Gorham, June 8 - Benjamin Bergstresser, 56, died at his home in Gorham following a long illness Wednesday night. He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Charles Pelling, Mrs. Charles Hunt of Gorham and Mabel at home. A son Sgt. Roy B. Bergstresser a member of the armed forces also survives and has been in the Rhodes Hospital at Utica as a result of wounds received in service in Italy. Three grand children also survive. The funeral will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from the Cleland Funeral Home. The Rev. Edgar Sabin, pastor of the Gorham Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Gorham Cemetery. Geneva Daily Times June 8, 1945
Found him on the 1920 Potter, Yates, New York census (dist 185 img 5) as
Ben Bergstresser age 31, laborer. Found him on the 1930 Gorham, Ontario, New York census (dist 33 img 8) as
Benjamin Bergstresser age 42, laborer, kraut factory.