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Ruth I Benka 1920 - 2008

Ruth I Benka of New Berlin, Waukesha County, WI was born on January 16, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on April 4, 2008. Ruth Benka was buried at Wood National Cemetery Section 47 Row 15 Site 15 5000 West National Ave. Bldg. 1301, in Milwaukee.

Ruth I Benka
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New Berlin, Waukesha County, WI 53151
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January 16, 1920
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Ruth I Benka Ruth Benka (1920 - 2008)
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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1920, in the year that Ruth I Benka was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1931, Ruth was merely 11 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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Benka, Louis (Sep 21, 1902 - May 1, 1967) Benka, Anna (Jul 24, 1905 - Feb 1985) Benka, Beverly (Oct 18, 1939 - May 16, 2007) Benka, Wilma (Jun 30, 1914 - May 13, 2008) Benka, Marie (Feb 8, 1903 - Mar 1986) Benka, Stephen (Dec 17, 1917 - Dec 5, 2006) Benka, Anna (Jan 14, 1892 - Mar 1979) Benka, Adam (Dec 7, 1880 - Oct 1967) Benka, Susan (Apr 23, 1921 - Jun 1993) Benka, Adam (Aug 3, 1893 - Sep 1972)
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