was the son of August H. and Catherine Zinn Walje. With his parents, brothers and sisters they moved to Linn county in 1909, where he lived the remainder of his life.
In 1913 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Schuler, who with his only daughter Kathryn, were killed in a car accident in 1933. In 1953 he married Virgie C. Philips, who survives at the home. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Ellen Hall, and one brother, Roy Walje both of Pleasanton; step children, Mrs. Loritta Bott, Nevada Mo., Mrs. Zerlene Monslow, Hillsboro, Oregon; Leonard Phillips, Mount Dora, Florida and Elmer Dean Phillips, Portland, oregon.
Funeral services were held from Torneden Chapel Tuesday afternoon with Rev. James Sangster officiating. Music was by John Fletcher, soloist accompanied by Mrs. Don Stegge, Pianist.
Casket bearers were Bil Hayes, Everett Garrett, Eby Leisure, Claude Umphenour, Harold McCoy and Alfred Wortman. Burial was in the Pleasanton cemetery.
- From Pleasanton Observer, December 1967
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