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Show - . i i. ' : . " . s I v. . ' ' l . i ':. MRS. ANNIZ M. BErJCH, p!oncerx cf Boncta and rcsi:-e--t cf Duchesne for 20 years, recently re-cently "celebrated Iicr SGi.Ii birthday in Provo, where she has been living since 1032. u iU Ij-J ALTAMONT (Special) Mrs. Annie Madson Bench, long-time resident of the Uintah Basin, who is now making her home in Provo Pro-vo with a son, I. G. Bench, recently re-cently celebrated her 86th birthday. birth-day. Still active and in good health, she enjoys cooking and caring for the home of her son. Annie Madson Bench was born at Manti, December 8, 1869, a few years after her mother and father had arrived in Utah after crossing the plains with ox team. They were early pioneer settlers in the Sanpete Valley. She was married Nov. 20, 1888 to Frederick William Bench in the Manti LDS Temple. After the birth of their eighth child the family moved from Manti to Eon-eta Eon-eta in 1908 where they pioneered and helped to settle that part of the Indian Reservation. Two children chil-dren were born at Boneta. One other child died shortly after birth. Mr. Bench died in 1932 and Mrs. Bench then moved to Duchesne Du-chesne : to make her home. She lived there until 1952 when she went to Provo. During her early life she was active in the LDS church Relief Society. Her 10 living children are: Marguerite Mar-guerite Young, Clearfield; Tatton Bench, Duchesne; I. G. Bench, Provo; Helen Odekirk, Duchesne; Helen Geniel Jones, Provo; Frances Fran-ces Hair,, Salt Lake City; Katha-leen Katha-leen Bentley, Provo; Donald Bench, Duchesne; and Ruth Dastrup, Das-trup, of Altamont. She has 38 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren and one great-great,grand-child living. |