Obituary - Bennie Lee Neiswinger

Bennie Lee Neiswinger, 88, of Indianapolis passed away on August 19, 2020 at his residence. Bennie was born on June 28, 1932 in Clay City, IN to Samuel C. and Bessie I. (Smith) Neiswinger. He was a graduate of Patricksburg High School, and married Anna Jane Oberholtzer.

Bennie was a chemist for Chrysler for over thirty years. After his retirement, he began driving a school bus: first for Wayne Township Schools and then the Perry Townships Schools. Also in his retirement, Bennie found the time to begin the J.B. Vending Company. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, the Masonic Lodge No. and Murat Shrine. Bennie loved bowling and watching IU basketball.

Bennie is survived by his daughters: Karen Maines, Wanda Edwards and Julia (Leonard) Bailey; grandchildren: Anna Lee Murphy and Emily Kay Dugger; two great grandchildren; sister, Rosemary Cunningham. Bennie was preceded in death by his parents, beloved wife and siblings: Gene, Keith, James and Romaine.

Funeral services for Bennie will be held on Tuesday August 25, 2020 at 1:00 PM in Newcomer Cremations, Funerals and Receptions 925 East Hanna Avenue Indianapolis. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 8:00 pm Monday at the funeral home, and one hour prior to the services Tuesday.

https://www.newcomerindianapolis.com/Obituary/188260/Bennie-Neiswinger/Indianapolis-IN

Obituary - Samuel Clayton Neiswinger

Samuel C. Neiswinger

CLAY CITY, Ind. (Special) - Samuel C. Neiswinger, 81, 258 Beem St., Spencer, Ind., formerly of Clay City, died at 7 p.m. Saturday in Hendricks County Hospital, Danville, Ind.

Surviving are the widow, Bessie I.; two daughters, Mrs. Rosemary Cunningham and Miss Romaine Neiswinger, both of Indianapolis; four sons, Gene, Orlando, Fla.; Keith, Terre Haute; James and Bennie, both of Indianapolis; five sisters, Mrs. Dora Leohr, Mrs. Mary White and Mrs. Florence Schlegle, all of Clay City; Mrs. Ellen Young, Patricksburg, Ind., and Mrs. Irene Persinger, Saline City, Ind., a brother, Edward, Clay City; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Schoppenhorst Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Arthur officiating. Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday.

-The Terre Haute Tribune, 17 January 1972, p. 2.

Learn more about Samuel on the Pence Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/pencefamilyhistory/families/neiswinger/samuel-clayton-neiswinger

Elias Smith Jr. 1910 U.S. Census

1910 U.S. Census Record for Elias Smith Jr. and Ervin Jasper Smith

Letter From Mike

I hope everyone is doing well (especially Gary) and Jeff on his mission. Thanks for all your prayers for our boys and their families. I just wanted to report we had a great day at the Cardston Temple yesterday. We had a youth temple trip and Renee prepared a list of names on the new temple ready program (she is amazing at doing all this stuff). She had a couple from her family and mostly from the Pence family (actually Smith/Boyer). There were 9 men and 12 women. It was a great experience to do the confirmations for each of our great and great/great aunts and uncles included on the temple ready list. There was Harvey Alonzo, Daniel Elias, Ervin Jasper, Ruth, Myrtle, Aretha, Augusta, Mary, Bessie Ida, Elizabeth, and Ada Smith (all brothers and sisters). I met some of these family members when I was a kid including Daniel, Ruth, Bessie, Ada, Myrtle, Agusta and Ada that I can remember. Several of them were from Indiana - I remember Uncle Dan visiting us on the farm. We also had the Boyer family names including David, John, Abraham, Hiram, Daniel, Rudolph, Mary, Hannah, Eliza and Susan. After the baptisms and confirmations, Renee and I each did the initiatories. It was a pretty amazing feeling when I sat there for Harvey Alonzo Smith and had those ordinances performed as well as with the other Smiths and Boyers. I did not realize Dad was named after his Uncle Harvey Alonzo Smith (maybe some of you knew that). It seemed like a pretty thin veil as I could picture and feel Dad in my mind and it brought some tears. I sort of figured all this work had been done for these more recent family members, but appreciate Renee lining this up so I could participate in starting the work for these wonderful family members. We will be going to Cardston soon to start doing the endowments for all of these family members and sealings that will follow. So if anyone wants to come up or over to Montana, we can take you up to help out on getting this work done. We are in a bigger house now so have plenty of room for a nice vacation spot for you. I just thought some of you would be intersted in hearing about the great experience we had yesterday with our Pence/Smith/Boyer family (thanks again Renee!!). Love you all, Mike