Wayne married BENNING, Susan Linda [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hamburg NY Sun - 4/7/1983

Memorial services were held
last Saturday in St. Matthews
United Church of Christ, with
the Rev. Gene Prostek, pastor,
officiating for Norman L. Benning
of Maple Avenue who
died Mar. 30 in his 63rd year.
A Bethlehem Steel Corporation
industrial engineer, Mr.
Benning was a member of St.
Matthew's Church and Fraternal
Lodge 625 F & A M which
conducted memorial rites
prior to funeral services.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Ruth Stein; two
d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. Susan
Eckhardt of Skaneateles and
Karen Benning of West Falls;
and two grandchildren, Andrew
and Benjamin Eckhardt.
Arrangements were by the
W. L. Froehley Funeral Home
on Lake Street.

Norman married STEIN, Ruth Anita on 28 Jun 1947 in Hamburg, Erie County, NY. Ruth (daughter of STEIN, Charles and Bertha) was born about 1920; died on 20 Jan 2006 in Hamburg, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hamburg NY Sun

Memorial services will be held
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, from
St. Matthew's United Church of
Christ, 5289 McKinley Pkwy.,
Hamburg, for Ruth S. Stein Benning,
86, of Hamburg, who died
Friday, Jan. 20, 2006.
Wife of the late Norman L.
Benning, she is survived by her
daughters, Susan (Wayne) Eckhardt
and Karen A. Benning;
and grandsons, Andrew J. and
Benjamin J. Eckhardt.
She was predeceased by her parents,
Charles and Bertha Stein.
Mrs. Benning was a graduate
of Bryant & Stratton Business
Institute, and was a member of
the Order of the Eastern Star and
St. Matthew's U.C.C.
Memorials may be made to the
church or the SPCA. Arrangements
made by Froehley Dengler
Funeral Home.

Notes:

Hamburg NY Sun - 7/3/1947

The marriage -of Miss Ruth
Anita Stein, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles 'Stein, to Norman
Lawrence Benning, son of Mrs.
Alice Benning of Niagara Falls,
N. .Y., took place last Saturday
evening, at St Jamea* Church
here. The Rev. P. Walter Meisenheimer,
pastor of the church, performed
the double ring ceremony.
The bride proceeded down the
candlelit aisle escorted by her
father. She wore a gown of mousseline
de soie velveray, fashioned
with a high shadow neckline, long
sleeves and fitted^!>odicev Her
full skirt terminated in a chapel
length circular train and her fingertip
length veil of bridal illusion,
which fell from a tiara of orange
blossoms, was edged in lace. The
bridal bouquet was of white
roses, carnations, gypsophelia, and
sweetpeas with a center of gardenias.
Mrs. Virginia Davis sang
a group of solos before and during
the service.
Miss Pearl Buggenhagen was
maid of honor and the bridesmaids
were Miss Hazel Bastian and Miss
Catherine Boehle. Their gowns
were made alike, of aqua velvaray
for the honor attendant and maize
yellow for the others. They all
carried colonial shower bouquets
made with rows of ruffled maline
among the flowers and showers
of satin ribbon to which were tied
bits of fern, daisies or sweet peas.
All wore headbands of rosebuds.
Kenneth Groll of Clarence,
N. Y., was best man for the bridegroom,
who had as his ushers,
Paul Fries of Buffalo, Allen Hock
and Donald Hock, his cousins and
Donald Minekime.
The bride's mother wore an
aqua sheer crepe dress with lace
trim. Her accessories were black
and she wore a corsage of pastel
flowers. The mother of the bridegroom
was in a grey and white
print dress with which she wore a
grey hat and white accessories.
Pink roses predominated in her
corsage.
A reception was held at the
Community Center immediately
after the ceremony. There the receiving
room was decorated with
great baskets of varicolored flowers
and chairs were grouped here
and there. A four tiered bridal
cake, flanked with tall white candles
and bowls of white flowers,
provided a center piece for the
serving table.
Miss Sally Lou Mohr, Miss
Thelma Bastian and Miss Marie
Boehle served refreshments to the
guests.
The bride wore for traveling a
dress of Madelaine rose crepe with
white accessories and corsage of
white roses. After, a motor trip
through the New England states
and parts of Canada, Mr. Benning
and his bride will be at home
on River Road, Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
Out of town guests at the wedding
included Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Marx of Chicago, Ill., and
their son, Wesley, and Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Starr of Erie, Pa.

ALSO

Hamburug NY Sun - 7/8/1982

Mr. and Mrs. Norman L.
Benning of Maple Ave. were
honored by their children at an
Open House at their home last
Sunday on the occasion of
their 35th Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. Benning and the former
Ruth Stein were married June
28, 1947 in St. James United
Church of Christ here.
Mr. Benning has been with
the industrial engineering
department at Bethlehem
Steel for 29 years and will
retire this fall.
Hosts for the affair were Dr.
and Mrs. Wayne A. Eckhardt
of Skaneateles, and Karen A.
Benning ofwest Falls.
Members of the original
wedding party who attended
were Mrs. Maurice Emerling,
Mrs. Hazel Abbott, Mrs.
William R. Wendel Mr. Alan
Hock and Mr. Paul Fries.
Out of town guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bateford of
Indiana, Penns.

Lorenz married GROLL, Alice M about 1918. Alice was born about 1893 in New York; died on 17 Jul 1963 in Hamburg, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hamburg NY Sun - 7/25/1963

Funeral services were held Saturday
from the W. L. Froehley
Funeral Home for Alice Groll
Benning of Newton Rd., who died
July 17 in her 70th year. The Rev.
P. W. Meisenheimer officiated.
Mrs. Benning was a member of
the Hamburg Senior Citizens
Club. She was the wife of the
late Lawrence J. Benning and the
mother of Norman L. Benning
and the sister of William H. Groll
of Clarence. She is also survived
by two grandchildren.

Charles + Bertha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]