Marie Katherine BENKO

12 JUN 1902 - 16 JUL 1952

• BIRTH: 12 JUN 1902, Blagorohovac, Hungary
• DEATH: 16 JUL 1952, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 2 JUN 1928, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, South Bend, IN

1. +Edward William II FORSBERG

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[N29576] Marie Katherine Benko Forsberg

Birth 12 Jun 1902
Hungary

Death 16 Jul 1952 (aged 50)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Riverview Cemetery
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot #412.
Memorial ID 30281078

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Marie is daughter to Anna Farkas and Janos Benko; she was born in Pozsega County in Hungary and has three siblings, Julius, Julia Anna and Anton. She married Edward Forsberg on June 02, 1928 in South Bend, Indiana (records are at the Gloria Dei Luthern Church, South Bend, Indiana). Interment at Riverview Cemetary, #412, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana. Marie Catherine (Benko) Forsberg. Marie Catherine Benko, daughter to Janos (John) Benko and Anna Farkas was born in Blagorohovac, Hungary (according to a 1906 ship manifesto). She came to the US with her mother, Anna Farkas, but took the last name of Szabo when Anna Farkas married her second husband, Anton Szabo. Her mother, Anna Farkas (Benko-Szabo) left two children behind when she came to the US with Marie, her oldest son Julius and her youngest daughter, Julia. Marie had a club foot, affecting her mother's decision to bring her older daughter with her on the boat. None of the children were formerly adopted by their step-father, Anton Szabo. Her mother, Anna Farkas Benko-Szabo affectionely called Maria "Mariskam," making the notation on a notepad for her dear daughter when she died. Before her journey to the U.S., Maria would sit on top of her maternal grandfather's shoulders (Alexander Farkas) and mark the trees in the forest with an "x" - to indicate which trees were to be cut. Some family members say the grandfather had red hair and blue eyes.

Indiana South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; July 17, 1952.
Mrs. Edward Forsberg, 616 East Colfax Avenue, died at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Hospital after an illness of nine weeks. She was born in Austria-Hungary June 14, 1902 and was married as Marie Szabo in 1928 to Edward Forsberg, who survives. Also surviving are three children, Edward Jr., Robert J., and Anna Marie, all of South Bend; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Szabo, South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Michael Tschida, Salem, Ore., and two brothers, Anthony Szabo, Jr., South Bend, and Julius Benko in Europe. Friends may call in the Hickey Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today until funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, of which she was a member. Rev. Paul V. Bergren, pastor, will officiate.