See also
Husband:
Sender Berka BENSMAN (1876-1956)
Wife:
Chaya-Freda SMOTKIN (1875-1931)
Children:
Marriage:
1895
Russia
Name:
Sender Berka BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Mar 3, 1876
Beshenkowitz, Lepel, Vitebsk, Russian Empire
Immigration:
Oct 20, 1902 (age 26)
to New York, NY from Antwerp, Belgium
Vessel: S.S. Zealand
Naturalisation:
May 10, 1937 (age 61)
U.S. District Court
Address: Milwaukee, WI
Death:
Dec 25, 1956 (age 80)
Milwaukee, WI
Burial:
Dec 28, 1956
Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, WI
Hebrew inscription:
אלכסנדר בער בר שמואל
Translation:
Aleksandr Ber son of reb Shmuel
Name:
Chaya-Freda SMOTKIN
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
1875
Kamen, Lepel, Vitebsk, Russian Empire
Immigration:
Nov 2, 1902 (age 26-27)
to Antwerp, Belgium
Death:
Feb 13, 1931 (age 55-56)
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Ida Freda died in Detroit of a cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertension
Burial:
Feb 13, 1931
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Hebrew inscription: מהיח עדיירפ תב ר םהרבא ריאמ Translation: Chaya Freide daughter of Avraham Meir
Name:
Ann Pearl BENSMAN
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Spouse (3):
Birth:
May 23, 1898
Kamin, Russia
Immigration:
Nov 2, 1902 (age 4)
to Antwerp, Belgium
Death:
Feb 1, 1971 (age 72)
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Burial:
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Name:
Dorothy BENSMAN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Feb 26, 1900
Kamin, Russia
Immigration:
Nov 2, 1902 (age 2)
to Antwerp, Belgium
Death:
Apr 26, 1973 (age 73)
Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Burial:
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Name:
Louis BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Sep 12, 1902
Kamin, Russia
Immigration:
Nov 2, 1902 (age 0)
to Antwerp, Belgium
Death:
Dec 4, 1954 (age 52)
Milwaukee, WI
Burial:
Milwaukee, WI
Spouse: Lillian ROBINSON, 1924, age 17
Name:
Samuel BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Jan 19, 1903
Sheboygan, WI
Death:
Mar 18, 1958 (age 55)
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Burial:
Mar 20, 1958
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Spouse: Benjamin ARONOFF
Name:
Fay Shirley BENSMAN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Aug 28, 1904
Sheboygan, WI
Death:
Feb 7, 1993 (age 88)
Toledo, Lucas County, OH
Burial:
Feb, 1993
Oregon, Lucas County, OH
Name:
Esther BENSMAN
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
Apr 4, 1906
Sheboygan, WI
Death:
Sep 11, 1983 (age 77)
Miami Beach, FL
Burial:
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Name:
Ralph BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Dec 28, 1908
Milwaukee, WI
Death:
Apr 10, 1973 (age 64)
Miami Beach, FL
Burial:
Apr 12, 1973
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Name:
Earl BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Birth:
1909
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Death:
Nov 11, 1918 (age 8-9)
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Name:
Irving Earl BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
Dec 21, 1912
Pioria, IL
Death:
Mar 12, 1994 (age 81)
Dallas, TX
Burial:
Mar 14, 1994
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Born in Russia, Mr. Bensman came to Milwaukee in 1908. He was the former owner of the Bensman funeral home which after his retirement in 1953, merged with the Goodman Funeral Home. He was a co-founder and past President of Congregation Anshe Lebowitz and a member of the Home for Aged Jews, the Jewish Convalescent Home, and the Mizrachi organization. He formerly belonged to the Milwaukee County Wisconsin State and National Funeral Directors Associations and the National Jewish Funeral Directors Association.
Survivors include his wife Fannie; 6 daughters, Anna Mendelson,
Dorothy Pomerance and Esther Gersuk of Detroit, Rose Friedman and Edyth Laber of Milwaukee, and Fay Aronoff of Toledo, Ohio. 4 sons: Sam, Ralph, and Irving of Detroit and Al M. of Long Beach, California; 3 brothers, Ben and Max of Milwaukee and Louis of Detroit; 2 sisters, Anna Greenstein of Madison, Wisconsin and Elizabeth Cohen of Weyauwega, Wisconsin.