Benjamin Franklin Daniels

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Benjamin F Daniels Sr, 80, died Tues. at 1:30 PM at the Wilkes-Barre General Hosp. where he had been a patient for ten days.
Born in Olyphant, he had been a co-owner of the Daniels Coal Co, Peckville & later, an outside foreman for Pagnotti Enterprises. He retired in 1952.
Mr Daniels served as a school director for the Blakely schools & was a past president of Falls Hose Co. He also served as a Republican judge of elections at Falls for 20 years. He was a member of the Oriental Star Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons; Keystone Consistory, Irem Temple, & Falls Baptist Church.
Surviving is his wife, the former Ellen Shone, son - Benjamin F (Lucy) Daniels Jr, Harding - a member of the Wyoming area advisory board & a Republican chairman of Exeter township, & daughters - Ellen (Robert) Kolb, Allentown, Pa, & Ruth (Charles) Runyan, Harding, Pa. Six grand-children & three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Fri at 2 PM at the Strubeck Funeral Home, 211 Luzerne Ave, West Pittston, with the Rev. Boland Romig, Falls Baptist Church officiating. Interment - Mountain View Cemetery, Harding. The viewings will be Weds - 7 to 10 PM & Thurs. 2 to 4 & 7 to 10

Family/Spouse: Ellen Shone. Ellen (daughter of Joseph Shone and Elizabeth Vasey) was born on 27 Oct 1886 in Upsall, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Jun 1979 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Exeter, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]