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Kitsis, Benjamin N.

Male 1922 - 2005  (82 years)


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  • Name Kitsis, Benjamin N.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Born 10 Nov 1922  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1930  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence 1935  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    _MILT 9 Feb 1943  Johnston, Polk, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Residence 3 May 1949  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 29 Mar 2005  Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13
    Buried Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 11
    Person ID I19671  Our Family | Descendents of Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes (I8926, I18, I1390)
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Father Kitsis, Nathan Morris,   b. 26 Oct 1886, Khmelnytsky, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1944, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rabinowitz, Sophia,   b. 1 Aug 1888, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1977, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F5043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lawler, Helen Marie,   b. 28 Apr 1930, Parnell, Iowa, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 2004, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1962  Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Kitsis, Kathryn Anne
     2. Kitsis, Karolyn Anne
    +3. Kitsis, Daniel Joseph
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F7502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DAVENPORT - Benjamin N. Kitsis, 82, of Davenport, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at his home.
      Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at the Tri City Jewish Center, Rock Island. Burial is in Rock Island Hebrew Cemetery. There is no visitation. Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Genesis VNA Hospice, American Lung Association or to the Tri City Jewish Center.
      Mr. Kitsis was born Nov. 11, 1922, in Mason City, Iowa, a son of Nathan and Sophia (Rabinowitz) Kitsis. He married Helen Lawler, Oct. 27, 1962, in Harlan, Iowa. She died July 14, 2004.
      Ben graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He worked for many years for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and also had his own private accounting practice.
      He was a World War II Army veteran, having served with the 16th Armored Division. Ben was a member of the Tri City Jewish Center and the Davenport American Legion Post 26. He was an avid gardener, loved to read and especially enjoyed staying current with the financial world.
      Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Katie and William Moon, Bettendorf, and Karie and Dr. Troy Schmick, Des Plaines, Ill.; son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Jennifer Kitsis, Davenport; grandchildren, Billy, Ben and Sarah Moon and Adam Kitsis; and a sister, Eva Blinder, Niles, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, twin brother, William Kitsis, and brother, Maurice Kitsis.

  • Sources 
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      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    2. [S1010] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, National Archives and Records Administration, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administrat;).

    3. [S715] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    4. [S673] Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).
      Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954
      Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954


    5. [S361] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 648; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0029; Image: 192.0; FHL microfilm: 2340383.
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census


    6. [S686] United States Obituary Collection, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Newspaper: Rock Island Argus, The; Publication Date: 31 3 2005; Publication Place: Rock Island, IL, US.

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    8. [S508] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security ;), Issue State: Iowa; Issue Date: Before 1951.

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    10. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    11. [S1190] Katie Moon.

    12. [S683] Iowa Births, LDS.

    13. [S15] Obituary, for Jane.