See also
Husband:
Sender BENSMAN (1876-1956)
Wife:
Ida Freda SMOTKIN (1875-1931)
Children:
Marriage:
1895
Russia
Name:
Sender BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
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
Naturalisation:
May 10, 1937 (age 61)
U.S. District Court
Address: Milwaukee, WI
Death:
Dec 25, 1956 (age 80)
Milwaukee, WI
Name:
Ida Freda SMOTKIN
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
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
Name:
Ann Pearl BENSMAN
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Spouse (3):
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
Name:
Dorothy BENSMAN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
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
Name:
Louis BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
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
Name:
Samuel BENSMAN
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Feb 11, 1903
Sheboygan, WI
Death:
Mar 18, 1958 (age 55)
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Burial:
Mar 20, 1958
Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Name:
Fay Shirley BENSMAN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Aug 27, 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:
Jan 10, 1908
Milwaukee, WI
Death:
Apr 10, 1973 (age 65)
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 22, 1911
Pioria, IL
Death:
Mar 12, 1994 (age 82)
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.