Edward Arthur Peck

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Went by Art. Worked at Western Auto Supply company at the Kansas City, Missouri headquarters in the real estate department for 33 years until his retirement in 1978. He and Rena lived in a ranch style home in surburban Prairie Village, Kansas until December, 1991 until they moved to a home at Foxwood Springs Living Center, a retirement community in Raymore, Missouri. Art was the compiler and author of THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA CIRCA 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS.

In her 1981 manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs noted that Art had access to the Federal Records Center in Kansas City, and did much of the census research required to document the makeup of the various branches of the Benkelman family in America.

Edward married Rena Irene Hills on 28 Aug 1937 in Missouri. Rena (daughter of James Frederick Hills and Mary Frances Mahan) was born on 13 Aug 1915 in Harrisburg, Poinsett County, Arkansas; died on 3 May 2004 in Raymore, Cass County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Art and Rena were married in Kansas City, Missouri. Their children were James Arthur and Eugene Sanford Peck.