Albrecht, -- Benjamin, son of John and Anna (Gascho) Albrecht, was born Nov. 23, 1871, near Flanagan, Ill.; died at the Furgeson Rest Home in Pontiac, Ill., Feb. 3, 1951. He accepted Christ as his personal Saviour in his youth and united with the Mennonite Church of which he was a faithful member throughout life. On Jan. 3, 1900, he was united in marriage to Anna Gardener of Beaver Crossing, Nebr. To this union were born 2 children (Alvin, Flanagan, and Mabel-Mrs. Alvia Saltzman, Upland, Calif.). Surviving are his children, 7 grandchildren, 1 sister (Mrs. Joe Ingold, Flanagan), 2 brothers (P. D. Albrecht, Flanagan, and Dr. William Albrecht, Columbia, Mo.). The first five years of their married life were spent on a farm near Flanagan after which they moved to the Flanagan community. His wife preceded him in death Oct. 27, 1929. Funeral services were held at the Waldo Mennonite Church in charge of J. D. Hartzler, assisted by E. J. Stalter. Interment was made in the Waldo Cemetery.
Albrecht, -- Benjamin, son of John and Anna (Gascho) Albrecht, was born Nov. 23, 1871, near Flanagan, Ill.; died at the Furgeson Rest Home in Pontiac, Ill., Feb. 3, 1951. He accepted Christ as his personal Saviour in his youth and united with the Mennonite Church of which he was a faithful member throughout life. On Jan. 3, 1900, he was united in marriage to Anna Gardener of Beaver Crossing, Nebr. To this union were born 2 children (Alvin, Flanagan, and Mabel-Mrs. Alvia Saltzman, Upland, Calif.). Surviving are his children, 7 grandchildren, 1 sister (Mrs. Joe Ingold, Flanagan), 2 brothers (P. D. Albrecht, Flanagan, and Dr. William Albrecht, Columbia, Mo.). The first five years of their married life were spent on a farm near Flanagan after which they moved to the Flanagan community. His wife preceded him in death Oct. 27, 1929. Funeral services were held at the Waldo Mennonite Church in charge of J. D. Hartzler, assisted by E. J. Stalter. Interment was made in the Waldo Cemetery.
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