Ben Rush Clabaugh

  General Notes:

ancestry.com. They may have married in Hawaii?
Per research of James W. Straw this couple had no children.

He was manager of Harder's Company in Hawaii and transferred from there to Owens Glass Factory in Illinois. At retirement he and his wife relocated to Arkansas (Feb 19 2005 in personal interview with Ben and Geraldine by James W. Straw)

Find A Grave Memorial 143046165
Ben Rush Clabaugh, 96, of Bentonville, Arkansas, died Friday, February 20, 2015 at Northwest Medical Center of Benton County in Bentonville, Arkansas.
He was born on September 9, 1918, in Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon, son of Walter Lazelle and Eva Rush Clabaugh.
He graduated from the University of Oregon where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree and was a member, as were his brothers, of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He served in the U.S. army from 1942-1945, stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. Remaining in Honolulu, he managed the Harder Company and in 1947 married the love of his life, Geraldine Straw. In 1963, he joined Owens-Illinois as an accounts manager, moving first to Portland, Oregon, and later to the San Francisco area. In 1977, Ben and Gerry retired to Bella Vista, Arkansas. Through his retirement years, he was an avid golfer and tennis player and enjoyed traveling, ballroom dancing, reading and Razorback sports. He was an active and beloved member of First Presbyterian Church of Bentonville, where he served as an elder.
He was predeceased by his wife, Geraldine, and two brothers, John Rush Clabaugh and Bill Rush Clabaugh.
A loving uncle, Ben is survived by nieces and nephews Sally Powers of Chico, California, Mark Clabaugh (Jaye) of Arlington, Virginia, Nancy Pobert (Gary) of Reno, Nevada, and John Clabaugh, Jim Clabaugh, and Candice Clabaugh of California; and five grand nieces and nephews: Danielle and Lenny Hubbard, Lauren and Anna Clabaugh, and Elle Probert. He is also survived by the extended family he and Gerry "adopted" in northwest Arkansas, Shirley and Gordon Garlington and their children, J.J. and Alicia, and Alicia's children, Cory, Kameron and Charlzie Jones.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church of Bentonville, with
the Reverend Georgia Senor officiating. A reception will follow the service. Arrangements are by the Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory.
ALSO -
96 years old--Ashes with wife, Geraldine--Parents: Walter Lazelle & Eva Rush Clabaugh--Mil: US Army--Sp: Geraldine Straw.
The cemetery records show that Ben was born in Marshfield, Oregon but the name of the town was changed to Coos Bay, OR in 1944.

Ben married Geraldine Straw, daughter of Rush Straw and Ada Joann Jones, on 29 Mar 1947 in Episcopal Church in Hawaii. (Geraldine Straw was born on 19 Feb 1909 in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri, died on 21 Jun 2005 in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas and was buried in Englewood Cemetery Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, USA.)