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Benjamin "Ben" Earl Dunstan
Jeremy Anderson2021-03-30T11:00:00-05:00
- Name: Benjamin "Ben" Earl Dunstan
- Location of Birth: Eveleth, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: June 11, 1911
- Date of Death: February 7, 1995
- Parents: George Dunstan & Thyra (Grenquist) Dunstan
- High School and Class: 1929 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
- College: Itasca Junior College, Coleraine, Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota - BA degree
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota - MA degree
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Benjamin Earl Dunstan
Race: White
Age: 29
Birth Date: June 11, 1911
Birth Place: Eveleth, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Sandstone, Pine, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Employer: Sandstone School Board, District No. 5, Sandstone High School, Pine, Minnesota
Weight: 170
Height: 5-7
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Other Characteristic: Slight scar on wrist of right hand
Next of Kin: Mrs. Benjamin Earl Dunstan, wife, Sandstone, Pine, Minnesota
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Ben Dunstan married Genevieve Lawson in 1937 in Minneapolis, MN. He had been a physics and chemistry teacher at Sandstone, Red Wing, and Austin prior to teaching at Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota from 1953 until his retirement in 1973. He was a member of the Grand Rapids Masonic Lodge 208, the Duluth Scottish Rite Bodies, and the Minnesota Retired Teachers Association.
Ben died in Quincy, Illinois and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 29). He is survived by his wife, Genevieve; a son, Tom Dunstan; a sister, Thyra Hanson; and two granddaughters. He was preceded in death by two infant sons; his parents; and a brother George “Muzzy” Dunstan.
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