Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin William MITTMAN 3709,3711
Birth30 Oct 1888, Muscatine, IA3748,3709,68,64,2105
Death24 Mar 1968, Iowa City, IA3748,3709,68,2105 Age: 79
MemoVeterans Administration Hospital
Burial27 Mar 1968, 1814 Lucas St, Muscatine, IA3748,3709,2105
MemoGreenwood Cemetery
OccupationFarmer (1968)2105
OccupationOdd Jobs, Private Homes (1950)3749
OccupationPainter (1929)60
OccupationFarming (1917)64
OccupationLaborer, Farm (1910)3750
FlagsMITTMAN-7
FatherGeorge MITTMANN (1853-1926)
MotherErnestine W RIEK (1859-1931)
Never married
Obituaries
From Mar 25, 1968, page 16 - The Muscatine Journal at Newspapers.com:3751

BENJAMIN W. MITTMAN

Benjamin W. Mittman, 79, of 129 Roscoe Ave., died at 9 p.m. Sunday at the Veterans Hospital, Iowa City, of complications following a short illness.

The son of George and Christina Rieke Mittman, he was born October 30, 1888, in Muscatine County and has lived there his whole life.

He was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of World War I.

The survivors are one brother, William Mittman, and two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Eppel and Mrs. Laura Oetzel, all of Muscatine. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ralph J. Wittch funeral home with Rev. Frank Gillett in charge. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery.

The body is at the Ralph J. Wittich funeral home, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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