Evergreen Cemetery
Union City, Erie Co. PA
Benjamin Franklin Duryee
1889 - 1944

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Obituary:
Duryee, Benjamin Franklin, 3, died Wed. Deceased is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Whipple, Nellie Traux, and Mrs. Myrtle, and one brother Ernest Duryee.
Corner William Crandall called to Findley Lake Tuesday to investigate accident in which Benjamin F. Duryee, 53, meet his death. Mr. Duryee with his brother Ernest and the latters 2 sons were cutting timber for H. B. Lyons Co. of Union City, when an 18 inch limb fell from the tree striking Mr. Duryee and crushing the top of his skull. He lived only a few minutes. Mr. Crandall issued a verdict of accidental death caused by a fractured skull.
Westfield Republican, 29 Mar 1944, p. 18 [Westfield, Chautauqua Co., NY]