Benjamin Murrah Hook, Jr.

1909 - 1986  (77 years)

• Name	Benjamin Murrah Hook
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	1 Mar 1909	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Mar 1986	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4006	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Benjamin M Hook, Sr.,   d. 14 Aug 1954
  Mother	Emma A Bartlett Hook,   b. 14 Apr 1879, Winsor, Shelby County, Illinois ,   d. 10 Oct 1970, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 91 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1898	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Family ID	F4150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Hulsopple Hook
  Married	14 Oct 1933	Carleton, Thayer County, Nebraska
  Children	1. Vera Hook Leiker   2. Barbara Hook Renfro
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2019 02:55:43
  Family ID	F4151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Mar 1909 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Buried - - Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Hook, Benjamin Benjamin M. Hook Jr. SILVER LAKE – Benjamin Murrah Hook Jr., 77, Route 1, Silver Lake, died Thursday, March 6, at a Topeka hospital after he suffered an apparent heart attack. Mr. Hook retired from farming in the Silver Lake area in 1973. He was born March 1, 1909, in Silver Lake, The son of Benjamin M. and Emma Bartlett Hook Sr. He attended Silver Lake public schools and was graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1926. He lived in the Silver Lake area all his life. Mr. Hook was a member of Silver Lake United Methodist Church, helped organize and was a chairman of Shawnee County Rural Fire District No. 1, a former Grove Township treasurer, a charter member of Silver Lake 4-H Club, member of Silver Lake Booster’s Club, Topeka-Shawnee County Civil Defense and American Association of Retired Persons. He was known as the Bubblegum Man. He was married to Hannah Hulsopple Oct. 14, 1933, at Carleton, Neb. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Vera Leiker and Mrs. Barbara Renfro, both of Silver Lake; two sisters, Mrs. Vera Howell, Topeka, and Mrs. Norma Wood, Shawnee Mission, three brothers, Guilford W. Hook and Howard D. Hook, both of Silver Lake, and Maynard C. Hook, Topeka; and five grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Topeka. Burial will be in Silver Lake Cemetery. The family will meet with friends from 3 until 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Silver Lake United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 188, Silver Lake, 66539.