Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1919 — BENJAMIN GEESE DEAD. [ARTICLE]

BENJAMIN GEESE DEAD.

Benjamin Geesa died at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago Wednesday evening, following an operation. The body wash shipped here Thursday evening and taken to his late home north of Mt. Ayr. The funeral will be held at the North Star church Sunday and burial will be made at Morocco cemetery. Mr. Geesa was 86 years of age at the time of his death, and was one of the pioneer residents of this part of Indiana. He is survived by a widow and a number of children.