Title
Mr.
Last Name
True
First Name
Benjamin
Middle Name
Everett
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Garland, ME
Date of Birth
1896
Place of Death
Togus, ME
Date of Death
1958-02-24
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 2-27-1958, p.4
Obituary
BENJAMIN E. TRUE Funeral services for Benjamin Everett True, 62, of Dexter and Garland were held Wednesday afternoon at the Garland Community Baptist Church with lay preacher Frederick Marsh officiating. The body was entombed in Dexter to await Spring burial. Mr. True who had just moved to Garland from Dexter, died Monday in the Veterans' Hospital in Togus. He was born in Garland about 1896, the son of Joseph and the late Wilda Hill True. He had been engaged in trucking apples and potatoes. He had just moved to his father's house in Garland a few weeks ago. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Masons. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lena True; his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph True of Glastonbury, Conn. and Garland; four sisters, Mrs. Jennie Miller of Dexter, and Mrs. Wilda, Robichaud, Miss Gretchen True, and Mrs. Charlotte Somers, all of Glastonbury; a brother, Joseph, of Glastonbury and Garland; two aunts, a cousin, and nieces and nephews.