Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameBernhardt Benjamin TORMOHLEN 
Birth26 Jan 1887, Indiana78
Death9 Nov 1950, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana78
Burial11 Nov 1950, St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Holland, Indiana78
OccupationMail Carrier; truck driver for Ellsworth Ice Cream
ReligionSt. James Lutheran Church
Alias/AKABen
FatherHenry Benjamin TORMOHLEN (1861-1927)
MotherLouise M. BREFORD (1863-1926)
Never married
Census notes for Bernhardt Benjamin TORMOHLEN
1920 Indiana, Dubois County, Cass Township, E.D. 41, sheet 1B, film T625-431
Farm, dwelling 16, family 19
Tormohlen, Henry B., head, owns farm, male, white, age 58, married, can read and write, born Indiana, parents born Germany, farmer
-------------, Louisa M., wife, female, white, age 56, married, can read and write, born Indiana, parents born Germany
-------------, Ben G., son, male, white, age 32, single, can read and write, born Indiana, parents born Indiana, farm laborer
Farm, dwelling 16, family 19
Tormohlen, Henry B., head, owns farm, male, white, age 58, married, can read and write, born Indiana, parents born Germany, farmer
-------------, Louisa M., wife, female, white, age 56, married, can read and write, born Indiana, parents born Germany
-------------, Ben G., son, male, white, age 32, single, can read and write, born Indiana, parents born Indiana, farm laborer
Military notes for Bernhardt Benjamin TORMOHLEN
Served in World War I
Obituary notes for Bernhardt Benjamin TORMOHLEN
The Dubois County Daily Herald (Jasper, Indiana), Thursday, 9 November 1950, p. 1
H’burg Veteran Of World War I Taken By Death
Benjamin Tormohlen, 64, of Huntingbrug, a veteran of World War I, died in the hospital at Fr. Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis at 5:50 this morning. He was stricken last Sunday with a heart attack.
Mr. Tormohlen was a native of the Holland community and had lived in Huntingburg for the past 16 years. Before retiring from active work he was engaged as a truck driver for the Ellsworth Ice Cream Company.
Surviving are a brother, Harry, of Huntingburg; and two sisters, Mrs. George Schmeltekop of Huntingbrug and Mrs. George Linhart of Holland.
The remains are at the Finke and Nass Funeral Home in Huntingbutg. The services are scheduled to be held Saturday, Armistice Day, but the time of the services has not been set. Rev. H.W. Schrodeder of St. James Lutheran Church in Holland will conduct the services, and members of the Huntingburg American Legion post will conduct the military funeral ritual at the grave.
H’burg Veteran Of World War I Taken By Death
Benjamin Tormohlen, 64, of Huntingbrug, a veteran of World War I, died in the hospital at Fr. Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis at 5:50 this morning. He was stricken last Sunday with a heart attack.
Mr. Tormohlen was a native of the Holland community and had lived in Huntingburg for the past 16 years. Before retiring from active work he was engaged as a truck driver for the Ellsworth Ice Cream Company.
Surviving are a brother, Harry, of Huntingburg; and two sisters, Mrs. George Schmeltekop of Huntingbrug and Mrs. George Linhart of Holland.
The remains are at the Finke and Nass Funeral Home in Huntingbutg. The services are scheduled to be held Saturday, Armistice Day, but the time of the services has not been set. Rev. H.W. Schrodeder of St. James Lutheran Church in Holland will conduct the services, and members of the Huntingburg American Legion post will conduct the military funeral ritual at the grave.