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Submitted: 7/6/13 • Approved: 7/8/13 • Last Updated: 7/11/13 • R904859-G904858-S3
Benjamin
1881 - September 20, 1924
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, September 25, 1924
BLAINE, Ben - Ben Blaine, 46 years old, who had resided in Rogers most of his life, committed suicide Saturday afternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. L.B. Lutz, by shooting himself through the head with a .22 target rifle. Ill health is given as the probable cause. Since the death of his wife some six years ago Blaine has lived at the home of his sister, Mrs. L.B. Lutz, No. 225 North C street. Two daughters, one 14, the other 18, also made it their home. Saturday afternoon Blaine asked the youngest girl, Jessie, to borrow a .22 target rifle from a neighbor, saying that he wanted to shoot some birds that were eating the chicken feed in the back yard. When he secured the rifle Blaine suggested that the women stay in the house as he was afraid they would scare the birds away. A few minutes later Mrs. Lutz and her niece heard a shot followed by the sound of a falling body on the back porch. They rushed out to find the body of Blaine on the porch and a bullet hole in his left temple. Death was practically instantaneous. An inquest was held by Coroner A.D. Callison and the verdict was that the death was the result of a "Bullet wound, self inflicted." Blaine had been in ill health for some time and it is thought this was the cause of the act. Mr. Blaine's father, one of the oldest residents of Rogers, was killed here several years ago when struck by the southbound morning Frisco passenger train at the Walnut street crossing. Funeral services were held at the Lutz home Sunday afternoon.
Effie
December 7, 1881 - March 16, 1918
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, March 21, 1918
BLAINE, Effie B. BERRY - Died, at her home near Oronogo, Mo. Saturday morning, March 16 at 6:30, Mrs. Effie Blaine, wife of Ben B. Blaine, a former Rogers boy. She was the eldest daughter of John Berry and Mary Pitts, both deceased, and was born near Rogers Dec. 7, 1881 and was 36 years, 3 months and 9 days old at the time of her death. Effie B. Berry was married to Benjamin B. Blaine July 20, 1902 at Rogers and they are the parents of three daughters, Eva, 14; Edna, 11 and Jesse, 9 years of age, who with the husband and father survive; also two sisters, Mrs. Maurice Stroud of this place and Mrs. Claude Karnes of Muskogee, Ok., four uncles, one aunt and several cousins, some of whom live near Rogers. The body was brought to Rogers Sunday and interment was in the city cemetery.
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