Family of Sender BENSMAN and Ida Freda SMOTKIN

Husband:	Sender BENSMAN (1876-1956)
Wife:	Ida Freda SMOTKIN (1875-1931)
Children:	Ann Pearl BENSMAN (1898-1971)
	Dorothy BENSMAN (1900-1973)
	Louis BENSMAN (1901-1954)
	Samuel BENSMAN (1903-1958)
	Fay Shirley BENSMAN (1904-1993)
	Esther BENSMAN (1906-1983)
	Ralph BENSMAN (1908-1973)
	Earl BENSMAN (1909-1918)
	Irving Earl BENSMAN (1911-1994)
Marriage	1895	Russia

Husband: Sender BENSMAN

Name:	Sender BENSMAN
Sex:	Male
Father:	Samuel BENSMAN (1853-1922)
Mother:	Silvia "Bella" Tsipa LEVINE (1858-1926)
Birth	Mar 3, 1876	Kamen, Belarus, Russia
Immigration	Jul 28, 1902 (age 26)	to Antwerp, Belgium
Immigration	Nov 2, 1902 (age 26)	to Antwerp, Belgium
Death	Dec 25, 1956 (age 80)	Milwaukee, WI

Wife: Ida Freda SMOTKIN

Name:	Ida Freda SMOTKIN
Sex:	Female
Father:	Abraham Samuel SMOTKIN (1852-1936)
Mother:	Lena ( - )
Birth	1875	Kamen, Belarus, Russia
Immigration	Nov 2, 1902 (age 26-27)	to Antwerp, Belgium
Death	Feb 13, 1931 (age 55-56)	Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Burial	Feb 13, 1931	Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Child 1: Ann Pearl BENSMAN

Name:	Ann Pearl BENSMAN
Sex:	Female
Spouse 1:	Nathan ROSENBERG ( - )
Spouse 2:	Jacob MILLER ( -1947)
Spouse 3:	Max MENDLESON (1894-1961)
Birth	May 23, 1898	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

Child 2: Dorothy BENSMAN

Name:	Dorothy BENSMAN
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Tulley Joseph POMERANCE (1900-1963)
Birth	Feb 26, 1900	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

Child 3: Louis BENSMAN

Name:	Louis BENSMAN
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Esther COHEN (1909-1997)
Birth	Sep 22, 1901	Russia
Immigration	Nov 2, 1902 (age 1)	to Antwerp, Belgium
Death	Dec 4, 1954 (age 53)	Milwaukee, WI
Burial		Milwaukee, WI

Child 4: Samuel BENSMAN

Name:	Samuel BENSMAN
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Lillian ROBINSON (1907-1975)
Birth	Feb 11, 1903	Sheboygan, WI
Death	Mar 18, 1958 (age 55)	Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Burial	Mar 20, 1958	Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Child 5: Fay Shirley BENSMAN

Child 6: Esther BENSMAN

Name:	Esther BENSMAN
Sex:	Female
Spouse 1:	Alexander "Sam" GERSUK (1902-1986)
Spouse 2:	Samuel SHILOWITZ ( - )
Birth	Apr 4, 1906	Sheboygan, WI
Death	Sep 11, 1983 (age 77)	Miami Beach, FL
Burial		Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Child 7: Ralph BENSMAN

Name:	Ralph BENSMAN
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	"Sonia" (Binkow) BINKOVICH (1907-1977)
Birth	Jan 10, 1908	Milwaukee, WI
Death	Apr 10, 1973 (age 65)	Miami Beach, FL
Burial	Apr 12, 1973	Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Child 8: Earl BENSMAN

Name:	Earl BENSMAN
Sex:	Male
Birth	1909	Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Death	Nov 11, 1918 (age 8-9)	Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Child 9: Irving Earl BENSMAN

Name:	Irving Earl BENSMAN
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Miriam KONHEIM (1911-1956)
Spouse 2:	Maxine BATCHKO (1925-1985)
Birth	Dec 22, 1911	Pioria, IL
Death	Mar 12, 1994 (age 82)	Dallas, TX
Burial	Mar 14, 1994	Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Note on Husband: Sender BENSMAN

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.