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'''Born:''' May 20, 1897 a son of [[Benjamin A. Muncil Sr.|Benjamin A. Muncil Sr.]] and [[Minnie E. Quain|Minnie E. Quain]]
'''Born:''' May 20, 1897 a son of [[Benjamin A. Muncil|Benjamin A. Muncil Sr.]] and [[Minnie E. Quain|Minnie E. Quain]]


'''Died:''' June 11, 1963
'''Died:''' June 11, 1963
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''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', Wednesday, June12, 1963
''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', Wednesday, June12, 1963


Benjamin Muncil, 66, of [[17 Forest Hill Avenue|17 Forest Hill Avenue]], [[Saranac Lake|Saranac Lake]] died suddenly at 3 p. m. Tuesday at [[Saranac Lake General Hospital|Saranac Lake General Hospital]]. He had been taken there about an hour before.
Benjamin Muncil, 66, of [[17 Forest Hill Avenue|17 Forest Hill Avenue]], [[Saranac Lake|Saranac Lake]] died suddenly at 3 p. m. Tuesday at [[Saranac Lake General Hospital]]. He had been taken there about an hour before.


Mr. Muncil was born May 20, 1897 in Paul Smiths, son of Benjamin and Minnie Quain Muncil. He was a contractor and lumber mill operator and was a veteran, with Army service, of [[World War I|World War I]].
Mr. Muncil was born May 20, 1897 in Paul Smiths, son of Benjamin and Minnie Quain Muncil. He was a contractor and lumber mill operator and was a veteran, with Army service, of [[World War I|World War I]].
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Survivors are his widow, the former Maude Hayes, two sons, Robert of Warrensburg and Benjamin, Jr. of Tenafly, N. J.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Cord of Buffalo; nine grandchildren and a sister Mrs. [[Cornelius Meagher|Cornelius Meagher]] of Saranac Lake.
Survivors are his widow, the former Maude Hayes, two sons, Robert of Warrensburg and Benjamin, Jr. of Tenafly, N. J.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Cord of Buffalo; nine grandchildren and a sister Mrs. [[Cornelius Meagher|Cornelius Meagher]] of Saranac Lake.


[[File:IMG_7812.jpg|right|thumb||Benjamin A. Muncil's tombstone in the [[St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church|St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church]] cemetery.]]Friends may call at the [[Fortune Funeral Home|Fortune Funeral Home]] where there will be a veterans' service at 7:30 Thursday evening and a Rosary Service at 8 o'clock. A Funeral Mass will be offered by the Rev. Paul LaRocque at 10 a. m. Friday at [[St. Gabriel|St. Gabriels Church]] in [[Paul Smiths|Paul Smiths]]. Interment will follow in [[St. John's in the Wilderness Cemetery|St. John's in the Wilderness Cemetery]], in Paul Smiths.
[[File:IMG_7812.jpg|right|thumb|Benjamin A. Muncil's tombstone in the [[St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church]] cemetery.|376x376px]]Friends may call at the [[Fortune Funeral Home]] where there will be a veterans' service at 7:30 Thursday evening and a Rosary Service at 8 o'clock. A Funeral Mass will be offered by the Rev. Paul LaRocque at 10 a. m. Friday at [[Saint Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church|St. Gabriels Church]] in [[Paul Smiths]]. Interment will follow in [[St. John's in the Wilderness Cemetery]], in Paul Smiths.


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Latest revision as of 18:24, 16 January 2026


Ben Muncil Jr. and Betty Muncil, early 1940s
Courtesy of Jayne Muncil Boehringer

Born: May 20, 1897 a son of Benjamin A. Muncil Sr. and Minnie E. Quain

Died: June 11, 1963

Married: Maude Hayes

Children: Robert Muncil b.~1925, Benjamin A. Muncil III, and Elizabeth Muncil b.~1929

Benjamin A. Muncil Jr. was a Wagoner in the US Army during World War I.


Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Wednesday, June12, 1963

Benjamin Muncil, 66, of 17 Forest Hill Avenue, Saranac Lake died suddenly at 3 p. m. Tuesday at Saranac Lake General Hospital. He had been taken there about an hour before.

Mr. Muncil was born May 20, 1897 in Paul Smiths, son of Benjamin and Minnie Quain Muncil. He was a contractor and lumber mill operator and was a veteran, with Army service, of World War I.

Survivors are his widow, the former Maude Hayes, two sons, Robert of Warrensburg and Benjamin, Jr. of Tenafly, N. J.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Cord of Buffalo; nine grandchildren and a sister Mrs. Cornelius Meagher of Saranac Lake.

Benjamin A. Muncil's tombstone in the St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Fortune Funeral Home where there will be a veterans' service at 7:30 Thursday evening and a Rosary Service at 8 o'clock. A Funeral Mass will be offered by the Rev. Paul LaRocque at 10 a. m. Friday at St. Gabriels Church in Paul Smiths. Interment will follow in St. John's in the Wilderness Cemetery, in Paul Smiths.

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