WEEKS, Benjamin Franklin "B. F." - b. July 6, 1841 - d. December 25, 1910

[Janet Harrington]

  Benjamin Franklin Weeks was born in Belmont County, Ohio, July 6, 1841, and died at his home in this city on Sunday, December 25, 1910 at 4:52 p.m., age 69 years, 5 months and 19 days.  Death was caused by total paralysis.  When eleven years of age he removed with his parents to Illinois.  He was married to Miss Azuba Underwood on August 13, 1862.  To this union were born three daughters, one of whom died in infancy, and one, Mrs. D. W. Jones, was buried here last June.  The third, Mrs. C. L. Cherrie, of Lansing, Kansas, was present at the time of his death.  In 1878 with his family he moved to Grenola, where he lived until his demise.  At the age of 18 he became a member of the Methodist church and continued in the faith until his death. He leaves an aged wife, one daughter and six grand chidlren and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his loss. 

B. F. Weeks of Grenola, died on Christmas day, age 69 years.  He was a son of Ed Weeks, one of the pioneers of the Caney Valley, but Frank didn't come in the very early days.  He became a citizen of the Grenola neighborhood however in 1878.  He was an old soldier, and leaves a wife and one daughter.  The Grenola Leader says the following of Mr. Weeks:  Mr. Weeks had been a resident of this city for over thirty-two years, coming here in 1878 with the earliest settlers.  He taught school in Grenola and surrounding districts for many terms and was considered a good instructor.  With the exception of four years while he was at Lansing, as a guard in the state penitentiary, he has been a continual resident of the city since his arrival in Grenola.  Mr. Weeks was a member of the A. O.U. W. lodge, in which he carried $2,000 life insurance.  He had been recorder of that order for about fourteen years.  He was city clerk of Grenola for seven or eight years and had held other offices of trust and honor.  He was a man that was re-...  (The clipping does not continue.)

Howard Courant
January 5, 1911

[Wilma]

Now this is really good.  It states that Mr. Weeks was 69 years of age when he died and he left an aged wife.  Was she much older than he  or am I a really aged person?

[Janet Harrington]

I think you are aged, Mother.  Think about this, maybe his wife was older than he was, however; 69 back then was pretty old.