I don't know if there is any new ifo on this, as I didn't read everything but thought I would put it out there, its two newspaper items.

Attend Rites
Relatives here for the funeral
of Ben Benda were Mrs. Dave
Novak, Calmar; Mr. and Mrs.
Clem Blocker, Ossian; Mr. and
Mrs. Brant Benda, Springfield,
Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Benda,
Port Angeles, Wash. The Lyle
Bendas plan to leave today.

1972 07 11
MR. AND MRS. Lyle Benda
of Port Angeles, Wash., and Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Benda of Springfield,
are here to attend the
funeral of their father, Ben Benda
today.