Benjamin Franklin III obit 11/19/2000
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Benjamin Franklin Delamater III
Jan. 7, 1916 — Nov. 19, 2000
Services for Benjamin Franklin Delamater III, 84, of College Station are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in College Station.
The Rev. Benjamin Aurand of St. Thomas Episcopal Church will officiate. Burial will be in College Station City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Chapel College Station.
Mr. Delamater died Sunday in College Station Medical Center.
He was born in Galveston, Texas, and had lived in College Station since 1970. He attended Texas A&M College and was appointed to West Point Military Academy and graduated in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army and retired in 1970, after serving in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, the Korean War as a battalion commander and in Vietnam as the Executive Officer of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He retired as garrison commander and Inspector General at Fort Bragg, N.C., and received numerous decorations, including the Silver Star for bravery.
After his 30 years in the military, he taught Government, Free Enterprise and U.S. History at A&M Consolidated High School for 14 years, retiring in 1984. He was a member of the 12th Man and Former Students Association at Texas A&M, was a former member of the Ross Volunteers, was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity, S.C.O.R.E., the Arabian Horse Club and had served as president of the Retired Officers Association. He was also a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, where he was a member of the men’s Breakfast Group.
Survivors include his wife, Anna V. Delamater of College Station; three sons and a daughter-in-law, Benjamin F. IV and Elizabeth Delamater of Pflugerville, Texas, John G. Delamater of College Station and Thomas A. Delamater of Caldwell; a sister and brother-in-law, Rachel and James Keller of Hilton Head, S.C.; and five grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Thomas Episcopal Church in College Station.